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renewontime dot com
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How to tell if it's PCMCIA 1 or 2?
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Hi,
How can I tell if the PCMCIA slots in my computer are PCMCIA 1 or 2?
I've got a Samsung Sens 810 that came with Windows 95 installed and I've
made it dual boot with Damn Small Linux. I'd like to get a wireless
network adapter for it but don't know where to begin. I checked the
hardware settings in W95, but no mention of PCMCIA 2. I'm told that
there aren't wireless adapters for the older version of PCMCIA.
Any advice?
Thanks,
Paul |
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renewontime dot com
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 3:53 pm Post subject:
Re: How to tell if it's PCMCIA 1 or 2?
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.... I guess what I'm really trying to figure out is "can I use a
wireless network card" in this system? It has 2 PCMCIA slots, so I
think a "Type II" card will fit. It used to have a Fujitsu FM 10304/8
Ethernet Card and Montana 28.8 Modem installed, both are now missing...
Any leads? I googled and didn't get much info.
Thanks,
Paul |
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Bill Marcum
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 6:40 pm Post subject:
Re: How to tell if it's PCMCIA 1 or 2?
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On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 07:02:45 -1000, renewontime dot com
<nomail@nospam.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Hi,
How can I tell if the PCMCIA slots in my computer are PCMCIA 1 or 2?
I've got a Samsung Sens 810 that came with Windows 95 installed and I've
made it dual boot with Damn Small Linux. I'd like to get a wireless
network adapter for it but don't know where to begin. I checked the
hardware settings in W95, but no mention of PCMCIA 2. I'm told that
there aren't wireless adapters for the older version of PCMCIA.
The newer cards are called Cardbus. Look for 16-bit PCMCIA if your |
machine isn't Cardbus compatible.
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Jerry Peters
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 6:48 pm Post subject:
Re: How to tell if it's PCMCIA 1 or 2?
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renewontime dot com <nomail@nospam.com> wrote:
| Quote: | ... I guess what I'm really trying to figure out is "can I use a
wireless network card" in this system? It has 2 PCMCIA slots, so I
think a "Type II" card will fit. It used to have a Fujitsu FM 10304/8
Ethernet Card and Montana 28.8 Modem installed, both are now missing...
Any leads? I googled and didn't get much info.
Thanks,
Paul
You also need to know whether you have PCMCIA or Cardbus slots. Most |
if not all wireless g adapters are Cardbus, don't know about b cards,
based on their 11 Mbps throughput they could be PCMCIA.
The only easy way that I know to tell the difference between Cardbus
and PCMCIA is to try to insert a Cardbus card into the slot, if it
won't fully insert, the slot is not Cardbus.
Jerry |
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renewontime dot com
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 7:28 pm Post subject:
Re: How to tell if it's PCMCIA 1 or 2?
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| Quote: | You also need to know whether you have PCMCIA or Cardbus slots. Most
if not all wireless g adapters are Cardbus, don't know about b cards,
based on their 11 Mbps throughput they could be PCMCIA.
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Thanks Jerry. After searching Google a bit more I came to the same
conclusion.
| Quote: | The only easy way that I know to tell the difference between Cardbus
and PCMCIA is to try to insert a Cardbus card into the slot, if it
won't fully insert, the slot is not Cardbus.
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So CardBus and PCMCIA are -physically- different? If so, I think I can
pick up a card at Walmart for relatively cheap to test.
The slot is designed to hold 2 type I PCMCIA cards, so I'm guessing
it'll take 1 type II instead (from what I've read it should do this).
This system still has Windows 95 installed and I checked the drivers.
It says it's "32 bit" and under system properties it lists "Cirrus Logic
PCIC compatible PCI to PCMCIA bridge".
This ultimate goal is to tie this old notebook into a DSL modem/router
and use it as a dedicated home website server.
Paul |
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renewontime dot com
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 11:09 pm Post subject:
Re: How to tell if it's PCMCIA 1 or 2?
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| Quote: | The newer cards are called Cardbus. Look for 16-bit PCMCIA if your
machine isn't Cardbus compatible.
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Thanks Bill. How can I tell if it's Cardbus compatible? I googled the
net and didn't find anything.
Paul
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| Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 1:58 am Post subject:
Re: How to tell if it's PCMCIA 1 or 2?
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renewontime dot com <nomail@nospam.com> wrote:
| Quote: | How can I tell if the PCMCIA slots in my computer are PCMCIA 1 or 2?
I've got a Samsung Sens 810 that came with Windows 95 installed and I've
made it dual boot with Damn Small Linux. I'd like to get a wireless
network adapter for it but don't know where to begin. I checked the
hardware settings in W95, but no mention of PCMCIA 2. I'm told that
there aren't wireless adapters for the older version of PCMCIA.
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The Samsung Sens 810 has two Type II PCMCIA slots. These are 16-bit
slots. You'll need to be sure to get a 16-bit wireless adapter; that
will pretty much limit you to 802.11b devices.
