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RE: Dpoll 61: Do you know what this opening is meant for?
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- Yes, it is....
The top slot is a PCMCIA card slot.
I think the lower one is perhaps a type of Firewire (IEEE 1394) port.
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The top slot is a PCMCIA card slot.
I think the lower one is perhaps a type of Firewire (IEEE 1394) port.
I mean the top slot.
What is a PCMCIA card? I doubt I ever seen one. My child will be so happy with this answer.
Thank you so much 💕
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You are welcome @wakeupkitty!
PCMCIA cards predate USB ports and were used to expand a laptop's capabilities and were used to add a LAN port, WiFi card, Modem or some other needed piece of hardware.
You can read some about them here: https://kb.iu.edu/d/ahtn