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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: delshay on February 23, 2009, 06:17:35 PM

Title: USB to expresscard adapter
Post by: delshay on February 23, 2009, 06:17:35 PM

i order a express card to CF card adapter,but ended up with a USB to express card adapter.

does anyone know if any of this type of card is compatible with the amiga?


on another note is there any 16 bit GSM pcmcia card that is compatible with the amiga?

Title: Re: USB to expresscard adapter
Post by: Skippy on February 27, 2009, 02:07:48 AM

Heh.

Firstly you're not going to be able to plug an Express card directly into  an Amiga are you.

Besides, when you've finished adapting/regressing the Express card to the PCMCIA on an Amiga you'll still require drivers to "talk" with the device you're trying to use.

As regards to any 16 bit GSM pcmcia cards that are compatible with the Amiga you'll need to cross reference the available devices and drivers supported:

http://www.g-mb.de/pcmcia_e.html

Title: Re: USB to expresscard adapter
Post by: LoadWB on February 27, 2009, 04:24:25 AM

Express Card is one lane (1x) of PCIe (PCI Express) and one USB 2.0 port.  The majority of Express Card peripherals I have seen only make use of the USB 2.0 port, with the exception of some drive interfaces and Firewire card, which do make use of the PCIe lane.

Given that, I would think it is *possible*, though perhaps not likely, that you could use an Express Card device with the Amiga via USB.

Long shot, though. :-)

Title: Re: USB to expresscard adapter
Post by: delshay on February 27, 2009, 06:31:23 AM

i recived the wrong card,so it will be going back.

it has USB at one end and you plug in express card devices in the other.

thanks for the info.

Title: Re: USB to expresscard adapter
Post by: Skippy on February 27, 2009, 08:42:01 PM

@LoadWB: Would be cool. You need quite a meaty CPU for handling USB on the Amiga I believe.

Title: Re: USB to expresscard adapter
Post by: ncafferkey on February 27, 2009, 09:20:26 PM

It might be possible to get a 16-bit GSM PCMCIA card working with either pccardserial.device or pcmser.device and the right AT commands.

@Skippy

That page is only really useful for network cards. The modem section is empty.

Title: Re: USB to expresscard adapter
Post by: delshay on February 28, 2009, 11:00:31 AM

i was thinking more in-line of if possible a GSM card which takes a sim card which connects direct to a mobile network.

better still a GSM/3G but most if not all will be cardbus.

Title: Re: USB to expresscard adapter
Post by: ncafferkey on February 28, 2009, 11:41:45 PM

Quote

delshay wrote:
i was thinking more in-line of if possible a GSM card which takes a sim card which connects direct to a mobile network.

I'm not sure if you're responding to my post or to someone else's, but that's the kind of card I'm talking about too.

Title: Re: USB to expresscard adapter
Post by: Trev on February 28, 2009, 11:59:12 PM

Aren't there mobile phones that work as modems when connected to a serial port? Seems like that would be much, much less work than tracking down an appropriate 16-bit PCMCIA card.

Title: Re: USB to expresscard adapter
Post by: delshay on March 01, 2009, 05:39:23 AM

not a bad idea if possible,connect a mobile phones to the internal A1200 motherboard serial port.

or get hold of a GSM/3G notebook internal card