What is CardBus, and is the 2400 compatible?
Short answer again: No “CardBus is the next generation, high-performance 32-bit/bus master interface from PCMCIA. It provides the opportunity for migration of most high performance functions now available only on desktop and larger systems to CardBus cards for use in the mobile environment. New functions developed for CardBus may also be used in 32-bit desktop systems, if they are equipped with CardBus sockets.” Okay, that clears up things greatly! Now I understand it! (not). CardBus is a big deal these days to Mac users, mostly because of the DVD card and the RoadRocket (video-card) which were recently made available for the new PowerBook G3s. These 32 bit PCMCIA cards require both hardware and software to operate correctly, meaning that even if the 2400 hardware accepts CardBus, the OS must also do so. The Developer Note for the 2400/180 states: “The PC Card slots are compatible with the CardBus interface defined in the 1995 PC Card Standard. Mac OS support for the CardBus protocols
