Why won´t a pcmcia USB 2.0 pc card work in an A1200 ?? Or does it work ???

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destro wrote:
Hello There. The Reason ( CardBus ) Cards are sold as PCMCIA is that; ( CardBus ) is the Newer PCMCIA Standard.

Here is a BreakeDown.

Type I and Type II PCMCIA Cards are 16-Bit Cards.

The Amiga 600's and Amiga 1200's have a type II PCMCIA Slot.

A type II Slot is Compatible with Type I and Type II Cards.

( CardBus ) Or Type III PCMCIA Card's are 32-Bit PCMCIA Cards.

If you were to get a Type II to Type III Adapter then you

would be able to use Type III ( CardBus ) cards in either

an Amiga-600 or An Amiga-1200.

Hope this helps you out.

This is incorrect. Types I, II and III refer to different card thicknesses.

AFAIK, all cardbus/32-bit cards have an extra grounding strip on the end that's inserted into the computer. This is usually a gold colour and can be seen on the auction page linked to by the original poster. This is very useful for identifying CardBus cards. If a card has that strip, you can forget about it as far as the Amiga is concerned.

Also, I don't think any 16-bit PCMCIA USB interfaces exist (or ISA ones for that matter).

[ncafferkey]

Orjan wrote:
Thickness? If you mean physical thickness, I believe you´re talking crazy...

I have a WLan PCMCIA card in my laptop, which does have the extra gold coloured grounding strip you refer to, but it is not any thicker/thinner than an older network card ( PCMCIA type 2) I have. Atleast not noticably...

What I meant was that the "Type" of a card has nothing to do with whether its 16-bit or 32-bit. For example, you can have Type I CardBus cards and Type III 16-bit cards. Most cards, whether 16- or 32-bit, are Type II. Type I cards (the thinnest) are usually memory cards, while Type III cards are usually combo cards or hard drives.