First post, by AlessandroB
Waiting for my Pentium to arrive, I noticed from the photos (and I read in the manual) that the small slot next to the floppy drive (you can see it from one of the photos) is used to house a PCMCIA reader.
I said to myself: intriguing! let's find out more ...
The computer manual talks about it in a very generic way without indicating what type of reader it is and what the connection bus is.
Doing various searches I found this page where a double PCMCIA reader on an ISA card is mentioned .... I started putting together various clues and looking at the open case of my computer I had already noticed that ISA slot opposite to the other slots and in that bizarre position ... could he be the right slot to host this card?
I attach some photos (both of my computer and of the card that I found on ebay) and the site that talks about the card.
http://ps-2.kev009.com/ohlandl/9533/9533.html#486SLC2
The only doubt I have, is that it would seem too short to get from one side of my case to the other and it is made only for this IBM 9533, but I have not found other specimens of PCMCIA readers that can fit in my computer.