Re: [NTLK] 2 slot PCMCIA eMate

From: Daniel Padilla (no email)
Date: Mon Apr 19 2004 - 09:40:02 PDT


>It's just that having askedthis a half dozen times
>within the last 4 weeks at NTLK

  Yeah, I dont't know what happened. maybe it was an unwritten rule, don't let 'kasko know what cascadeable means, or he will keep making questions. ;-)

> This hardware thing got me confused. I think it's knots-inna-string, Daniel
> says that "cascadeable" means just that, but why then more than one
> controller on MP 2x00?
> Cirrus say the controller offers "a cascadable architecture" - not
> Voyager, not "several PS7030 chips". We now agree on what cascadeable
> means, we know what architecture means - but - Q: What does this mean to
> Cirrus and their PC Card 2.01 implementation in Apple's N2 platform?

  I suppose they meant that the chip design allows to connect several of them on the same bus. As opposed to the serial ports, where the Voyager also has four, but they don't share a single line between them.

Anyway, don't lose your sleep over this, you want move pc card slots?, you need more CL-PS7030

D.

Sent with a BlueTooth connected MP2100, si seņor!

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