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. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
