From: Brian Pearce (bpearce_at_cloud9.net)
Date: Mon Aug 30 2004 - 22:34:41 PDT
> Actually - the old airport cards have the same connectors and shell as
> pcmcia cards do (except MAYBE for the notchings at the end), but
> purportedly two of the data pins were swapped around from the pc card
> standard. Which two pins being a 'closely gaurded secret' of course.
> The latter bit about the pin swapping is hearsay, but I've handled
> several of the cards themselves, and they are VERY similar to pc cards.
They're certainly about the same physical size. Of course, we're all
forgetting the most obvious difference -- the AirPort cards lack an
antenna, and must rely on a connection to the one that's built-in to
AirPort-ready Macs.
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