thinkpad 600x and wireless network card - PCMCIA or CardBus?

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I believe the Thinkpad 600X is CardBus enabled (can anyone confirm
this?).
I am just about to go wireless broadband so want to put a wireless
network card in it and have been looking at NetGear WG511 amongst
others. However I see there are PCMCIA and CardBus ones - I am led to
believe that PCMCIA is 16bit and CardBus is 32-bit - and that
therefore CardBus is better / faster.
Can anyone confirm what I've said or am I confused?
Thnks in advance..... :-)

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"Richard" <richard_fisher@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:195fa2a4.0410250647.65b57213@posting.google.com...
>I believe the Thinkpad 600X is CardBus enabled (can anyone confirm
> this?).
> I am just about to go wireless broadband so want to put a wireless
> network card in it and have been looking at NetGear WG511 amongst
> others. However I see there are PCMCIA and CardBus ones - I am led to
> believe that PCMCIA is 16bit and CardBus is 32-bit - and that
> therefore CardBus is better / faster.
> Can anyone confirm what I've said or am I confused?
> Thnks in advance..... :-)

Open device manager, PCMCIA devices. Cardbus compatible is usually
noted in the controller titles. Google "thinkpad 600x cardbus"
indicates that it is cardbus compatible. Cardbus in laptops became
pretty much standard in the PIIMMX era, 1997. AFIK, there are no 16-bit
wireless cards.

Q

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On 25 Oct 2004 07:47:24 -0700, richard_fisher@hotmail.com (Richard) wrote:

>I believe the Thinkpad 600X is CardBus enabled (can anyone confirm
>this?).

Yep, according to IBM's web site. I own one, but wasn't sure, so I looked.



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