From: James Lai (orialv21_at_mindspring.com)
Date: Sun Oct 03 1999 - 13:58:25 EDT
How much faster is Cardbus comparing with 16 bit cards in reality? Anyway
numbers or findings??
Thanks
----- Original Message -----
From: Vincent Poy <vince_at_victor.MCESTATE.COM>
To: Valentino Kyriakides <vkyr_at_lavielle.com>
Cc: Paul Khoury <pkhoury_at_loop.com>; ThinkPad List <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 10:39 AM
Subject: RE: Good PCMCIA ethernet cards
> On Sun, 3 Oct 1999, Valentino Kyriakides wrote:
>
> > I use a Xircom RealPort CardBus Ethernet 10/100 + Modem 56 in my TP 770
> > under Win 9x and it works great. Another TP 770 user reported that he
uses
> > the same card under NT without problems. In my little LAN at home (IBM
> > IntelliStation, NeXTstation and the TP 770) the card boosts very well,
also
> > I have no problems with it's modem part, which outperforms my Zoom
desktop
> > modem.
>
> This is likely since the Zoom uses Rockwell chipsets and the
> Xircom uses Lucent's chipsets. Both are not a datapump made by the modem
> manufacturers. The Xircom's modem performance is actually worst than the
> 3Com if you read the PC Magazine review earlier this year. Xircom is good
> for the Ethernet part but not for the modem side which is what Intel and
> IBM PCMCIA cards are using for their cards. 3Com had the better modem but
> the 10/100 combo was bad since they only had a 16bit version back then and
> not until now did they have the CardBUS version of the card.
>
> > In general I like the Xircom connector system which is compact and easy
to
> > use. However, the 3COM XJACK cards seem also to have robust connectors,
but
> > AFAIK there isn't any 3COM combo card with two XJACKS (Ethernet+Modem)
> > available. On Xircoms www page there is a published (independent?)
> > testreport of some card connectors and there Xircoms connectors got the
> > better critism (but maybe they paid for good critism, who knows?).
>
> I don't like the Xircom system because it takes up two slots
> instead of one. I think LinkSys makes a combo card that takes only one
> slot that is similar to the Xircom. What Xircom should have done is make
> the connectors part extend out and then go up or down so another card can
> be inserted. I think 3Com does have a card with XJacks for both modem and
> ethernet but it's only 56k+10Mbps and not 56k+10/100.
>
> > If you are looking only for a Ethernet card, then you may have another
free
> > PCMCIA slot when choosing a 3COM card. IMHO both, Xircom and 3COM are
> > building good cards, the question here is, which one has the better
device
> > driver and software support for all operating systems (?).
>
> It should be 3Com since Xircom cards don't even come with any
> software. It's the most barebones of cards.
>
> > Maybe some TP list user has experiences with both PCMCIA card vendors
and is
> > willing to share his experiences.
> >
> > Greetings Valentino
>
>
> Cheers,
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