Re: Another though on 3Com PCMCIA

["Victor C. Kress" <kress@oz.geology.washington.edu>]

On Fri, 6 May 1994, Randal Whittle wrote:
> 
> 	On another thought--I have a question for those of you who got the
> 3Com "Combo" PCMCIA card:  Does it have 2 different "tails"--one for 
> 10BaseT and one for 10Base2, or what exactly?  I am considering getting
> the combo card for flexibility purposes and returning the 10BaseT only card,
> but I do not want to have to deal with a big, floppy 10Base2 combination
> tail when I need only 10BaseT.  If I can "choose" the tail I need for the 
> type of network I'm on, I'm willing to spend the extra $30 for the flexibility.
> 
> 	Comments, please?

The combo card has two "pigtails", one for 10bt and one for 10b2.  The
card automaticly senses which is hooked up (I've used both interchagably
with no setup required).  The specs say that the 10bt consumes 110mA while
the 10b2 uses 430.

-Victor Kress