From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.ufw2.com([216.163.19.158]) (2813 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 17:10:03 -0500 (EST) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from [216.163.21.20] by gate.ufw2.com for speakup@braille.uwo.ca id QAA24165; Fri Dec 8 16:10:05 2000 Received: from hardb ([216.163.21.28]) by mail.ufw2.com (Build 101 8.9.3/NT-8.9.3) with SMTP id QAA02834 for ; Fri, 08 Dec 2000 16:11:14 -0600 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20001208161259.007c35f0@mail.ufw2.com> X-Sender: bharding@mail.ufw2.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 16:12:59 -0600 Subject: Re: multi-purpose message In-Reply-To: References: <005001c060cd$c90230a0$d2f1d2cc@columbus.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca From: Brent Harding List-Id: My dell has one for a modem and one where it's dvd card is in. I'm not sure what type of slot it's using, could be a type two that holds 2 type one boards. At 10:49 PM 12/7/00 -0600, you wrote: >> I have a Compaq presario computer and wonder if I can have a reasonable >> expectation that Linux in any flavor will work on it. > >I would expect you can load Linux on it no problem. just be aware that >your modem will probably not work. There are some drivers now available >for WinModems, but....I will not give a diatibe on the evils of these >modems now. > >> Finally, what are P. C. M. C. I A. boards? > >I forget what exactly the acronym is. But what they are also known as PC >cards. They are about the size of a credit card in size. They can be any >of three thicknesses. The thinest of them are less the 1/4 inch thick. > >As for what they are for, this can be most anything. The most common uses >are modems and NICs for laptops. But they can also have memory, hard >drives, scsi adapters, proprietary CDROM or DVD interfaces, etc. PCMCIA >provides a standard so that you can buy expansion from any number of >vendors. It is primarily for laptops, but you can get slots mechanisms for >a desktop as well. Don't buy a laptop without a type 2 slot. > >The type designates the thickness of the card. They vary from type 1 to >type 3. A type 2 slot will hold either s ingle type 2 board, or two type 1 >boards. (These are most common.) A type 3 slot should be even a little >thicker. This will accomodate a hard drive. I believe it will also hold a >single type 1 card and a type 2 card simultanously but could be >mistaken. Most laptops have a single type 2 slot in them. > >======= >Kirk Wood >Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net > > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > >