Re: [jornada] More questions :)

Raul wrote:

> As I'm looking for my Jornada I thought of some more questions:
> 1). Is it possible to use microdrive and WiFi Lan card
> at the same time?

Yes, (assuming your using a J7xx here) but you may need to modify the CF
slot in order to fit a microdrive. According to this post from the
NetBSD people -
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-hpcarm/2002/12/05/0002.html

Unscrewing the CF holder, inserting your card and taping it back to the
Jornada should work.

> I'm not sure if microdrives fit into CF slot (I suppose not) ,
> CF WiFi cards seems to be even bigger.
> 2). I would like to buy Lan or Wifi Lan card - what cards
> do you prefer as not being problematic in linux (for jornada)
> at all?

I've got a Lucent Orinoco and Buffalo WLI-PCM card (both 16-bit PCMCIA)
and they both work fine. Also work under Wince with extra drivers.

> If the card works in my laptop, does it mean it would work
> on Jornada?

Some more unusual cards may depend on binary drivers supplied by their
manufacturers. These will not work as the binaries are usually for x86
only. Most cards with open source drivers should be ok, but sometimes
you may still find things which work on x86 but not on ARM.

The majority of common PCMCIA cards such as wifi cards, storage cards
and modems should be fine. As said by Otto Waltari cardbus cards don't
work at all. Unfortunately an ever increasing number of PC cards are
actually cardbus cards. Most CF based peripherals should be ok when used
with a PCMCIA converter.

>
> Thanks in advance,
> Andrzej
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Received on Mon Jun 13 2005 - 08:14:22 EDT