Standard Brewing For PC Card Replacement 'Newcard'

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Standard Brewing For PC Card Replacement 'Newcard'

Posted by timothy on Wednesday August 20, 2003 @02:57AM from the standard-flux dept.

winston_pr writes "The details on the successor to the PC Card is starting to take form with details being given in this article at Nikkei Japan. The standard is scheduled to be finalized in 2003, while the first PCs with NEWCARD slots are expected to ship in the second half of 2004. Will this mean the end of all these crazy SD-card connection based peripherals?"

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Meet the Newcard... by baywulf · 2003-08-20 02:58 · Score: 3, Funny

same as the old.
1. Re:Meet the Newcard... by Dr+Caleb · 2003-08-20 03:01 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  same as the old
  and pray we don't get fooled again..
  
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Summary! by RumpRoast · 2003-08-20 02:59 · Score: 5, Funny

In new computers, things will be smaller and faster.

Thanks!

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1. Re:Summary! by Lionel+Hutts · 2003-08-20 04:05 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Yes, this means crap like WinModems which may be the only choice for the new standard paint buyers further into a corner, as manufacturers could give a care less as they try to compete in a highly commoditized market.
  
  This is the first post I've ever seen that quoted "All your base are belong to us" in which that wasn't even the most bizarre sentence. A mixed metaphor, a mangled cliche interbred with another cliche, a conclusion that simply does not follow from the antecedent, and an example with no logical connection to the assertion being demonstrated -- all in 39 words.
  
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The real name by ded_guy · 2003-08-20 03:01 · Score: 2, Funny

NEWCARD (development codename)
Yeah, we all know that when it's finalized they'll call it cardXP.

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Decide what you want... by Cap'n+Canuck · 2003-08-20 03:02 · Score: 0, Funny

Cheaper, faster, more pr0n.

Pick one.
The card that most makers want... by blcamp · 2003-08-20 03:06 · Score: 5, Funny

Someday, the peripheral that hardware and software makers may want on all PCs is the Credit Card reader.

Want your next Windows Update? Please insert your Credit Card into the reader. What, this is Linux? SCO needs another swipe of your card, please.

Why stop there? I can see it now: "CNN... the most trusted... and expensive... name in news."

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PCMCIA stands for by Anonymous Coward · 2003-08-20 03:14 · Score: 1, Funny

People Can't Memorise Complex Irritating Acronyms
anyone else see brewing and think ...? by simong_oz · 2003-08-20 03:15 · Score: 3, Funny

Heh, so much for RTF! I saw the words "Standard Brewing" in the subject and without bothering to read further immediately clicked through to a story I thought was going to be about one of my favourite subjects - beer! I was not amused ...

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Headline by Mike+Schiraldi · 2003-08-20 03:15 · Score: 2, Funny

Did anyone else read the headline and think this was about some kind of peripheral that calibrates beer-making machines?

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Brewing Standard by Anders · 2003-08-20 03:16 · Score: 3, Funny

I did not get further than "Standard Brewing" before I thought of RFC 2324, namely the Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol.
Keeping up with the standards by RickL · 2003-08-20 03:21 · Score: 2, Funny

Floppy disk: $.10
CD-R: $.50
256 MB SD Card: $50
Wifi PCMIA card: $50
Having to keep up with the standards: priceless

For everything else, there is NewCard
If I get a NEWCARD sound card... by BigBadBri · 2003-08-20 03:30 · Score: 4, Funny

will it talk NewSpeak?
Doubleplusgood!

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Re:NEWCARD??? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-08-20 03:44 · Score: 2, Funny

Yeah, it's like NEWCOKE. That didn't even last 6 months in the market. Can we expect a re-release of PCMCIA Classic about 6 months after NEWCARD is released? :)
Re:Future Legal Issues by maxume · 2003-08-20 04:10 · Score: 3, Funny

Why stop at conutries? I say we take it all the way to the coconutries?

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Re:Typos!! by Dman33 · 2003-08-20 06:15 · Score: 2, Funny

Am I the only one craving a coconut brownie after all this talk about Coconut Trees?