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- From: mlelstv@specklec.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Michael van Elst)
- Subject: Re: Want info on PCMCIA
- Message-ID: <1992Nov24.034638.20163@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de>
- Keywords: PCMCIA A600 A1200 IBM Ethernet
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- Organization: Max-Planck-Institut f"ur Radioastronomie
- References: <1796@dsinet>
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 03:46:38 GMT
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- In <1796@dsinet> jonn@chusuk (Jon Noble) writes:
- >Do these cards rely on the laptop Intel processor and MS-DOS? Are they plug-
-
- The software for them probably relies on the Intel processor and MS-DOS
- (or Netware or OS/2).
-
- >and-play in the A600/1200? (I doubt it.) Can a driver for AmigaDOS be created
- >that would otherwise make these cards plug-and-play?
-
- A driver could be create that makes these cards plug-and-play. If they start
- selling the cards for $200 or less then you probably see drivers.
-
- >In general, is any PCMCIA card (memory, modem, disk drive) directly "compatible"
- >on any hardware platform, or are software drivers required to provide the glue
- >between the card and the computer?
-
- Of course there is software needed. Just the low-level access methods are
- standardized. But these won't give you f.e. a networking protocol.
-
- >One last one: if, as I suspect, the answer is that drivers are required, is
- >C= or any third parties working on such drivers for specific cards?
-
- Not that I'd know of... it probably depends on the price for such cards.
-
- Regards,
- --
- Michael van Elst
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