Hi all, first I hope I posted in the right place? I have an old Thinkpad 380D that I want to give to a friend in Mexico. He'll never be able to afford his own, and to make a long story short I wanna help him out, so we can communicate, and he can explore the internet at his leisure. The person I got it from has a Xircom Realport Ethernet 10/100+Modem 56 which is a carbus thus 32bit, and from my understanding my old laptop is a 16 bit PCMCIA slot and wont support it? I have no idea why the peron has/had a 32 bit cardbus in a 16 bit PCMCIA slot, or if it ever worked for him? Its recognized in the computer when I put it in? Anyway, I'm thinking I must uninstall what by all information I have is the wrong ethernet card in the first place and find a proper (16 bit) one. Does anyone know what kind of ethernet card I should have for my Thinkpad 380D and/or where I could find one?

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You might get some answers at this link.

http://support.intel.com/support/network/xc/adapter/cbem/

A google search " Xircom Realport Ethernet 10/100+Modem 56 ", produced other hits.

BW



There's nothing to learn from someone who already agrees with you.

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On Sunday, January 27, 2008 at 11:34 am, northof60 wrote:

>Hi all, first I hope I posted in the right place? I have an old Thinkpad 380D that 

>I want to give to a friend in Mexico. He'll never be able to afford his own, and 

>to make a long story short I wanna help him out, so we can communicate, and he can 

>explore the internet at his leisure. The person I got it from has a Xircom Realport 

>Ethernet 10/100+Modem 56 which is a carbus thus 32bit, and from my understanding 

>my old laptop is a 16 bit PCMCIA slot and wont support it? I have no idea why the 

>peron has/had a 32 bit cardbus in a 16 bit PCMCIA slot, or if it ever worked for 

>him? Its recognized in the computer when I put it in? Anyway, I'm thinking I must 

>uninstall what by all information I have is the wrong ethernet card in the first 

>place and find a proper (16 bit) one. Does anyone know what kind of ethernet card 

>I should have for my Thinkpad 380D and/or where I could find one?
 

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Thanks Bob, but I already researched the existing card we spoke of and am all but positive its the wrong one because its a 32 bit cardbus. I know from what I have found out so far that my model of laptop only takes a 16 bit PCMCIA card Type II. Apparently a cardbus will not work in a 16 bit slot, but a 16 bit will work in a cardbus(32bit) slot. I've managed to find a couple of brands to explore that may work, they are 16 bit 802.11b Wireless PCMCIA cards, Linskeys has one...I'll keep you posted and let you know if it worked...if I can get one up here that is, in the frozen tundra????

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|||it[...]has a[...]carbus thus 32bit, and from my understanding 
|||my old laptop is a 16 bit PCMCIA slot and wont support it
|||[...]no idea[...]if it ever worked
|||  northof60

|Apparently a cardbus will not work in a 16 bit slot,
|but a 16 bit will work in a cardbus(32bit) slot.
| northof60
|
You have answered your own question (i.e. "card is not backwards-compatible").

|my model of laptop only takes a 16 bit PCMCIA card Type II. 
|[...]brands[...]that may work[...]
|
Have people in The Great White North got so much money
that they ignore the Used Goods marketplace?

|...if I can get one up here that is, in the frozen tundra
|
Are people who live where the effects of Global Warming are most obvious not Green?
Do they not observe the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle thing?

I would think people in remote regions
--especially those who are looking for ancient technology
which will be used with an ancient OS--
would be familiar with that well-known aution / used goods site.

Put your search terms into the search engine there and see what turns up:
Ethernet + PCMCIA + Type-II + 16-bit + Windows-98


BTW, when posting here, ticking the **preserve your spacing** box
and inserting 2 carriage returns now and then is a Good Thing(tm).
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1201462494

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"Have people in The Great White North got so much money that they ignore the Used 
Goods marketplace?"

And where would that be?

"Are people who live where the effects of Global Warming are most obvious not Green?
Do they not observe the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle thing?"

Do some people who don't live up north have a clue about what its like, or what services 
are or are not available? Ignorance is bliss!

