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Thank you for the tips. I'll contact Kanguru.
--D.
On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 22:18:41 -0500, "Tom Scales" <tomtoo@softhome.net>
wrote:
>That's an expensive solution to the problem. Does the Kanguru also support
>USB2? Looking at their website, it seems it might. If so, that's a much
>better solution.
>
>For the Wireless internet, get a USB2 wireless card. I use the Linksys for
>my daughter's machine.
>
>Tom
>"David Ellis" <scribblemonger@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:uf61u05ldpvd0041utqoohn8qj46744cpo@4ax.com...
>> 1) An external Kanguru HD has been used for extra space with my
>> Inspiron 7500. I want to copy 60gigs of data from it to the new 8400
>> HD. The external drive has a PC card cable and runs in cardbus mode
>> with the i7500.
>> 2) If i later want to add a wireless internet card to the 8400, a PC
>> card slot seems a convenient place to plug it in.
>>
>> Any suggestions welcome.
>> --David (hardware neophyte)
>>
>> On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 12:53:36 -0500, "Tom Scales" <tomtoo@softhome.net>
>> wrote:
>>>You can get PCCard slots that fit in a drive bay, but what are you trying
>>>to
>>>do? There may be a better solution.
>>>
>>>Tom
>>>"David Ellis" <scribblemonger@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>news:un10u0pvc5i9e88th7hb6f8ns39k21pues@4ax.com...
>>>> On Dell's web site I can't find any way to order an 8400 with PC-card
>>>> connectors, Type I / Type II. Is this something I have to add after
>>>> delivery? I'd rather not do so.
>>>>
>>>> If such a card requires a PCI slot, how will I know in advance how
>>>> many of the 8400 PCI slots are unused at ship time, given my
>>>> configuration choices?
>>>> --David
>>>
>>
>
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