yes, and no, you see although they phased out the PCMCIA slot consider these options:
1) get a used laptop, so you can beat it up doing these type of projects that has a serial port and PCMCIA Slots, lots of new laptops don't have serial's or PCMCIA slot anymore, plus it's much cheaper and you'll save lots, try e-bay or craigslist, but downside is buyer-beware "as-is", right? 2) also, if you order from Dell, you can specify a serial slot or PCMCIA slot, and they will custom build it that way for you, at no extra costs 3) AND no pcmcia slot is not a bad thing, explanation - these newer laptops have built-in wifi cards, which is a misnomer from on-board, it's not on the mother board, but open one of the screwed flaps on the back, and you will see the on-board wi-fi card, it's actually a slot and a card. but notice the 2 antennae wires, this wires the ON-board wi-fi card to the ENTIRE laptop chassis, so that the entire chassis is now the extended antennae, include the monitor, instead on the PCMCIA card, and all you have is it's antennae and maybe a external hook up if it has one. End Don On 6/23/07, Chicago D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So I was looking to get a new laptop to go war driving with... because > I figure I'd rather do the rest of the WiFi Toys projects on a laptop > other than the one I have from my employer. > > Come to find out, many new laptops have phased out the pcmcia slot. > Does that mean that the project of attaching the external antenna to > the wireless card is obsolete? > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SOCALWUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SOCALWUG SOCALWUG website: http://www.socalwug.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
