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Re:The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used by habeebtc on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @08:11PM (#28611647)
How soon PCMCIA has been forgotten.

Forgotten by hardware makers, forgotten by users.

...And Cardbus after it!

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Re:The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used by nikau on Thursday September 23, 2021 @07:00AM (#28627558)
The cards were too thin - every IT department during that era had a box full of Xircom PCMCIA network cards with missing or broken rj45 dongles.
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Re:The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used by _xy8h on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @01:15AM (#28613267)
Expresscard was supposed to replace it. It's literally a pin for pin pci express slot. But the "market" spoke (more like Apple decided they were too good for useful ports) and laptops got slimmer and less able to be expanded on.
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