"I would think people in remote regions
--especially those who are looking for ancient technology which will be used with 
an ancient OS--
would be familiar with that well-known aution / used goods site."

Well, you thought wrong, and you should never assume...you know the story dont you 
FYI, I just got the computer, setting it up for a friend in Mexico, I don't use dinosaurs 
myself  so Im unfamiliar with the ancient technology you make reference to. Btw, 
wtf is an aution?  Even Einstein could spell.


"Put your search terms into the search engine there and see what turns up:
Ethernet + PCMCIA + Type-II + 16-bit + Windows-98"

Um, are people where you live really that daft. I found some cards dufus that I'm 
checking on, if you would have read the whole thread, or comprehended it you would 
have known that instead of making an ass of yourself attempting to come across like 
you have wit, when you don't! Read the whole thread and if you still don't catch 
the drift, leave it alone and move on, you'll get over it.

"BTW, when posting here, ticking the **preserve your spacing** box
and inserting 2 carriage returns now and then is a Good Thing(tm).


It says not to use the option unless you really need it, and I rarely post here because 
of smart ass wannabes like you who really need to get over themselves.

Oh, and Btw, STFU nerd! I dont need help from morons like you!

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||Have people in The Great White North got so much money
||that they ignore the Used Goods marketplace?"
|| gewg_

|And where would that be?
| northof60
|
Local flea markets and local small business have mostly dried up
because everything has moved to the worldwide venue called EBAY.

|I don't use dinosaurs myself  so Im unfamiliar with the ancient technology
|you make reference to.
|
I thought that was pretty obvious.
...and in that case, you now possess better data than what you had.
Again: EBAY

||Put your search terms into the search engine there and see what turns up:
||Ethernet + PCMCIA + Type-II + 16-bit + Windows-98"
||
|Um, are people where you live really that daft.
|
I don't see any better suggestions.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

You've already said that what you have is useless.
To me that means you are going to have to BUY something--something ANCIENT.
Again: EBAY

|I found some cards dufus that I'm checking on,
|
Unless you have a datasheet for each one, you are (or someone else is)
going to have to use a search engine to find their appropriateness.

||"BTW, when posting here, ticking the **preserve your spacing** box
||and inserting 2 carriage returns now and then is a Good Thing(tm).
||
|It says not to use the option unless you really need it,
|
"Need" means "I can't format HTML on my own".

|wtf is an aution?
|
Having a hard time with that, genius?  BTW, what's a "peron"?

|Even Einstein could spell.
|
Huh?  I would think you would pick a person at the opposite end of the spectrum
to use as an example.

|STFU nerd!
|
If you aren't bright enough to understand the answers, ask for clarification.
If you want to get pissy, don't try to pull that crap with me.

|I dont need help from morons like you!
|
...because, apparently, you are doing so well on your own.

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Know what gewg? It's people like you who are no help at all! Why even answer a post 
if all you have to do is be sarcastic, then act like the reciever of your dribble 
did something wrong? If you have nothing constructive or informative to say, keep 
your the dogma to yourself.

You gave me no info I didn't already know, so WTF is your point except to try and 
look like you are something you are not, which is intelligent.

If you are to slow to grasp the meaning in "even Einstein could spell" then enough 
said.

Gee, try ebay, brilliant, thanks, LMFAO!

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You want to post your query at the Thinkpad site. The members there do not tolerate clowns or flamers. They will help you http://forum.thinkpads.com/ --Bruised
>Hi all, first I hope I posted in the right place? I have an old Thinkpad 380D that from has a Xircom Realport
>Ethernet 10/100+Modem 56 which is a carbus thus 32bit, and from my understanding
>my old laptop is a 16 bit PCMCIA slot and wont support it? I have no idea why the
>peron has/had a 32 bit cardbus in a 16 bit PCMCIA slot, or if it ever worked for
>him? Its recognized in the computer when I put it in? Anyway, I'm thinking I must
>uninstall what by all information I have is the wrong ethernet card in the first
>place and find a proper (16 bit) one. Does anyone know what kind of ethernet card
>I should have for my Thinkpad 380D and/or where I could find one?

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