[ale] pcmcia to pci - do I need drivers?

[Christopher R. Curzio]

You can get an actual PCMCIA interface for your desktop. It doesn't
require any special drivers other than those required by the chipset it
uses. It's not really an adapter card in the sense that it doesn't make
your PCMCIA device into a PCI device. It actually adds the PCMCIA
interface. 

I have one that has a card that plugs into the PCI slot, and a ribbon
cable goes to a drive bay-mountable box with two PCMCIA slots. As far as
the computer is concerned, it sees a PCMCIA interface. Just like a laptop.
They also make PCI cards where the PCMCIA card slides into it on the back
of the computer, but having them on the front is a bit more convenient -
especially for things like flash memory cards.

http://www.azeemacomputer.com/html/pcmcia-pci.htm -- The one on the left
is the toy I have. They typically run about $100 or so. Check here:

http://shopper.cnet.com/shopping/resellers/0-9824682-311-107188.html

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Thus Spake Christopher Bergeron <christopher at bergeron.com>:
Tue, 11 Mar 2003 22:32:47 -0500


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> Hey guys, I found a neat little PCMCIA "device" that I want to put in my
> 
> desktop PC.  I know that the PCMCIA stack works great under linux for 
> notebooks/laptops, but what I'm wondering is if I get PCMCIA-to-PCI 
> adapter card and pop my PCMCIA card into it, will I need "drivers" or 
> some sort of "layer" in order to allow me to use the device?  Or does 
> the PCMCIA-to-PCI card just provide a different _physical_ interface to 
> the PC?
> 
> Anyone have any ideas on this conversion and/or if I'll need specific 
> drivers for my adapter card?  If so, got any brands that are 
> penguin-powered?
> 
> Much thanks,
> - -CB
> 
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