what is cardbus?, was: PCMCIA Ethernet on 760ED

[Axel Hartmann <axel.hartmann@stud.uni-karlsruhe.de>]

hi,

what is the card bus vs. the pc-card? i take from the
context that it is used in the pc-card-slot... is
it proprietary or "just" the new version of pc-card?

axel

[...]
>http://www.xircom.com/HotStuff/usoffer.html to buy either a PC Card or
>Cardbus version for only $99.  As far as I know, only Xircom has a 10/100
>PCMCIA version available.  Word is that Intel and 3Com will soon offer one,
>but not yet.
>
>One word of caution.  I bought the Cardbus version and Xircom has not been
>able to get it working with my TP760E and Win95 OSR2.  They claim they are
>working on it, so I am going to wait.
>
>They have proprietary Cardbus adapters that wont allow you to use other PC
>Cards if you install them.  These apparently work.  You might play it safe
>and get the PC Card version.
>

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