Does my laptop have a PCMCIA card slot?
How to tell if your laptop/notebook computer has a CardBus PCMCIA slot. If your computer was manufacturered before 1997, it most likely will not have a cardbus PCMCIA slot, but will instead have a 16-bit legacy slot which will not work with cardbus cards.
What is a 54mm ExpressCard?
The ExpressCard standard specifies two form factors, ExpressCard/34 (34 millimetres (1.3 in) wide) and ExpressCard/54 (54 mm (2.1 in) wide, in an L-shape)—the connector is the same on both (34 mm wide).
What is a PCMCIA card?
The PCMCIA is the standards body for several device standards including ExpressCard, PC Card, PC CardBus, and at one time the Miniature Card and SmartMedia (when the SSFDA folded) standards as well. When people mistakenly ask for PCMCIA Cards, what they really mean are PC Cards.
Can I add a PCMCIA slot to my laptop using USB?
These cards include (but not exclusively): Designed solely for cellular data cards, this is a great way to add a PCMCIA slot to your laptop using a USB port. Here is a list of card brands and types that are compatible with the USB to Cardbus adapter.
What are the different types of PC cards?
Adding PC Card support to desktop computers typically requires a host adapter, called a PCMCIA PC Card reader . Typically PCMCIA PC Cards are categorized by their purpose. PCMCIA PC Card memory devices or PCMCIA PC Card/PC CardBus I/O devices. The first PCMCIA PC Card memory types were Linear Flash and SRAM. PCMCIA SRAM PC Cards are Static-RAM.
Do PC cards work with notebook computers?
All PCMCIA PC Cards feature a standard 68-pin parallel interface to the host system. Notebook computers can feature PCMCIA PC Card or PCMCIA PC CardBus slots, although newer models feature PCMCIA ExpressCard slots. Adding PC Card support to desktop computers typically requires a host adapter, called a PCMCIA PC Card reader.