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Re: PCMCIA is it all the same?
« on: September 01, 2004, 01:21:04 PM »
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ncafferkey wrote:
I've never heard of any 12V cards.


Early flash based cards needed 12v to as a programming voltage.

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Re: PCMCIA is it all the same?
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2004, 12:00:31 AM »
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darren99 wrote:
It's a 3.3V card.  I take it that somewhere they do make 5v cards? and why the voltage difference?


 They use less power at lower voltages, which is always a plus for something designed to connect to a laptop.
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