[nzlug] express card

[anru chen]

hi daniel:

i just want to buy a wiless express card, only thing i can find is

http://www.expansys.co.nz/p.aspx?i=142873,

does not know if above product working under linux or not.

my notebook is a dell inspiron 1300, according to manual,
it has a

expressCard controller: ICH6M
expressCard connector : one expressCard slot 54 mm,
card supported: expressCard/34 (34mm) and
                        expressCard/54 (54 mm)
                       1.5v, 3.3v
expressCard connector size: 28 pins

that all i have for my express card.

regards,

anru

On 1/30/07, Daniel Pittman <daniel at rimspace.net> wrote:
> G'day Anru.
>
> > any one know any local shop sell expressCard for notebook?
> > i really want to look at it before buy it for my notebook.
> > my notebook is a dell one that can install expressCard/35 and 55.
>
> You may not be aware of this but the "expressCard" standard is a bus
> interconnect -- a way of connecting the PCI-express bus to an extension
> card in a form-factor suitable for your laptop.
>
> There are many different types of "expressCard" connected devices --
> network cards, SCSI or SATA adapters, network cards, etc -- all of which
> are very different in function.
>
> You will probably not find any shop that caries the complete range of
> possibilities -- and you *will* get better recommendations if you
> actually specify /what/ type of device you actually want to connect to
> this bus.
>
>
> At the moment your request is, basically, no different to asking is
> anyone knows a shop that sells "PCI card" -- essentially meaningless.
>
> Regards,
>         Daniel
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