On 10/18/06, Bill Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just discovered what appears to be a PCMCIA slot on my Dell 1505. There > is a little black thingy that is currently in the slot that pops out and > seems to have a couple of ridge like projects that are apparently guides for > different cards. Other than showing my lack of knowledge of 'puters, can > anyone tell me anything about this slot? No info in the manual nor any info > I can find on the Dell site. >
Sure thing, Bill. The PCMCIA slot is your laptop's equivalent of the PCI or ISA slots in your desktop machine. These slots are used for add-on cards. Commonly they're used for ethernet, wireless LAN, modems, USB hubs, microdrives, and I've even seen serial port and SATA cards. A search at newegg.com for "PCMCIA" yields over 200 results. Just pull out that black thingy and slide in a PCMCIA card. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?DEPA=0&type=&Description=pcmcia&Submit=ENE&N=0&Ntk=all&Go.x=0&Go.y=0 HTH -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
