From: Joost van de Griek (joost_at_jvdg.net)
Date: Tue Feb 18 2003 - 09:37:42 PST
On 2003-02-18 16:15, "Brian Carstensen" <reggie.lives_at_netzero.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 18, 2003, at 08:47 AM, Jeffrey M. Swiger wrote:
>
>> 802.11G is a mini PCI Card, I don't think any PCMCIA are going to be made
>> anytime in the near future....
>
> You think they will make all laptops and PDAs use 802.11b forever and
> ever?
>
> A quick google of "802.11g PC card" showed one from LinkSys. I'm sure
> there are and will be others.
True. Belkin make one, for instance:
<http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=1&Section_Id
=200340&pcount=&Product_Id=136500&Section.Section_Path=%2FRoot%2FNetworki%2E
%2E%2EndCables%2FWirelessNetworking%2F>
However, they're all CardBus (32-bit) cards, whereas the Newt's PC Card
slots are PCMCIA 16-bit slots.
I suspect that, just like with USB and FireWire cards, no 16-bit models will
be made.
There was some discussion on the PowerList as to whether or not the 16-bit
PCMCIA standard even has the required throughput to support 54Mbit 802.11g
cards, but no definitive answer was found. Anyone here know the maximum
throughput of the (Newton's) PCMCIA slots?
,xtG
.tsooJ
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