"Matt Dainty" <matt@bodgit-n-scarper.com> wrote in message 
news:1108910868.3737.5.camel@lister.bodgit-n-scarper.com...
> On Sun, 2005-02-20 at 14:34, Andy Ruhl wrote:
>> Note that it
>> might still work if you use a CF card reader in the PCMCIA slot...
>
> ICBW but I thought that CF and PCMCIA are basically the same technology
> such that a CF->PCMCIA adapter is merely altering the connector.
> Certainly the two adapters I have were so cheap I can't believe they
> have any IDE/ATA logic in them.
>
> Matt

Matt, you are right, the adapters are just electrical adapters, no 
electronics as in ICs or chips per se.

-Robin