From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: APM realy sucks on 2.6.x
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 13:48:40 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ca4tt4$p5t$2@gatekeeper.tmr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040608085814.GA1269@elf.ucw.cz>
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PCMCIA is obsolete?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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-06-08 17:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-06-04 21:26 APM realy sucks on 2.6.x Sebastian Kloska
2004-06-04 23:14 ` Keith Duthie
2004-06-05 8:03 ` Sebastian Kloska
2004-06-04 23:54 ` Hugh Dickins
2004-06-05 17:18 ` Sebastian Kloska
2004-06-06 3:29 ` Michael Clark
2004-06-06 4:25 ` Andrew Morton
2004-06-06 13:56 ` Sebastian Kloska
2004-06-07 12:38 ` Pavel Machek
2004-06-07 13:37 ` Sebastian Kloska
2004-06-07 14:05 ` Pavel Machek
2004-06-07 14:28 ` Sebastian Kloska
2004-06-07 14:48 ` Pavel Machek
2004-06-07 19:53 ` Felipe Alfaro Solana
2004-06-07 21:13 ` Sebastian Kloska
2004-06-08 4:16 ` Clemens Schwaighofer
2004-06-08 7:12 ` Sebastian Kloska
2004-06-08 8:58 ` Pavel Machek
2004-06-08 9:02 ` Clemens Schwaighofer
2004-06-08 9:17 ` Pavel Machek
2004-06-08 9:50 ` Clemens Schwaighofer
2004-06-08 9:55 ` Pavel Machek
2004-06-08 23:59 ` Clemens Schwaighofer
2004-06-08 17:48 ` Bill Davidsen [this message]
2004-06-08 18:59 ` Daniel Gryniewicz
2004-06-08 20:18 ` Ian Stirling
2004-06-07 14:42 ` Keith Duthie
2004-06-07 14:44 ` Pavel Machek
2004-06-07 14:47 ` Sebastian Kloska
2004-06-07 14:51 ` Pavel Machek
2004-06-07 15:09 ` Sebastian Kloska
2004-06-07 16:26 ` Pavel Machek
2004-06-07 15:19 ` Keith Duthie
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-06-07 8:11 Sebastian Kloska
2004-06-08 9:49 Sau Dan Lee
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