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Mike
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      10-24-2003, 11:16 PM
The notebook I want to buy comes with the above specifications. What does
each of them mean? Will I be able to use a Netgear wireless pc card with it?
Thanks.


 
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      10-25-2003, 12:09 AM
IEE1394 - Firewire, a wired highspeed network you can you use to connect to
digital video cameras, external disk drives, and other devices.

PCMCIA - also called Cardbus, an interface that usually provides two plugin
sockets for network adapters that have a "credit-card", or slim, profile.

Card Reader - probably an adapter to read compact flash from DVD recorders,
video cameras, etc.

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> The notebook I want to buy comes with the above specifications. What does
> each of them mean? Will I be able to use a Netgear wireless pc card with

it?
> Thanks.
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      10-25-2003, 08:10 AM
gary <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

> PCMCIA - also called Cardbus, an interface that usually provides two plugin
> sockets for network adapters that have a "credit-card", or slim, profile.


Technically the two are different - PCMCIA is a 16-bit bus, but most
everything these days is actually 32-bit (CardBus) hardware.

> > The notebook I want to buy comes with the above specifications. What does
> > each of them mean? Will I be able to use a Netgear wireless pc card with
> > it?


It may be good to check and confirm 32-bit cards are ok here.....
The 16-bit cards can be used on a 32-bit host, but 32-bit cards do
require a 32-bit host.

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      10-25-2003, 10:14 PM

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:bndb5k$qnb$(E-Mail Removed)...
> gary <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
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> > PCMCIA - also called Cardbus, an interface that usually provides two

plugin
> > sockets for network adapters that have a "credit-card", or slim,

profile.
>
> Technically the two are different - PCMCIA is a 16-bit bus, but most
> everything these days is actually 32-bit (CardBus) hardware.


The 1995 PCMCIA standard nicknamed "release 3.0" includes cardbus, along
with plug-and-play and other stuff. The 16-bit interface is legacy, and
pretty much any notebook manufactured in the last 5 years
lists PCMCIA or Cardbus interchangeably to mean support for the 32-bit
interface. But it never hurts to check before buying.

>
> > > The notebook I want to buy comes with the above specifications. What

does
> > > each of them mean? Will I be able to use a Netgear wireless pc card

with
> > > it?

>
> It may be good to check and confirm 32-bit cards are ok here.....
> The 16-bit cards can be used on a 32-bit host, but 32-bit cards do
> require a 32-bit host.
>
> Billy Y..



 
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