PCMCIA card Reader...

2007-12-05 Thread Mayuresh Kathe 
Hello,

Will the product at the following link work under OpenBSD?
http://www.synchrotech.com/products/card-rw_06_p111_p222_elan_pcmcia_pc-card_reader_slot.html

It's costing US$75, paying that kind of money and not have it work
would be quite heart breaking.

Thanks,

~Mayuresh

Re: PCMCIA card Reader...

2007-12-05 Thread Steve Shockley 

Mayuresh Kathe wrote:
Will the product at the following link work under OpenBSD? 
http://www.synchrotech.com/products/card-rw_06_p111_p222_elan_pcmcia_pc-card_reader_slot.html


I haven't actually tried it, but their web site says it uses the TI 
PCI-1420 PCI-Cardbus bridge, and OpenBSD appears to support that bridge.


With that said, you'd have to have a pretty special PCMCIA/Cardbus 
device to make using a bridge in a desktop worthwhile.  I'd think most 
of the Cardbus cards you could plug in would be available in PCI or USB 
for less than $75.

Re: PCMCIA card Reader...

2007-12-05 Thread Stuart Henderson 
On 2007/12/05 18:22, Steve Shockley wrote:
 Mayuresh Kathe wrote:
 Will the product at the following link work under OpenBSD? 
 http://www.synchrotech.com/products/card-rw_06_p111_p222_elan_pcmcia_pc-card_reader_slot.html

 I haven't actually tried it, but their web site says it uses the 
 TI PCI-1420 PCI-Cardbus bridge, and OpenBSD appears to support 
 that bridge.

I don't know this particular card, but they usually work ok.
They're *much* cheaper on ebay though.

Re: PCMCIA card Reader...

2007-12-05 Thread Mayuresh Kathe 
On Dec 6, 2007 4:52 AM, Steve Shockley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Mayuresh Kathe wrote:
  Will the product at the following link work under OpenBSD?
  http://www.synchrotech.com/products/card-rw_06_p111_p222_elan_pcmcia_pc-card_reader_slot.html

 I haven't actually tried it, but their web site says it uses the TI
 PCI-1420 PCI-Cardbus bridge, and OpenBSD appears to support that bridge.

 With that said, you'd have to have a pretty special PCMCIA/Cardbus
 device to make using a bridge in a desktop worthwhile.  I'd think most
 of the Cardbus cards you could plug in would be available in PCI or USB
 for less than $75.

Thanks for the reply.

I'm primarily buying this so that I can help Felix Kronlage test out
various data cards under OpenBSD.

Buying a $75 PCMCIA reader would certainly turn out to be cheaper than
investing money in a $800 laptop :-)

Best,

~Mayuresh