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WTB: 16-bit PCMCIA ethernet card for 380ED
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:37 am
by gator
I need a cheap 16-bit PCMCIA ethernet card (dongle/no dongle either is OK) for a 380ED. If anyone has one you can spare, please PM me soon.
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 3:12 am
by ajkula66
Sri,
How can one tell whether it's a 16-bit?
Sorry for sounding dumb...
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 3:45 am
by NathanA
A 16-bit PCMCIA card will not have a gold-colored strip along the top edge near the pin holes (on the side with the top-facing label), while the 32-bit CardBus card
will have such a gold strip. Also, CardBus cards are keyed slightly differently at the end than PCMCIA cards are.
Look at the picture on
this Wikipedia page. The Xircom card is CardBus (32-bit), while the 3Com is not (16-bit).
Hope this helps,
-- Nathan
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:59 am
by Harryc
YGPM
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 8:15 am
by gator
Nathan (as usual) is absolutely right. CardBus PC Cards (32 bit) have an extra metal grounding strip on top of the cards right over the connector. 16-bit PC Cards do not have this connector. Also, currently, all CardBus PC Cards run at 3.3V and 16-bit PC Cards operate at 3.3V and/or 5.0V.
Harry, I replied to your PM.
Still looking!
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:12 pm
by gator
Found. Thanks Harry!