Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 08:00:15 04/12/02
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On April 12, 2002 at 01:48:37, David Dory wrote: >On April 10, 2002 at 19:48:29, Marc Boulé wrote: > >>How to connect a PCI card to a laptop? >> >>I was wondering if anyone has done this before and could give me some advice. I >>saw a product offered by Magma that does CardBus-to-PCI expandsion but at 995$ >>US, it's a bit expensive. Are there any laptops with a pci slot on the back? >> >>Yes, I know this is a chess site and all. Thanks in advance, >> >>Marc > >Marc, haven't heard of one like that. > >I have a Dell laptop, no option of a pci card connector was in the catalog of >options. After serial, parallel, secondary monitor, USB, secondary keyboard, IR, >phone jack, network jack, etc., they don't have much room left. > >Good luck, > >Dave Many laptops have optional "docking stations" that accept PCI cards, hard drives, etc. It is a separate product (costs money!) and is not intended to be portable, but it does allow a laptop to use a PCI card (or two) while "docked."
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