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pcmcia cards (modified 0 times) ckbone I recently found an Action Tech isa/pcmcia card drive. The whole thing mounts in the isa slot with its access ports facing out the back. What I'm proposing here is enabling the on-board ide, and using the isa slot for the card. The card is too big to allow use of the pci slot with the card. Does this sound workable? I have several pcmcia cards(modem,LAN,hard drive) which could be used with this setup. Also, is anyone doing this port/resistor soldering job? I'm fairly certain I would have great difficulty with such a delicate operation. 05-24-2000 02:48:40

RE:pcmcia cards (modified 0 times) liar uhh... the whole thing DOESN'T mount in an ISA slot, dummy. it needs a separate bay for the readers. If you are mounting a hard drive in it already, where the fsck are you going to put the reader? liar 05-26-2000 17:10:29

RE:pcmcia cards (modified 0 times) tanker liar There are plenty of places to put the readers in a WS case. Maybe if you were not so excited about finding an opportunity to insult someone you could actualy make a contribution to this post. But hay, what ever makes you feel like an adult, go right ahead! 05-26-2000 20:29:21

RE:pcmcia cards (modified 0 times) SpokeToSoon I knew I had seen one before. This isn't the one I remember but it proves a point. :) http://www.inside-usa.com/products/mm686data.htm 05-26-2000 21:10:31

RE:pcmcia cards (modified 0 times) ckbone Funny....The isa/pcmcia card drive I have here in my hand, is a wholly self-contained unit...no extra cables,cards,etc. You plug it into an isa slot, and its access port is open on the back of the slot. I know there are pcmcia drives that require a slot and an available open drive bay....this card, however, only requires one isa slot. If you could get your IDE working on-board, or using the pci slot, this card drive could be easily used for multiple devices, many of which are just sitting around, such as the four or five I have. I have a new modem/LAN combo card that would work great. Any "help" in this matter is appreciated. And by-the way, the interal hard-drive I'm using does not block the slots...amazing what you learn....if you can read. 05-27-2000 03:23:30

RE:pcmcia cards (modified 0 times) ms662412 The only reason that the card that some one specified requires 2 bays is because it can handle Type 3 PCMCIA Slot Cards. You don't really need this if all you have is Type 2 Slots. If some one would have taken alittle more type to study the device, they would know this. L8tr 05-27-2000 07:45:23

RE:pcmcia cards (modified 0 times) ma662412 Also, All he's looking for is a reader not a All in Wonder gizmo like that 05-27-2000 07:46:20

RE:pcmcia cards (modified 0 times) ckbone I already have this device. It uses one isa slot. It has two slots in it, so you can use a type 3 device, or two type 2 devices. It is only a card drive....unlike the one pictured in the link. I was trying to find out if it could be used in this Surfer. It is probably too thick to allow use of the pci slot at the same time, so I would have to use the on-board ide. I use pcmcia cards all the time in my Thinkpad......but I have no experience with pcmcia drives in desk-top computers. If it could be done, modems, Lan connections, etc., would be a breeze. The documentation I have for it obviously does not cover Surfers. Very few people seem to know anything about the thing, but it fits, and looks like it should work. 05-27-2000 10:39:37

RE:pcmcia cards (modified 0 times) Prosaik Check out my post in the Smart Card Reader/Writer thread for a possible solution to using PCMCIA cards (though no Type II capability). 05-31-2000 23:44:19

RE:pcmcia cards (modified 0 times) Prosaik Profile Check out my post in the Smart Card Reader/Writer thread for a possible solution to using PCMCIA cards (though no Type III capability). 05-31-2000 23:47:46

RE:pcmcia cards (modified 0 times) Linuxguru To ckbone: I have used a Greystone Peripherals dual Type-III card dock in a desktop computer. It has an ISA card and a separate card dock unit that fits in a 5.25" slot. I have used Type-III hard disks in it, and they were seen by Linux without any problems. With an entry in fstab, I was easily able to mount and read/write to an msdos filesystem on the Type-III hard disk. I think that you will be able to do the same with your card (if the chipset is supported by Linux - i82365 or the Cirrus Logic equivalent should be OK). In short, it is a simple and versatile addition to the websurfer. Enjoy and thanks for the heads up! -Linuxguru 06-02-2000 01:33:48

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