you can get pcmcia ethernet cards for much less than $300 - about $120 for 10/100 and $100 or less for 10mb only.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I have recently bought a Dell D266TX w/ > > 128mb of RAM, CDROM, Floppy and a Modem > > Card (PCMCIA) for .. $400 ! It's a PII 266 > > of course .. how does the price sound ? > > Price is not too bad, especially if it has a hard drive as well...:-) > > > Anyway i'm wondering if it's possible, > > somehow, to stick a networking cable (cat5) > > into the PCMCIA modem and have it work > > like a network card instead. It's a long > > shot but that's why i'm asking a LUG :) > > Nope - definately NOT - not only are the connectors different, but they don't > talk ethernet. > > Thhere is a Xircom CEM56 PCMCIA card which has 10/100 ethernet and 56K modem in > it - you can pick them up for around $500 new, or probebly $300 at the markets. > You can also get a dedicated 10/100 card only for around the $300 mark. > > I *may* have a spare CEM56 complete with the necessary "dongles" that I can > sell for around $250 if I can't resurrect the old notebook... Email me off-list > if you're interested. > > Jon > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
