Re: tlug: PCMCIA?

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Mon, 13 Jul 1998, Manuel Chakravarty wrote:

> > Might there be any complications with buying a PCMCIA EtherNet card
> > here in Japan and using it with my English version Windows95 and my
> > Linux?
> > 
> > I haven't got a clue about PCMCIA (I've never used them). Do they need
> > device drivers?
> 
> I don't know whether you get any problem with Windoze, but
> for Linux it is not problem.  To use PCMCIA cards in your
> Linux system, you need to have the PCMCIA package
> installed.  It is part of any decent distribution and
> chances are that you have already installed it on your
> system.  If not, both the installation and the configuration 
> are usually very simple.  Before you buy the card, you may
> want to consult
> 
>   http://hyper.stanford.edu/~dhinds/pcmcia/SUPPORTED.CARDS
> 
> for a list of supported cards.
> 

For the record, the 3Com 3c589 ethernet and 3c563 ethernet/modem combo
card both work great.  The 3c563 even works AS a combo card, so you can
use the ethernet and the modem parts of it.

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               <sstone@example.com>
Linux Developer/Systems Administrator for Pacific HiTech, Inc. 
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