On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 01:23:09PM +0100, Rob Beard wrote: > On 18/04/10 09:08, Jon Reynolds wrote: > > Any known issues with these working with Ubuntu? I have an old Dell > > Latitude that only has a single USB 1.1 socket but available PCMCIA > > slots. > > > > If this works, will it be the same speed as a regular USB 2.0 socket? > > > > Was looking to use a 4 way adaptor. Want to plug in an external HDD. > > > > Cheers > > > > Jon Reynolds > > (j0nr) > > > > Well it's worth a try, chances are if the machine was made after 1997 > then it should support Cardbus (PCMCIA 5.0) which is a 32-Bit connection > (rather than earlier revisions of PCMCIA which is 16-Bit). > > According to wikipedia, it'll support up to 133MB/sec so chances are you > should get a pretty reasonable speed (certainly more than USB 1.1). > > Rob > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Cheers Rob, Shall give it a go and report back. Jon Reynolds -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
