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DougieFresh · #1 Post by **DougieFresh** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:17 pm

what are all of possible uses for the cardbus? these are the two slots on the left with the small square buttons correct?

#2 Post by **AlphaKilo470** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:20 pm

CardBus has quite a few uses. Because of the higher bandwidth over PCMCIA and the fact that CardBus is 32 bit, all the Wireless G cards and all the firewire and usb cards for laptops require cardbus. It is also nice for adding a network card or modem. Basically, CardBus and PCMCIA are there for expansion. And just for anyone wondering, any slot that can take a 32bit CardBus card can also take a 16bit PCMCIA card, but 16bit PCMCIA slots can NOT take 32bit CardBus cards.

JHEM · #3 Post by **JHEM** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:29 pm

AlphaKilo470 wrote:but 16bit PCMCIA slots can NOT take 32bit CardBus cards.

Sure they can! You just need to use the right hammer.

Regards,

James

DougieFresh · #4 Post by **DougieFresh** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:37 pm

so for other than communications expansion, the cardbus has no other uses, correct?

#5 Post by **RonS** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 11:33 pm

Other uses for Cardbus...

- Firewire. Attach video cameras, external hard drives, etc.
- SCSI. Attach tape drives, WORMs, etc.

#6 Post by **AlphaKilo470** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 11:50 pm

JHEM wrote:
AlphaKilo470 wrote:but 16bit PCMCIA slots can NOT take 32bit CardBus cards.
Sure they can! You just need to use the right hammer.

Rubber mallets work best.

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