Subject: Re: PCMCIA slot on a PowerMac G4?
To: None <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 09/23/2003 21:15:03
At 09:12 PM 9/23/2003, Joshua Coombs wrote:
>I am building a G4 desktop to play around with NetBSD and OS X.
>Upon recieving the motherboard (digital audio) I noticed what
>appears to be a pcmcia slot.  This is supposed to be where the
>airport card plugs in.  From what I can find that is just a standard
>pcmcia 802.11b card... sooooo... is that really a standard pcmcia
>slot and is it supported as such?  (IE can I stuff an adaptec scsi
>card in there and expect it to work?

No.  It's not pcmcia.

You can buy a Cardbus PCI card and NetBSD will deal with it properly.


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