Is there anyway to see if the card is trully 32-bit or if the bumps are cosmetic? Or... does anyone want to trade a lan or lan+56k pc card that is not 32 bit for a windows only dlink card? Thomas Cameron wrote: > Bad idea - you will be trying to put a 32-bit device in a 16-bit slot. Will > most definitely not work. > -- > Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT > Cameron Technical Services, Inc. > (512) 454-3200 Main > http://www.camerontech.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rob Wultsch" > To: > Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 10:28 PM > Subject: OT: Grind the bumps of a pcmcia card? > > > >>Background: I have 2 laptops, one of which is ancient (pentium 100). >>This laptop I had a mother of time getting windows to work on it and >>Lilo and grub just don't plain work... Any ho I have a D-link 650 >>(non-prism based, not that it matters) that I would like to use in the >>cheap laptop. >> >>The Problem: The laptop that I want to use this fairly new card in is >>rather old. So old in fact that it dose not support ?cardbus? (the cards >>with the bumps). What are the chances that a pcmcia card will funcion if >>I grind the bumps off of the card so that it will in to an old pcmcia >>slot? My orinoco card does not have the bumps and works in my ancient >>laptop... >> >>What do you guys think? >> >>--------------------------------------------------- >>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss