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Hi All,
Got given below the radar a bit of a problem. One of our devices uses and interface that can at best be described as interesting at worst 'elephanting' painful it will work under Win98 SP1 not anything different... Being me I have found a device that will replicate some of the interface now the second bit gets awkward it uses a PCMCIA card. Now I don't know what this card does I don't even have one to reverse engineer at this stage, is there a method of connecting PCMCIA to modern PCI mother boards?
Glenn
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That is really a question for the Hardware and Devices forum.
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Okay...thought it might be...
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Look for 'PCMCIA to USB adaptor' - that may help...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Now, I had tried that, I was not to sure it would work...the handshaking could cause trouble but for under £20 it worth buying and trying. I was hoping for some actual experience. 
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You can get PCMCIA to USB adapters to read PCMCIA memory cards (I had one myself, a number of years ago), but I think you'd be hard pressed to find USB converters for everything else that used to be done through PCMCIA.
Perhaps the stupidest but most effective solution would be to stick an old laptop that has a PCMCIA slot in the middle.
It could be duct-taped to the modern box.
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Yup, out of stock! 
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keep googling PCI PCMCIA. eventually you'll find one.
hit ebay. hit the thrift stores if it comes down to it (the only reason i know they exist is i've seen them in thrift stores)
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I'm impressed that such a thing even exists. Can't help but wonder what the drivers for the original card would make of it, or if the adapter is totally transparent.
modified 10-Jun-19 19:21pm.
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I think it's supposed to be transparent but this is not my area of expertise.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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Modern PCI motherboard is an oxymoron.
That said there are usb 2.0 to pcmcia adapters on eBay.
That might do it.
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Alright PCIe5+...it was Monday am!
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Poor fellow. You're into a World of Pain.
First, I don't know how convoluted your setup is, but basically, you'll need a laptop with PCMCIA to use that, since this is a bus completely different and beyond emulation.
So, the rabbit's hole is becoming deeper by the minute.
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Well it's some test gear that uses a PCMCIA Bus to talk to a 25 Way serial port, I think, now the issue I think is how to communicate between PCMCIA and the real world. Another lesson use the latest port to ensure continued support, I think not! If only they had the foresight to use the serial port on the PIC...
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Look into Rockwell Software. PCMCIA modules interface a computer to a PLC - Programmable Logic Controller - which is an industrial mchine controller. This is 1980s technology.
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You used to be able to get PCMCIA expansion cards for desktop machines. It's a little inconvenient for most of them since the slot ends up at the rear of the machine (though I have seen some with a separate drive bay adapter to plug the card into).
I doubt you can find them easily new now - but perhaps on e-bay.
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PCMCIA was the organization that defined the interface (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association). The interface became better known as PC Card.
you can find PC Card readers on Amazon and there is a useful set of links on the Wiki page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_Card
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Blind and crazy? Forget it! (just saying) (3,2,5,3,2,4)
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OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND
Blind OUT OF SIGHT
and crazy? OUT OF MIND
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Yup  see what I themed there? 
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Yep! Multiple word answers ... 
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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