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Different PCMCIA card uses?

post #1 of 8
2/21/05 at 4:58pm
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Hi,

I was wondering what PCMICA cards are available. So far I've found;

TV Tuner
Soundcard
Modems
GSM Cards
LAN Cards
Wireless Cards
Flash Card Reader

Anyone know of others? I want to get a list of the different types available.
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post #2 of 8
2/21/05 at 5:14pm
Hard drives (HD inside the Type III PCMCIA)
ATAPI (some old external CD burners connected with that)
SCSI (Adaptec used to make ones)
Firewire adapter
USB adapter
Presentation (PC-to-TV, Margi has one)
Secondary video card (Margi Display-to-go)
Hardware MPEG decoder
Firewall (like this '3Com Fw PC Card Type III Crypto/pcmcia' - really funny one)

There was a product where they implemented PCI-over-cardbus: you put PCCard into laptop, and other end is connected to desktop (CPU-less) case. You then can put extra PCI cards in it, add hard drives, CD/DVD burners. All will be seen as local devices by laptop.

Is that enough?
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post #3 of 8
2/21/05 at 5:20pm
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can you run games off the secondary video cards?
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post #4 of 8
2/21/05 at 5:50pm
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Originally Posted by BiltongBoy
can you run games off the secondary video cards?
It's like a simple PCI 2D graphics card (I think it has 4MB VRAM). Useful only for old computers when you have to have dual-monitor config and yet laptop card does not support it. All todays graphics in laptop support at least VGA output for secondary monitor (many add TV-out, and some have DVI output).
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post #5 of 8
2/21/05 at 6:33pm
Wireless cards can be either 802.11 or Bluetooth.
I once saw a PCMCIA card with pop out fingerprint reader for secure access.
One of the earliest digital cameras from Nikon was based on a very long PCMCIA card and the whole camera plugged into the slot for transfering the pics.
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post #6 of 8
2/23/05 at 12:09am
Another is a SATA controller for external SATA HD's.
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post #7 of 8
2/23/05 at 12:15am
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Originally Posted by DarthAcer
It's like a simple PCI 2D graphics card (I think it has 4MB VRAM). Useful only for old computers when you have to have dual-monitor config and yet laptop card does not support it...
Or tripple monitor config
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post #8 of 8
10/22/06 at 4:34pm

How do you power the SATA HD on a PCMCIA vantec (3512 SATALink)

But how do you power the SATA HD ? VANTEC Card only has data cable connection! TY d8d
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Originally Posted by Clarence Larson
Another is a SATA controller for external SATA HD's.
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