@Natanox @qlp @wyatt also both designs (#XJACK and #Flap) are horrible cuz noone will complain about a knob at the end of a #PCMCIA card.

• Espechally since it'll make it more janky and consume more space than a (detachable) #dongle-cable.

https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114627787252935023

@wyatt Yikes!

Now I know how they called these so manufacturers didn't have to bother to build either a knob at the end of their #PCMCIA cards or add a (ideally detachable) cable and socket to it.

Напечатал пока органайзер для #PCMCIA, ведь у мя их теперь целых две!

https://www.thingiverse.com/make:1227846

#3Dprint

Нас ждут дальнейшие приключения, возможно успешные: приехал адаптер #CompactFlash → #PCMCIA
Жаль, что у #eMate300 только один слот: или #WiFi, или flash 😩
На крайний случай в хозяйстве есть ещё два ноутбука с #PCcard

#newtonPDA #retrocomputing

/* Ugggglllyyyy!!! */

https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.13.7/source/drivers/scsi/pcmcia/qlogic_stub.c#L273

#linux #kernel #scsi #pcmcia

I saw it somewhere in the 90s and I just remember #PCMCIA as "People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms". (tev)

https://www.yyzkevin.com

This guy is working on FPGA-based sound cards for PCMCIA-enabled laptops, as well as a plethora of other retro computer projects

#soundcard #retro #retropc #pcmcia

*shakes the card at those dang kids passing his house*

You dang kids have no idea how easy you have it with integrated WIFI on your iPad and phones!! In my day we had #PCMCIA cards on our 10lbs laptops!!! (Actually my first WIFI was a PCI card for my desktop.)

I was digging through my tech junk drawer looking for my Pebble charging cable and found this. This thing brings back the memories. I use to do a ton of #wardriving . I never accessed an AP but did scan for them. I legit drove around the twin cities to the point that back in day of 2003, I collected 4,401 AP's with GPS details. Today? That isn't even a 5 mile radius. But in 2003. It was a lot.

Neil Cafferkey has developed a SANA-II-compatible network card driver for PCMCIA cards from the manufacturer Xircom, which can be used with an A600 or A1200:

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2024-12-00139-EN.html

#Amiga #driver #PCMCIA

It's a bit of a shame that my #laptop 's #PCMCIA slot has never and will never be used.

Those #Framework USB-C cartridges look like they're the new PCMCIA, but other laptop manufacturers don't seem to be on board for some reason. I wonder why? Is the design patented or something?

@scruss No I don't think so, #PCMCIA is pretty-much just the ISA bus broken out into a 68pin connector with some extra stuff. I think #Psion was just mad because their hardware didn't have ISA, and they didn't want to implement it.

#retrocomputing

#psion really, really hated #PCMCIA

There's two whole pages dedicated to hating it in the SDK docs.

PCMCIA is just hype!

#retrocomputing

Oh wow, did the people from #psion hire clairvoyants in 1990! This is exactly what happened with #PCMCIA and the Psion Serial Protocol!

Excerpt from the Psion 'C' Software Development Kit - Volume 1.

#retrocomputing #sibo #pcmcia

Anybody need a PCMCIA card case? 😂

#pcmcia #archaeology

Well, my first two #aliexpress experiences were shite.
I ordered an #expresscard to #pcmcia adapter - the shipping took forever, they could not find the address, and when it did arrive I received a Novatel #Wireless XCA-3 ExpressCard to PC Card Adapter. This card is only compatible with Novatel Wireless Products - no joy with other ExpressCards. Oh, they may show up in #Win10 but will not be identified correctly, use the wrong drivers, and will not work = worthless.
I liked how the expresscard was offset in the adapter, rather than in the middle. This is why I purchased it, to allow access for the second expresscard inserted in my #thinkpad
Thankfully, full refund & no need to ship back - donate/recycle.
The second was a purchase of a Tail Insertion Tester. After a week they canceled the order - and the replacement they offered to purchase at 2x the price!
Sorry, but #GTFO
#vintagehardware
#retro #retrocomputing #retroComputers
#WallOfRetro #retroTech #retroTechnology
#computer

if anyone has PCMCIA cards for sale/trade/etc or knows a good place to find them besides ebay (preferably with the driver disc bc idk if i can find those easily) pleaseee lmk!

specifically looking for ethernet, vga out, usb, firewire but interested in windowshopping cards in general

#PCMCIA #hpjornada #pocketpc

When #thrifting the other day I ran across a mysterious PCMCIA card.

There's a no ports on the back of it, and it comes with a faux leather carrying case. What is it?

Put your guesses below, answer in the next post in a spoiler tag!

#retrocomputing #pcmcia #laptop

This "ez-dock" is not so easy - in fact I think it is #DOA. Been #troubleshooting this issue all weekend where the doc and the drive were not accessible.

The Unknown, new to me #PCMCIA/ pc card that has no #windoz10 drivers - Silicon Image SiI #3512 serial ATA controller providing two #eSATA ports that I was hoping to use for hard drive testing.

Took it as an opportunity to throw #Linux on this #t43 #ibm #thinkpad - decided on #MX running #fluxbox which seems to run rather well on this #vintagehardware and limited #RAM

Initially the eSATA card would light up, then would go dark with no visibility onto the drive media. Figured out how to configure #automount and tested with a different drive dock - and we have success! Confirmed the #pcmcia card works, and this other #unitek drive dock works! 😸

Tried the ez-dock via #USB and still no joy. Such a finicky #pos

#vintagetech #vintagecomputing #geek #hacker #makeshitmonday #modshitmonday #opensource

@cannibal

I'm bringing back there two #Lenovo #Thinkpads: an #R400 & a #W500. Both are curb finds - scrounge some power supplies, they both booted up fine. Ordered a battery to replace the missing one on the R400 and the #SODIMM upgrades that I did not already have on hand to max out the memory on both. Also ordered a #PCMCIA card to add #eSATA and one for #USB3 capabilities for my drive docks.

The R400 is running #Win10 32 bit just fine, the W500 is next. Yea, #windoz for some hard drive testing software that only runs on #windowz 😞

The #T45 is next with a lightweight #Linux or #BSD distro. Pictures & updates on a future #makeshitmonday

#makeShit #upgradeShit #reuseshit #curbfinds #vintagecomputing #vintagehardware #windoz #laptop #laptops #ibm #IBMThinkpad #upcycle #upcycling #upcycled #upcycler #hardware #computers #computer #computer_hardware

help!

Looking for Toshiba L50utils.exe - laptop pcmcia drivers for Windows 95. It is long gone from the Toshiba website. Anybody with a floppy with this on or know where to find a copy?

#win95 #Toshiba #pcmcia #drivers #retro #retrocomputing #retrogaming #DOS #floppy #laptop