On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 7:51 AM, Kevin Barth <godai....@gmail.com> wrote:
> PC Cards are another name for PCMCIA cards, the type of small, external > expansion cards that were used in early laptops. The original Airport card > was a PCMCIA, and the Quicksilver has a PCMCIA port to accept it. However, > when the Airport is used, System Profiler lists it as an Airport card and > not as a "PC Card." A little Googling suggests that if you're willing to > forego the use of the Airport (or simply don't have one), you can make use > of some other PCMCIA cards in the Quicksilver, but to be honest, I don't > know why you'd want to. In any event, it's definitely not referring to any > card you might have installed in your PC. > > Looks like I made a couple of errors of omission in the above response, so to set the record straight.. The original Airport was only FUNCTIONALLY a PCMCIA card. It was, in fact, a rebranded version of a popular PCMCIA WiFi card of the time, but the casing was modified sufficiently that it would not fit into a standard PCMCIA adaptor. This also means that a standard PCMCIA card would not fit into the Airport slot without an appropriate adaptor. More reason to leave it alone, as fair as I'm concerned. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
