I just went into Performace under System Properties (on Windozs 98) and it says: PC Cards (PCMCIA): 32-bit I think I will have to put the dremmel to good use tommorow... Rob Wultsch wrote: > 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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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