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Old April 27th 11, 11:43 AM posted to alt.windows98
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Default Connecting laptop via

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- Bobb - wrote:

You said that it's special ...
Does this thinkpad have a PCMCIA slot ?
If so lots of options
If not ... what makes it "special" ?


I was told that the IBM thinkpad PCMIA slot with a 50 whatver modem was
normal but when
they brought out the PCMIA ethnernet card only a special one for the IBM
Thinkpad will
work becuase of a groove in the design of the ibm thinkpad pcmia
ethernet card
and it will fit or the IMB thinkpad card is wired differently and will
work where
otherss won't work or fit. Nobody has any ibm ethernet cards in town
anymore especially
these ones as there are two designs, new and older and my think pad
takes the older type
Which brings me to my next question how else can I connect easily an
ethernet stand alone
table model of an ethernet card to my thinkpad?

I just looked at the sides and back of the thinkpad and it has a 9 pin
(female)
monitor outlet, a 25 pin (female) parallel printer outlet, and the last
outlet is a male 9 pin
with the symbol of something thatlooks like lightening bolts or look
like two W's facing each other which to a guy like me thinkks it is
trying to say it is a 9 pin parellel communcation port, but I don't
know.
Of course, I also have the USB1 port that can read but not write to or
do file transfer options or anything
else. Remember I have win98 1st edition.

I should tell you that in a box somewhere I have a PCMIA 50 something
modem that I bought and works with my thinkpad but being slow I can only
use it for dialup on internet provider and i have highspeed so it is
useless but is there a way to use the pcmia 50 something modem to
transfer files to another computer. I don't care how slow it is because
it is only a 1.2 gig harddive which is enough to be a problem for
getting stuff off but not a problem for a slow process. I know I am not
using the proper terms but I know you will understand what i am saying
because I can't remember the proper words in some cases.

a humble thank you for any ideas


"enquiring minds" wrote in message

I have lots of cross over cables but where does the ethernet card hook
to on an old laptop? What are the connection options that will work?

Also what do you have to do to get a file tranfered from one computer
to
the other using this method?


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