I have an ISA one with a 5.25" dual PCMCIA bay that works fine in DOS and Windows 9x (Cirrus Logic chipset) and a cheap PCI with a single slot on the back which I need to retry in DOS to be sure.
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If you want DOS compatibility I would definitely get an ISA adapter as it's more likely to have DOS drivers (card/socket services) or work with Cardsoft.
The SCP-55 has a couple of downsides compared to a SCC-1:

- PnP IRQ and address configuration
- Card & socket services take a hefty amount of conventional memory

Otherwise though it works and sounds great.

I have one I obtained for free years ago, but I've never been able to find a use for it. I've already got enough modems, network cards, and SCSI cards (I have an adaptec PCMCIA SCSI card, which I bought. It looked ridiculous seeing a Thinkpad 701 'butterfly' driving a full size flat bed scanner and an old external CDRW drive). Having a whole SCC1/SC55 in a PC Card sounds awesome, though.

Years ago I had one of the dual slot ones that had an ISA card and you fit into a spare 3.5" bay. It's basically the PCMCIA glue out of a laptop so Windows sees it and had the drivers already. I have one of the Single slot ISA cards in a Compaq Portable 386 as it makes luggables with ISA slots MUCH more versatile and it isn't that bad though you have to load DOS card services for it to work.
I also have a PCI one I've never tried but presumably with that you are limited to 9x and above.

Thanks, guys!

I never participated in auctions in Japan. Prices there are really competitive! I'll look into it.

Of course, there are alternatives to SCP-55, but that's my only example of Roland gear. Small wonder I want it everywhere 😀

My PCI adapter with a ENE CB1410 chipset works fine in DOS using Cardware 7 from http://www.tssc.de/, I tested the SCP-55 card and had no issues in the games I tried.

I'm in the process of buying this beauty locally:

Some related questions:

I've seen lately references to a PCMCIA floppy disk drive.

- Anybody knows if this FDD can be used on DOS?
- Can it be accessed directly (i.e: not using int 13h, accessing ports directly)?
- If so, can it be connected to a desktop via PCI to PCMCIA converters?

The idea is use it on a modern desktop system to transfer disks via SAMdisk or CPCdiskXP. They need a (compatible) 765 onboard.