Re: [NTLK] pcmcia portable slot?

From: Ethan Clark (eclark_at_mac.com)
Date: Fri Sep 20 2002 - 19:03:46 PDT


> > My portable computer has a pcmcia slot.
> >
> > Is there any way that it can read a newton card from
> > it?
>
> Nope. No way. Sorry. Totally different formats. Your laptop will most
> likely want to format the card (into a different format).

Wouldn't it just be possible to write a filesystem driver for OS X, so that
at the very least, the OS didn't offer to format the card (say, just pop up
a message stating that it's a Newton-formatted card?)

Ethan Clark

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