Re: [NTLK] firewire Newts?

From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent_daudelin_at_fanniemae.com)
Date: Fri Feb 08 2002 - 11:07:06 EST


On 08/02/02 11:02, "Stainless Steel Rat" <ratinox_at_peorth.gweep.net> wrote:

> * Laurent Daudelin <nemesys_at_cox.rr.com> on Thu, 07 Feb 2002
> | They're actually physically, or hardware incompatible...
>
> Hardware.
>
> PC-Card is a 16-bit bus, one that bears a strong resemblance to ISA. It
> operates at 5V or 12V.
>
> CardBus is a 32-bit bus that strongly resembles PCI. It operates at 3.3V.

Rat,

Thanks for the details! I was mostly thinking about the bus, never thought
about the physical form. I think you can still stick a cardbus card in a
non-cardbus slot.

-Laurent.

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