My dell has one for a modem and one where it's dvd card is in. I'm not sure what type of slot it's using, could be a type two that holds 2 type one boards. At 10:49 PM 12/7/00 -0600, you wrote: >> I have a Compaq presario computer and wonder if I can have a reasonable >> expectation that Linux in any flavor will work on it. > >I would expect you can load Linux on it no problem. just be aware that >your modem will probably not work. There are some drivers now available >for WinModems, but....I will not give a diatibe on the evils of these >modems now. > >> Finally, what are P. C. M. C. I A. boards? > >I forget what exactly the acronym is. But what they are also known as PC >cards. They are about the size of a credit card in size. They can be any >of three thicknesses. The thinest of them are less the 1/4 inch thick. > >As for what they are for, this can be most anything. The most common uses >are modems and NICs for laptops. But they can also have memory, hard >drives, scsi adapters, proprietary CDROM or DVD interfaces, etc. PCMCIA >provides a standard so that you can buy expansion from any number of >vendors. It is primarily for laptops, but you can get slots mechanisms for >a desktop as well. Don't buy a laptop without a type 2 slot. > >The type designates the thickness of the card. They vary from type 1 to >type 3. A type 2 slot will hold either s ingle type 2 board, or two type 1 >boards. (These are most common.) A type 3 slot should be even a little >thicker. This will accomodate a hard drive. I believe it will also hold a >single type 1 card and a type 2 card simultanously but could be >mistaken. Most laptops have a single type 2 slot in them. > >======= >Kirk Wood >Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net > > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > >
