PCMCIA USB Adapter?

[LoadWB]

One of the first issues which comes to mind is whether the card is a "real" PCMCIA card or Card-Bus.  Not saying PCMCIA USB cards are not out there, just that all of the USB cards I've come across are the 32-bit Card-Bus type which will not work in the A1200 or A600 PCMCIA port.

[LoadWB]

Yeah, the last time I dug into this matter I found out a lot of PCMCIA cards actually have the all-round NEC chip in it (like the Spider USB card). That made me wonder if there could be such thing as a PCMCIA driver. Unfortunately, they're all 32bit cards since it's USB2.0.

There could be a very small possibility of an 16Bit card when you find a USB1.1 interface card. Untill then... hope for a alternative driver.

It gets really funny/complicated with some devices.  For instance, I have a Sony Ericsson PC-300 3G data card.  It's built on the NEC USB chip and uses the internal hub to connect the SIM reader and the 3G modem (with some other device, as well.)

[LoadWB]

Alot of express cards are just usb devices. I bought an express card serial card thinking it would be better than a usb one, but it's identical.

Makes sense.  The Express Card interface, IIRC, is just made from a single lane of PCI Express and a USB 2.0 port.