Looking for stuff that you forgot to throw out

[Bill Freeman]

> On 11/29/2009 02:48 PM, Bill Freeman wrote:
> > But the thing does have a pair of PCMCIA slots.  N.B., PCMCIA,
> > not card bus.
> >
> >    
> 
> Wow. That is an antique!
> 
> How can I tell a PCMCIA from a CardBus?

Other than labelings, I think that the connector is keyed differently
(PCMCIA cards will fit in card bus slots, but not the other way around,
I think).

> 
> Sadly, I do have some dark corners I still need to hoe out of computer junk.
> 
> My first contestant, a Dell labeled 10/100 LAN + 56K Modem CardBus, is 
> apparently unsuitable.
> 
> (However, if anyone is interested, it's theirs: Model 3CCFEM656, P/N: 
> 16-0177-001 RevA, a relabeled 3Com card.)
> 
> The second contestant is a Belkin 802.11b wireless card which says 
> PCMCIA prominently on its packaging, model F5D6020 v.2
> 
> Let me know if you'd like either one.

I would like to try the Belkin.  What LUGs do you figure to attend
before PySIG?  If we can make it to the same one, might you bring
the card along?  And there's always learning about CSS at PySIG in
December.

Bill