Back in the day: a PC Card adapter for USB 2.0

10 years ago

Time for a quick giggle as I look at some old hardware I used to use, some 14 years ago, before I take it off to recycling. This past weekend, in a box at the back of the cupboard, I found this:

PC Card adapter for 2 USB 2.0 ports - top

PC Card adapter for 2 USB 2.0 ports - top

It’s an adapter for a laptop that didn’t have USB 2.0 ports but that did have a PC Card slot.

PC Card adapter for 2 USB 2.0 ports - end

PC Card adapter for 2 USB 2.0 ports - end

Way back when, that’s exactly what I had: a big chunky laptop with USB 1.1 ports but no USB 2.0 ports. The laptop was recycled ages ago, but the card adapter lived on until now.

I also found a couple of Microsoft Wireless Adapters that used the same physical interface, because, yes, back then my laptop had a wired network adapter, but not a wireless one (nowadays, it’s the exact opposite in these new ultra-slim laptops):

PC Card wireless adapter

PC Card wireless adapter

Scary stuff…

Album cover for Ancient and ModernNow playing:
Dudley, Anne - Tallis' Canon
(from Ancient and Modern)

Wed 3-Dec-2014 2:30 PM Blog / tags: recycling
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