[Pc_Support] PCI-to-CardBus/PCMCIA boards ...

[Bryan J. Smith]

Yes, I actually have a hardware question for others.  It's been a
good 4 years since I bought one of these, but I need a
PCI-to-CardBus/PCMCIA board.  Back in 2001-2001, you had to pay a
premium for the ones that did both 3.3 CardBus and 3.3/5V PCMCIA, let
alone one that was a universal 3.3/5V PCI board.

But nowdays it looks like they have come down to around $50.  I noted
the Addonics ADPCICB2 seems to use the TI PCI1520 CardBus adapter
that is in one of my notebooks running Linux:  
http://www.addonics.com/products/host_controller/adpcicb2.asp

Anyone use it?  Or do they recommend another?

I also want to verify that you've tried it with either an Intel i845
chipset or later, or maybe the ViA CLE266 or similar.  I remember
having issues with older SiS chipsets and their I2C support back in
2001-2002.

Again, I'm _so_outta_date_ here, but I have an application that
requires 2 if not 3 CardBus cards to be used simultaneously in an x86
platform (both Linux and Windows).  I typically just go with the ViA
EPIA MII solutions when I need just 1 in a Mini-ITX SFF.  So I'd like
to keep using the MII but add another 2 CardBus cards c/o its PCI
slot.  Or an Intel Pentium M when I need performance in the worst
case.


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Bryan J. Smith     Professional, Technical Annoyance
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