Re: [NTLK] Second PC Card slot in an eMate

From: Jim Siburt (jsiburt_at_mac.com)
Date: Tue Sep 09 2003 - 05:53:17 PDT


On Tuesday, September 9, 2003, at 07:13 AM, Stephanie Maks wrote:

> The eMate cannot unfortunately support a second PCMCIA card.
>
> Even though there is loads of empty space in there, easily enough room
> to
> put the physical connector, there simply isn't the circuitry on the
> motherboard to support it. If you look at the motherboard of an
> MP2100,
> there are two IC's dedicated to running the two card slots; in the
> eMate
> there is only one of those IC's.
>
> It's too bad since the eMate could certainly benefit from having a
> second
> PC card (not to mention a faster CPU).
>

But would it be possible to rewire one of the serial connectors to
access an internal storage device?

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