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Kelly Price
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| Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:16 pm Post subject:
Re: How to tell if it's PCMCIA 1 or 2?
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| Quote: | The Samsung Sens 810 has two Type II PCMCIA slots. These are 16-bit
slots. You'll need to be sure to get a 16-bit wireless adapter; that
will pretty much limit you to 802.11b devices.
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Look for a Linksys WPC v3 or a Microsoft B (aka Bomax) Wifi card. These are
Wifi-B cards that work in 16-bit PC Card slots.
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Ray Ingles
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| Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:24 pm Post subject:
Re: How to tell if it's PCMCIA 1 or 2?
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In article <116r56iobg2dbf2@corp.supernews.com>, renewontime dot com wrote:
| Quote: | The newer cards are called Cardbus. Look for 16-bit PCMCIA if your
machine isn't Cardbus compatible.
Thanks Bill. How can I tell if it's Cardbus compatible? I googled the
net and didn't find anything.
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Check the boot messages as Linux is coming up. It should say. One key
item - if the card interface is on an ISA bus, it's PCMCIA-only for sure.
If it's on a PCI bus, it's at least 90% certain to be Cardbus-compatible.
(There were a very few chipsets that did PCMCIA-only but hooked onto a
PCI bus.)
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renewontime dot com
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| Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 1:23 pm Post subject:
Re: How to tell if it's PCMCIA 1 or 2?
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| Quote: | Check the boot messages as Linux is coming up. It should say. One key
item - if the card interface is on an ISA bus, it's PCMCIA-only for sure.
If it's on a PCI bus, it's at least 90% certain to be Cardbus-compatible.
(There were a very few chipsets that did PCMCIA-only but hooked onto a
PCI bus.)
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It's a notebook computer BTW. I checked the Linux boot sequence (Damn
Small Linux which is a "streamlined" Debian) and it went by too fast to
see anything about the PCMCIA. In the Windows 95 device manager it's
referred to as a "Cirrus Logic PCIC compatible PCI to PCMCIA bridge".
But nothing further to indicate whether it's 32 bits or 16 bits. Any
other ideas?
Thanks,
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renewontime dot com
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| Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 2:38 pm Post subject:
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| Quote: | All the above found via 5 minutes with Google.
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Thanks Dale. Your Google skills are obviously much better than mine ;-)
Paul |
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Dale Dellutri
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| Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 4:06 pm Post subject:
Re: How to tell if it's PCMCIA 1 or 2?
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On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 07:02:45 -1000, renewontime dot com <nomail@nospam.com> wrote:
| Quote: | How can I tell if the PCMCIA slots in my computer are PCMCIA 1 or 2?
I've got a Samsung Sens 810 that came with Windows 95 installed and I've
made it dual boot with Damn Small Linux. I'd like to get a wireless
network adapter for it but don't know where to begin. I checked the
hardware settings in W95, but no mention of PCMCIA 2. I'm told that
there aren't wireless adapters for the older version of PCMCIA.
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According to this page, the PCI-to-PCMCIA is a Cirrus PD6729:
http://lists.cse.psu.edu/archives/9fans/2004-July/036982.html
This is an old laptop (Samsung "SENS 810", 133 MHz Pentium,
40 meg RAM), but I got *two* of them for the same low,
low price of zero... having spare parts makes the deal
more attractive.
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PCI enumeration on this machine seems to go a little
weird, with the Cardbus bridge (a Cirrus PD6729)
turning up a gajillion times, though I have worked
around that with judicious use of "*pcimaxdno=3".
And according to this page, it's not cardbus:
http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/PCMCIA-HOWTO-2.html
PCI-to-PCMCIA bridges that are not CardBus capable, like the
Cirrus PD6729, are not supported at all by the kernel PCMCIA
drivers.
So it sounds like it's 16 bit. FWIW, a colleague has a laptop that
originally came with Windows 95 and it won't recognize any modern
cardbus card.
All the above found via 5 minutes with Google.
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Ray Ingles
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| Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 1:35 pm Post subject:
Re: How to tell if it's PCMCIA 1 or 2?
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In article <116sn7hfag5222c@corp.supernews.com>, renewontime dot com wrote:
| Quote: | Check the boot messages as Linux is coming up.
It's a notebook computer BTW. I checked the Linux boot sequence (Damn
Small Linux which is a "streamlined" Debian) and it went by too fast to
see anything about the PCMCIA.
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Try the 'dmesg' command... e.g. 'dmesg | less'.
| Quote: | In the Windows 95 device manager it's
referred to as a "Cirrus Logic PCIC compatible PCI to PCMCIA bridge".
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That's not a good sign. I've got an old Gateway laptop with a CL
chipset and it's PCMCIA-only. See what Linux says; if it *can* do
Cardbus, Linux should say so. If it says PCMCIA, it's PCMCIA-only.
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