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External PCI Box for Laptops?

Posted by Cliff on from the screw-PCMCIA dept.

cagem0nkey asks: "I am in need of some type of external PCI card box for use with a laptop. I was able to find several different solutions, but these were all WAY to expensive for my wallet (at around $1,000 ea for one PCI slot!). Does anyone know of a cheaper way to add PCI card capability to a laptop? Possibly a USB or Firewire external enclosure?"

2 of 82 comments (clear)

  1. Re:cardbus by reverius · · Score: 2, Interesting

    not quite the same thing, but the cards are the same size, with the same plug, and most laptops allow cardbus and pcmcia in the same slot.

    pcmcia is older, and is basically ISA

    cardbus is newer, and is (as described) a superset of PCI with more bandwidth than pcmcia (afaik).

  2. Re:Does it HAVE to be PCI Bus? by tonsofpcs · · Score: 2, Interesting

    http://www.newtek.com/ -- look at their VT[4] (Video Toaster NT 4) -- tell me how to get that in USB form, heck, tell me how to get that data throughput in USB form
    Gigabit LAN (please correct me if I'm wrong on this one, I'd love one, but I don't think USB can handle it)
    TRUE Parallel Port -- Not just ECP, not just IEEE 1284, but TRUE PC Parallel, 8 data lines each way
    Video Card
    Professional Sound Card (like the Lynx-One)

    --
    Video Production Support