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Title: 3G PCMCIA card for laptop - the saga continues.... Post by: Rod Paradise on October 27, 2005, 02:56:48 PM Bought a cheap laptop, got a call & the company had been sent a better specced machine & I was getting it for the same price - good news.
Anyway the day it was due to arrive I got a Vodaphone PCMCIA card. Got the Laptop - here I go poker online at last.... there isn't a PCMCIA slot on the laptop ??? :dontask: So - I want to keep the laptop - as it's a goodun... so I need a PCMCIA card reader that connects via USB. I can't find one in Glasgow but am wondering if any of you techy guys can locate one..... please??? Title: Re: 3G PCMCIA card for laptop - the saga continues.... Post by: ACE2M on October 27, 2005, 03:02:08 PM loads on ebay for a couple of quid.
Title: Re: 3G PCMCIA card for laptop - the saga continues.... Post by: Rod Paradise on October 27, 2005, 03:05:13 PM loads on ebay for a couple of quid. Tried Ebay - loads of cards to put into the PCMCIA slot that allow more USB connections - but going the other way? Can't find any!! Title: Re: 3G PCMCIA card for laptop - the saga continues.... Post by: DJKebab on October 27, 2005, 03:06:40 PM I don't know if these exist, I have had a good look and cannot find any. As you say, many going the other way...
Are you sure there is no CardBus slot? That seems mighty strange for a laptop bought nowadays... Title: Re: 3G PCMCIA card for laptop - the saga continues.... Post by: Rod Paradise on October 27, 2005, 03:07:54 PM I don't know if these exist, I have had a good look and cannot find any. As you say, many going the other way... Are you sure there is no CardBus slot? That seems mighty strange for a laptop bought nowadays... Seriously there isn't one... suppose I can contact the manufacturer & see if I can buy one. Title: Re: 3G PCMCIA card for laptop - the saga continues.... Post by: AwesomeAli on October 27, 2005, 03:15:23 PM At first search I found this...
http://www.elandigitalsystems.com/usb/u111530.php Theres a sales email at bottom of page - i guess you mail them for the price Ali Title: Re: 3G PCMCIA card for laptop - the saga continues.... Post by: Rod Paradise on October 27, 2005, 03:21:55 PM At first search I found this... http://www.elandigitalsystems.com/usb/u111530.php Theres a sales email at bottom of page - i guess you mail them for the price Ali That looks hopefull... their UK supplier doesn't seem to stock it - but I'll chase it up (need to confirm the make of the 3G card). Thanks Title: Re: 3G PCMCIA card for laptop - the saga continues.... Post by: DJKebab on October 27, 2005, 04:09:13 PM Not the following quote on that site:
'Other PCMCIA cards - including memory cards - are not supported' If it is not a Merlin, then I wouldn't go for this. But well found Ali. Title: Re: 3G PCMCIA card for laptop - the saga continues.... Post by: Rod Paradise on October 27, 2005, 04:33:19 PM Cheers DJ - saw that (which is why I'm checking the make ) - but ISTR Vodaphone use Merlin cards, I'll check it tonight.
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