Re; I want to add more USB ports to my powerbook, may I ask which if any brands of PCMCIA cards you have used work OK? thankyou
on 1/16/03 4:28 PM, Jim at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> Can anyone explain why Jaguar refuses to acknowledge or access my >> nice >>> PCMCIA-linked hard drive? And even better, can anyone suggest a fix? >> >> Is your PCMCIA card a FireWire card? If not, then this is somekind of >> proprietary interface which doesn't have a driver for in OS X. Do you >> remember installing anything under 9 with it? Even if you say no, that >> would >> probably be not conclusive, since there is much better PCMCIA support >> in 9 >> then there is in X. The only PCMCIA I've seen working in X were USB and >> FireWire cards. >> >> -Laurent. > > > Laurent, > > Nope. Firewire is not involved here. However, the PCMCIA interface > has also been used by the "Kanguru" external drives, among others. The > device shipped with a (floppy) disk of drivers for WinNT, 95, and DOS, > but no drivers were needed for Macintosh. > > I've also just tested the drive on a Powerbook 3400 under OS 8.6, and > it works fine there. > > It begins to sound like drivers are not built-in to Jaguar, and I guess > this is such a niche market that there never will be any. Alas. > > --Jim. > -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
