Re: [NTLK] USB 2.0 PC Card

On 2009-June-23, at 10:22 AM, Dennis B. Swaney wrote:

>
> I have a Nexxtech NX2 USB2.0 Cardbus PC Card Adapter N2PUCB.
>
> Is there any way to use one of these in a Newton 2100 PC Card slot?

This is a host adapter. You need an operating system that provides the
host side software stack, which is huge and complex. The Newton will
never provide this function (nor will most embedded systems).

Simple answer: no.

Smartass answer: sure, you can use it to drain your batteries :-)

Andrei

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Received on Tue Jun 23 12:43:26 2009