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From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
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Subject: Re: APM realy sucks on 2.6.x
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 13:48:40 -0400
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Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> 
>>| PCMCIA... well, that's another obsolete technology. Too bad.
>>
>>PCMCIA is obsolete? Did I miss something, or was this a joke?
> 
> 
> Obsoleted by cardbus, I believe. (cardbus cards look like PCMCIA
> cards, but electrical protocol is different) Plus, as someone else
> noted, stuff moves into mainboard. USB also replacs part of what
> PCMCIA was for.

Cardbus maybe, USB not. USB is very nice, but it's not typically SMALL. 
A PCMCIA NIC card is a credit card size, a USB NIC is a box plus a 
cable. Before you tell me I don't need it please name the affordable 
laptop which has 2 NICs.

-- 
    -bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com)
"The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the
  last possible moment - but no longer"  -me
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