Comments on: U132: USB to PCMCIA adapter hands on review

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:48:18 +0000

Hi
Excellent web site which I will use for learning.I want to pu my weak WiFi signal. Should I use a USB or PCMCIA input. what are the advantages/dis advantages of each.
Thanks
Tony

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:15:16 +0000

I'm looking for a friend who bought her new laptop with out a pcmcia slot, now ive found the adapters you guy talked about on this forum, my real question is what are my options other than getting the PCMCIA to CF Card Adaptor and an alltel air card? ive already checked into the usb to pcmcia but they get a little pricey, any suggestions?

By: rick

rick — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:54:54 +0000

i have a kyocera 650 air card from alltel and a new HP with the express card slot. what is the solution to make it work

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:02:25 +0000

Just a quick update to let you know that the small adaptor I was talking about is in fact working with 32 bits PCMCIA cards as long as they don't need the full speed required by the 32 bits bandwidth. One of my readers is reporting a perfect working 3G connection using the same adaptor. http://www.origaminfo.com/actu.asp/n/48/t/retour-adaptateur-pcmcia-vers-compact-flash.html

By: Ronel

Ronel — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 11:47:10 +0000

In answer to Kevin’s question, the U132 adapter IS designed for 32-bit cards. The manufacturer, Elan Digital Systems, also makes a 16-bit adapter, as do a number of other companies (and you can generally tell from the price whether it’s a 16- or 32-bit adapter.

As for the CF to PCMCIA solution, I ran a translation from French on http://www.freetranslation.com and it specifically states that this solution will NOT work with 32-bit cards.

I want to be able to use my Verizon wireless card on my desktop, too, but I think I’ll wait for some months for the price to drop drastically from its current average of $200.

By: Don't Panic!

Don't Panic! — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:13:27 +0000

Thanks for that confirmation Fred. I’ve been carrying around a Semsons PCMCIA Adapter for the last couple of days without finding the time to plug it in to test my 5GB PCMCIA Memory cards. Good to here that they will work without problems. Now I just have to rerip some of my movies to higher resolutions. LEt’s see now 5GB should hold about 7 full length movies at 700MB per flick.

Excellent speed tests Kevin. I’m going to see that site to check what my Samsung i730 is really giving me.

By: Don't Panic!

Don't Panic! — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:13:27 +0000

Thanks for that confirmation Fred. I've been carrying around a Semsons PCMCIA Adapter for the last couple of days without finding the time to plug it in to test my 5GB PCMCIA Memory cards. Good to here that they will work without problems. Now I just have to rerip some of my movies to higher resolutions. LEt's see now 5GB should hold about 7 full length movies at 700MB per flick.

Excellent speed tests Kevin. I'm going to see that site to check what my Samsung i730 is really giving me.

By: Don't Panic!

Don't Panic! — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:13:27 +0000

Excellent speed tests Kevin. I'm going to see that site to check what my Samsung i730 is really giving me.

By: Don't Panic!

Don't Panic! — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 18:13:27 +0000

Excellent speed tests Kevin. I'm going to see that site to check what my Samsung i730 is really giving me.

By: Don't Panic!

Don't Panic! — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 18:13:27 +0000

Excellent speed tests Kevin. I'm going to see that site to check what my Samsung i730 is really giving me.

By: Fred

Fred — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 17:48:08 +0000

Yes indeed, since it’s just a very simple adapter with no electronic, I believe that 32 Bits cards can’t work! I’ll update my post about that… It’s important!

By: jk

jk — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 17:20:43 +0000

Fred, that is the Semson adapter and it does NOT support 32 bit cards which rules out all 3G PC Card modems.

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 15:38:30 +0000

Fred, that's great, but I have one question: does that adapter support 32-bit PCMCIA cards? Most adapters do not and they are the prevelant card type these days; there are very few 16-bit 3G cards on the market.

By: Fred

Fred — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 15:25:30 +0000

Kevin, I posted an short review of an alternative way to connect a PCMCIA modem to a CF slot. It's in french but pictures are speaking themselves: http://www.origaminfo.com/actu.asp/n/3/t/adaptateur-pcmcia-vers-compact-flash.html What's cool with this adapter is that you remain ultra mobile :)

By: medah4rick

medah4rick — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:08:33 +0000

if this product came out last year i would consider it but i’ll stick to my evdo tethering since i already carry my xv6700 everywhere i go. and besides if you have an evdo phone already why would you carry around a third device?? makes no sense.

but if you don’t have a 3g phone and don’t plan on getting one i think this would be a great product.

of course if they would just build a umpc with this adapter built in already i would not be writing this post in the first place.

By: Ctitanic

Ctitanic — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:41:34 +0000

Warning: this USB to PCMCIA adaptor can be only used with some wireless modems. That all. It can not be used with any other kind of PCMCIA cards like video cards, multimedia cards, memory or HDD cards, etc.