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Re: USB pcmcia card for ipaq

Hmm. I might get this ratoc card. So do you think I
could use a hub with it and plug in my twiddler 2 in
addition to a wireless usb adpater or richochet modem?

--- Vito Miliano <> wrote:
> On Monday, January 12, 2004, 4:33:07 PM, Jobe wrote:
> 
> JB> Has anyone found any pcmcia usb cards that work
> on the ipaq? all I
> JB> can find on ebay are cardbus and thus unuseable.
> I would like to
> JB> hookup to a usb hub and use mouse, keyboard and
> usb camera.
> 
> I'd be concerned about trying to use a USB camera. 
> That's an awful
> lot of USB bandwidth, and it's a 16-bit (ISA) bus.
> 
> If you're running PocketPC on your iPaq, you can get
> a Type II
> CompactFlash PCMCIA adapter and use the Ratoc USB
> host card:
> 
>
http://www.ratocsystems.com/english/products/subpages/cfu1u.html
> 
> If you're using Linux (e.g. Familiar), then you can
> port the Zaurus
> driver:
> 
>
http://paipai.org/~humorum/english/zaurus/cfu1-driver.html
> and
>
http://paipai.org/~humorum/pukiwiki/pukiwiki.php?ZaurusCfu1_dist
> 
> I also talked to a gentleman named Andrew Steele who
> was interested in
> getting the Ratoc working.  I'll see if he's done
> it.
> 
> You used to be able to get another USB host card
> from Interpocket, but
> apparently they've shut down now.  They were nice
> because they already
> had iPaq Linux and Zaurus drivers, except they
> wouldn't sell outside
> of the UK, which is why I went with the Ratoc:
> 
> http://www.interpocket.co.uk/
> 
> Thanks,
> Vito
> 
> 
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