Re: PCMCIA modems and E/N

Bob Besaha (bbesaha@usa.net)
Sat, 10 Dec 94 20:18 PST

>> I'm having a hard time
>> excepting that there is something magical about the AMT Starcar
>> its low power demand and 8bit architecture
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>One zoomer FAQ that we have states that
>the zoomer uses an 8086 compatible CPU.
>The 8086 has a 16 bit data bus. The 8088
>is the version with the 8 bit data bus.
>PCMCIA is a 16 bit bus standard. What
>size is the zoomer data bus? Is the PCMCIA
>connectivity only 16 bit?
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>jbciii@world.std.com Joel Bostwick Couch III
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Well, the PCMCIA slot takes type 1 and 2 PCMCIA cards, so of course I can't
remeber where I put the spec, but thats what I know about the slot. The
processor is a NEC V20 on a chip running at 8 MHz, so thats the guy to find
out about. I'd guess it's a 16 bit data bus, but I'm often wrong!