Jump to content

Linear Flash PCMCIA driver?


bizzybody

Recommended Posts

Is there a way to use a Linear Flash PCMCIA card with Windows 7 x64? I picked up some old telecom equipment and plugged into one of the items was a 1993 vintage Intel memory card - and my MPC T2500 laptop with Windows 7 just happens to have a CardBus slot... (2008 and MPC hadn't gone to ExpressCard- when everything else they did was top of the line hardware) Plugged it in, ID'ed as an Intel series 2-04. Pre-Vista, Windows included drivers for these things.

Why would I want to use it when it's very likely to only have a few megabytes capacity? Security through "My system has no slot to plug this into." obsolescence. ;-) Can't read things like a password file if you can't plug the storage media into anything. To think these cards used to be considered tiny...

Link to comment
Share on other sites


I can find companies that say to use these with "Vista" you need to buy *their* external USB card slot thingies. It could be possible to create a driver for Windows 7 if a Vista driver had existed. There are risks such as BSOD and I wouldn't want to even attempt it on a workstation or home PC. I think this is one of those cases where having an older PC laying around would be helpful.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...