Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 07:46:11 +0000
From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] L50 & USB?


>Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 03:55:25 +0000
>From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [LIB] L50 & USB?
>
>>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
>>No personal experience of this, but I seem to remember reading somewhere
>>that a PCMCIA card into PCcard slot will (always) go (ie a PCcard slot is
>>100% backward compatible); a PCcard into PCMCIA slot won't go (ie if it's 
>>a
>>specifically PCcard-only card, it can/will be keyed so that it cannot
>>physically get into a PCMCIA slot) - the voltage(s) are(detected)
>>different(ly)?
>
>I wasn't aware that the terms "PCMCIA" and "PC Card" described two
>distinctly different card types.  I always thought the former was the
>organization that defined a group of cards that were referred to as the
>latter.  That the terms were used interchangeably, and that the latter just
>became an easier term to describe the hardware.

Not as such, no. There are several different phases of development, along 
with a fine collection of version and compatibility issues. 
http://www.pcmcia.org/ is your friend, if you're bored.

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