Re: [NTLK] Amigo-600C first PDA with PC card slot?

From: Victor Rehorst (victor_at_newtontalk.net)
Date: Fri Oct 05 2001 - 15:58:01 EDT

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On Fri, 5 Oct 2001 eschneck_at_mindspring.com wrote:

>
> >> Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 10:20:32 -0400
> >> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Amigo-600C first PDA with PC card slot?
> >> From: John Ruschmeyer
>
> Well, the NEC Ultralite (1988?) had a card that pre-date, and looked
> very much like, a PCMCIA card, but was not compatible with them. See
> Victor's Ultralite site:
>
> http://www.chuma.org/ultralite/scans/romcardsoftware.jpg

Yep. The Ultralite cards are totally weird though. Their pin layout
is patterned like this:

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ie. the pins are not straight across from each other. This well predates
PCMCIA.

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