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[Brent Harding]

My dell has one for a modem and one where it's dvd card is in. I'm not sure
what type of slot it's using, could be a type two that holds 2 type one
boards.
At 10:49 PM 12/7/00 -0600, you wrote:
>> I have a Compaq presario computer and wonder if I can have a reasonable 
>> expectation that Linux in any flavor will work on it.
>
>I would expect you can load Linux on it no problem. just be aware that
>your modem will probably not work. There are some drivers now available
>for WinModems, but....I will not give a diatibe on the evils of these
>modems now.
>
>> Finally, what are P. C. M. C. I A. boards?  
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>I forget what exactly the acronym is. But what they are also known as PC
>cards. They are about the size of a credit card in size. They can be any
>of three thicknesses. The thinest of them are less the 1/4 inch thick.
>
>As for what they are for, this can be most anything. The most common uses
>are modems and NICs for laptops. But they can also have memory, hard
>drives, scsi adapters, proprietary CDROM or DVD interfaces, etc. PCMCIA
>provides a standard so that you can buy expansion from any number of
>vendors. It is primarily for laptops, but you can get slots mechanisms for
>a desktop as well. Don't buy a laptop without a type 2 slot.
>
>The type designates the thickness of the card. They vary from type 1 to
>type 3. A type 2 slot will hold either s ingle type 2 board, or two type 1
>boards. (These are most common.) A type 3 slot should be even a little
>thicker. This will accomodate a hard drive. I believe it will also hold a
>single type 1 card and a type 2 card simultanously but could be
>mistaken. Most laptops have a single type 2 slot in them.
>
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>Kirk Wood
>Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net
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