On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 12:49:34PM -0800, Doug Sutherland wrote: > <snip> What I really want is a multimedia SBC with a single PCMCIA > slot, this would be the ultimate solution. I could then swap between > wireless LAN (rangelan or wavelan) or ricochet (merlin) or CDPD as > the situation dictates, and it would even be reasonable to carry the > extra modems in my pocket, I'd hardlt notice that they are there. In > spite of Matt's problems with his Lanner EM-350, it does have that > major advantage of a single PCMCIA slot. > > I think I will me moving back towards PCMCIA in the future, just to > have the abiliy to swap between PCMCIA modems for LAN, CDPD, and > ricochet. But I not keen on adding a PCMCIA board. Having just gone the other way I have to say that having it all on one board is just to thick. One of the reasons that I changed from the EM-350 to the PC-2553 is the depth of the board. 'The Plan'(Tm) is to extend the PC-104 connection so that I can have a PCMCIA board that is not right on top of the main board. Hopefully this will give me the distrobution that I need without adding to depth, and if not, I can live without the wireless connection. The 10bT connection on the EM-350 never work anyway (without 12V that is) So my main use for the PCMCIA was my WLAN card. I still need to solve the problem of connectivity to my home network, but I can do it through the parallel or serial ports if I have to.. all I they really need to send back and forth are my mail and an mp3 once in awhile :-) I'm fighting the same 'battle of the bulk' as well as power consumption, and finding that less is better (to a point). I'm really trying to get it down to only the parts I use. Now the difference in our situations is that you have good wireless options I've looked into GoAmerica again and am almost ready to do it, but I can't find a PCMCIA RIM card. I did a search and found some pages that looked really out dated, and were selling them for $235+ but for 9k/sec I'm not sure that's exactly reasonable :-) Then again it may be the only option, in which case I think I can live without the wireless connection for awhile longer. This really allows me to go without PCMCIA for longer.. M@ (who really wants Lanner to get moving and send him his PC-2553!) -- Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org please, Please, *PLEASE* don't subscribe through a forward/false domain
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