A quick update / demo. I spent some time working on the emulation of an Asante FriendlyNet PC Card, this card was easiest to work with for me as it is well supported on the Mac and has PC drivers and uses the same DP8390 networking chip as the NE2000.
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My fascination with PCMCIA cards was created out of “necessity”. Most of my retro computing interest revolves around networking, and I wanted something that could natively attach to modern Wifi networks without the need to maintain an old linksys router just for my retro computers. There are many ways to do this, I…
This is a PCMCIA development board for retro-computing enthusiasts who want to experiment with audio, networking, and expansion on vintage laptops and mobile devices. While ISA users have enjoyed projects like PicoGUS and PicoMEM, PCMCIA users have long been limited to scarce legacy cards with narrow functionality …