The Pc Card Slots; 32-Bit Cardbus Port; Use Of Pc-Cards - Medion NOTEBOOK COMPUTER Manual

T PC S
HE CARD LOTS
The PC card slots on the left side (see page 22) of the Note-
book can be used to operate credit card-sized PC cards. Most
PC cards are communications or interface devices such as
ISDN-, Faxmodem-, Network- or SCSI-adapters.
Some PC cards contain memory chips or hard disks for data
storage. If you use such cards with your Notebook, the sys-
tem assigns the card a drive name, so that you may access
the resources. The PC card drive in your Notebook supports
PCMCIA 2.1 - (Type II), and CardBus (Type I) cards. Cards of
Type I are 3.3 mm, and Type II 5 mm thick.
32- C B P
BIT ARD US ORT
CardBus cards have a 32-bit architecture with which high
data transfer speeds of up to 132 MB can be achieved, simi-
lar to PCI. In this way your Notebook can also support data
intensive devices such as 100Mbps Fast Ethernet, Fast SCSI
peripherals and video conferencing devices.
The CardBus port is backward compatible with 16-bit PC
cards with a 5V power supply, though the CardBus only re-
quires a power-saving 3.3V.
U PC-
SE OF CARDS
In order to run a PC card, special software is needed (driv-
ers, etc.). The card manufacturer usually supplies this soft-
®
ware. Support for the card port is a component of Windows
and at present represents the optimum in operational
smoothness. You should consider this point when choosing
between alternative operating systems.
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