From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from axis.scu.edu.au(wwwproxy.scu.edu.au[203.2.32.1]) (1832 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Sat, 9 Dec 2000 00:14:20 -0500 (EST) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from alsvid.scu.edu.au (alsvid.scu.edu.au [203.2.33.1]) by axis.scu.edu.au (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id QAA17165 for ; Sat, 9 Dec 2000 16:14:21 +1100 (EST) Received: from data.home (mail@annex39.scu.edu.au [203.2.32.139]) by alsvid.scu.edu.au (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id QAA13663 for ; Sat, 9 Dec 2000 16:14:20 +1100 (EST) Received: from geoff by data.home with local-esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 144cKx-0000vh-00; Sat, 09 Dec 2000 16:14:19 +1100 Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 16:14:18 +1100 (EST) From: Geoff Shang To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: multi-purpose message In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20001208161533.007c62b0@mail.ufw2.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII List-Id: On Fri, 8 Dec 2000, Brent Harding wrote: > Not sure if pci is the same thing, or I'd be able to use my laptop hardware > in my desktop. > I probably can't use my sblive in a laptop. > At 12:47 AM 12/8/00 -0500, you wrote: [SNIP] > >hardware. As for PCMCIA also called PCI they are a type of 32 byt > >architecture which is now popular on most computers.Most sound cards, > >modems, vidio cards, network cards have moved from ISA to PCMCIA. Well spotted. I missed this one. PCI is NOT the same as PCMCIA. The type of hardware being described here is PCI. As stated earlier here, PCMCIA hardware is generally seen in laptops and is designed to be easily removed and inserted. PCI hardware is the typical desktop card that is screwed inside the machine. Geoff. -- Geoff Shang ICQ number 43634701