Netbook with support for PCMCIA?

Hello,

I am considering purchasing my first netbook for example the Eee PC
901 or Samsung NC10.

I also wish to use a specific PCMCIA card with the netbook as I do now
with my laptop (which therefore has a PCMCIA slot).

However, from reading the specifications it would appear that there is
no such slot on these type of machines.

Can anyone suggest a netbook (8-10 inch screen) that does possess one
or a device where one can connect the PCMCIA card to the netbook e.g.
through the USB connection?

Thanks.

Richy

On 14 May, 14:15, "Mike Easter" <Mi...@ster.invalid> wrote:
> Richy wrote:
> > I am considering purchasing my first netbook for example the Eee PC
> > 901 or Samsung NC10.
>
> > I also wish to use a specific PCMCIA card with the netbook as I do now
> > with my laptop (which therefore has a PCMCIA slot).
>
> Typically laptops have things like pcmcia slots and optical drives,
> whereas typically netbooks don't have things like pcmcia slots *or*
> optical drives.
>
> > However, from reading the specifications it would appear that there is
> > no such slot on these type of machines.
>
> > Can anyone suggest a netbook (8-10 inch screen) that does possess one
> > or a device where one can connect the PCMCIA card to the netbook e.g.
> > through the USB connection?
>
> What 'specific' device function are you trying to accommodate? *Netbooks
> have usb.
>
> That is, for sake of discussion in this thread, what is the function of
> your LT's card?
>
> --
> Mike Easter

I wish to connect the PCMCIA card to the netbook's USB (if a netboot
with no PCMCIA slot exists).

Richy

Richy wrote:
> "Mike Easter"

>> That is, for sake of discussion in this thread, what is the function of
>> your LT's card?
>>
>> --
>> Mike Easter
>
> I wish to connect the PCMCIA card to the netbook's USB (if a netboot
> with no PCMCIA slot exists).

If you bottom post, which means putting your remarks at the bottom of a
message you are replying without trimming anything, including the sig, to
put your remarks into a context, it interferes with your ability to read
the message you are answering comprehensively, or to reply to the message
you are replying in a responsive manner.

I just asked the question, "What is the function of your LT's card?" and
you just failed to state its purpose again, and you just said the same
thing over again that you want to connect some pcmcia card to a usb.

I'll try for the 3rd time. What is the function of the card? We are
trying to discuss how to achieve a particular function in a netbook, not
some fuzzy idea that you have.



--
Mike Easter

Mike Easter

Richy <> wrote in
news:2ae74e52-1f24-4ba4-9825-:

> On 14 May, 14:15, "Mike Easter" <Mi...@ster.invalid> wrote:
>> Richy wrote:

>> That is, for sake of discussion in this thread, what is the function of
>> your LT's card?
>>
>> --
>> Mike Easter
>
> I wish to connect the PCMCIA card to the netbook's USB (if a netboot
> with no PCMCIA slot exists).
>
Yes, but what does this (unnamed) PCMCIA card *do*? I.E. is it a wireless
networking card, a standard modem or something else? You want to connect
it to a computer with only USB, so providing you with an example of a USB
device that does the same thing tends to require knowing what that
particular card does right? An interface between PCMCIA and USB would be
both clunky in terms of reliability and to say nothing of the clutter it
would create. You have a "laptop" and coming out of the back you have a
short cord and out of *that* you have a card just sitting on a desk. That
cord connects to something *else*. Hardly a stable situation if you follow
me.

Reading up on what the differences are between PCMCIA and USB would
undoubtedly be waranted.

http://www.quatech.com/support/rs422pcmcia_faq.php

http://www.usb.org/about/faq/

The *only* way to not be conned into buying something you don't want or
need by a saleman is no know more than he does. And they *all* try.

However if you *insist* on buying a netbook that doesn't have what you
want and then throwing money at it when you could just buy a laptop that
has what you want:

http://www.elandigitalsystems.com/usb/u111.php

And a simple google/live search can find plenty more.

Be aware however, that at one time you could get an RS-232<-> USB adapter.
These were a scam for over a year before any worked. The difference here
is the replacement of RS-232 with PCMCIA. All three are serial interfaces.
I'd spend a *lot* of time reading reviews of those on the market before
even considering spending $20-80 on something that may not work at all
when you could just save a bit longer and buy a second laptop that would
work with your card.


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chuckcar

On Thu, 14 May 2009 15:28:46 +0000 (UTC), chuckcar <>
wrote:

>Yes, but what does this (unnamed) PCMCIA card *do*?

FFS, Can't you just STFU if you don't know how to answer a persons
question, instead of rambling on like a little idiot?

To answer the OP, since chucktard is incapable of doing so:

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.15207

A google search brings up others.
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Evan Platt

Evan Platt wrote:

> http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.15207

link = USB 2.0 ExpressCard Slot Adapter

That usb is for an expresscard, developed by the same people as developed
the pcmcia cardbus, but not the same.

To cite the wiki "The ExpressCard interface is not backwards-compatible
with CardBus devices,"

There are a number of different usb devices for the various different
pcmcia modem cards.

The OP needs to say better, more precisely, what he is trying to do.


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Mike Easter

Mike Easter

On Thu, 14 May 2009 10:11:52 -0700, "Mike Easter" <>
wrote:

>The OP needs to say better, more precisely, what he is trying to do.

True, but chucktard's answer was just... stupid.
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Evan Platt

"Richy" <> wrote in message
news:b6481134-3f4e-4db4-bc88-...
> Hello,
>
> I am considering purchasing my first netbook for example the Eee PC
> 901 or Samsung NC10.
>
> I also wish to use a specific PCMCIA card with the netbook as I do now
> with my laptop (which therefore has a PCMCIA slot).
>
> However, from reading the specifications it would appear that there is
> no such slot on these type of machines.
>
> Can anyone suggest a netbook (8-10 inch screen) that does possess one
> or a device where one can connect the PCMCIA card to the netbook e.g.
> through the USB connection?
>
> Thanks.



Richy

AFAIK there are no 'Netbooks' with PCMCIA slots.

PCMCIA to USB adaptors, try the following:
http://sewelldirect.com/U142-USB-to-...MCIA-Cards.asp
http://www.quatech.com/catalog/drives_pcmcia.php
http://www.mastec.co.nz/Elan/Elan.html
http://www.elandigitalsystems.com/usb/u132.php
(BTW it took me all of 1 minute to find these on Google)

Video on pro's & con's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v14fCz9uk5k

Best
Paul.

PeeCee

On 14 May, 14:35, "Mike Easter" <Mi...@ster.invalid> wrote:

> I'll try for the 3rd time. *What is the function of the card? *We are
> trying to discuss how to achieve a particular function in a netbook, not
> some fuzzy idea that you have.
>
> --

I use the PCMCIA card to connect to a wireless network. The card uses
a specific chipset which I use with specific programs. Hence I need
something more than a standard wireless connection since I need to use
the card. This works fine with a laptop since it has a PCMCIA slot.

I wish to use a smaller more portable netbook. This has wireless but
I wish to use my specific PCMCIA card. Hence I am looking at a USB to
PCMCIA connection (if one exists) since as we have mentioned netbooks
do not have a PCMCIA slot.

Thanks.

Richy

Richy wrote:
> "Mike Easter"

>> I'll try for the 3rd time. What is the function of the card? We are
>> trying to discuss how to achieve a particular function in a netbook,
>> not some fuzzy idea that you have.

> I use the PCMCIA card to connect to a wireless network.

I can't help but notice the lack of specificity in your reply. That's
where it would have been so simple for you to name the brand and modelno
of your card.

There are specific pcmcia2usb for various specific pcmcia cards.
Sometimes the pcmcia2usb dongle costs more than the same chipset usb
device (not for pcmcia) which performs the same function identically using
identical chipsets.

> The card uses
> a specific chipset which I use with specific programs.

How vague is that? I think you are saying that there are different
drivers for different wifi cards.

> Hence I need
> something more than a standard wireless connection since I need to use
> the card. This works fine with a laptop since it has a PCMCIA slot.

Naturally if you had stated the particular pcmcia wireless card you could
have been directed to a specific pcmcia2usb site for it and also you could
have been provided a comparison for a better or cheaper or less 'dongly'
usb device for your purpose.

> I wish to use a smaller more portable netbook. This has wireless but
> I wish to use my specific PCMCIA card.

.... buutt... bbbuuuutttt.... maybe you *SHOULDN'T* use your specific
pcmcia card.

You got a pcmcia card because you had a laptop. If you had a desktop, you
wouldn't have gotten a pcmcia card. Now you want a different hardware,
but not a desktop, a netbook. Maybe you shouldn't use the pcmcia card on
your netbook which pcmcia card was made for something else.

> Hence I am looking at a USB to
> PCMCIA connection (if one exists) since as we have mentioned netbooks
> do not have a PCMCIA slot.

I understand what you are looking for (generally, but unfortunately not
specifically as in the particular pcmcia card) -- but I'm trying to get
you to open your head up about how to look for what you are trying to do.



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Mike Easter

Mike Easter