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From: andrae@rzdspc2.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Caroline Andrae)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Notebook - PCMCIA
Date: 14 Mar 1994 09:41:07 GMT
Organization: University of Hamburg -- Germany
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References: <1994Mar9.094748.4022@swan.pyr> <ARNEJ.94Mar9134803@supernova.pvv.unit.no> <2lm8ok$ssr@news.nynexst.com> <2lp2t9$r73@u.cc.utah.edu>
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|> >Have you tried to put your notebook on a network with a PCMCIA ethernet
|> >card?
|>
|> Works great; all you need is a PCMCIA enabler shim, which is very few lines
|> of code to write, especially if you have doc's for PCMCIA. Most of the
|> network cards are NE2000 compatible. Should take you half an hour.
|>
|> It also works with anything else PCMCIA if you code things right (or one
|> network card exactly if you do it wrong), including FAX modems and SCSI
|> interfaces for things like tape drives. 8-).
|>
Could you please explain, or post the thing you wrote?
Thanks,
Caroline
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andrae@informatik.uni-hamburg.de Caroline Andrae
Fachbereich Informatik/RO
Universitaet Hamburg
Vogt-Koelln-Str. 30
22527 Hamburg