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Stuart · 09-10-2006, 12:29

The cable probably is there to provide power. AFAIK, PCMCIA slots provide some power, but not a lot.

As for why use the PCMCIA slot? One simple answer is bandwidth. If you use a normal USB2 hub, you get 480Mbps shared amongst four devices (or however many devices are attached). PCMCIA provides greater bandwidth than USB2.

Of course, having never used the hub in question, I don't know if it will use the greater bandwidth.

09-10-2006, 12:29	#5
Stuart - Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Somewhere Services: Virgin for TV and Internet, BT for phone Posts: 26,546	Re: PCMCIA USB Question The cable probably is there to provide power. AFAIK, PCMCIA slots provide some power, but not a lot. As for why use the PCMCIA slot? One simple answer is bandwidth. If you use a normal USB2 hub, you get 480Mbps shared amongst four devices (or however many devices are attached). PCMCIA provides greater bandwidth than USB2. Of course, having never used the hub in question, I don't know if it will use the greater bandwidth.