[amsat-bb] Re: Computer hardware

Alex Perez aperez at alexperez.com
Fri Oct 3 12:29:54 PDT 2008


Actually, PCMCIA is going the way of the dodo as well, but most  
midrange or higher laptops these days have an ExpressCard/34 and  
ExpressCard/54. For those who are US-based, Buy.com has a card for  
$35.33 shipped:

  http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=207595865&listingid=26718634&dcaid=17902


On Oct 3, 2008, at 12:17 PM, Floyd Rodgers wrote:

> There is another way...
> Look for PCMIA serial cards for laptops. Most laptops still have  
> them and it is possible to get more than 2 real serial ports doing  
> this method.
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