PC Card
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PC Card is a technical standard specifying an expansion card interface for laptops and PDAs. The PCMCIA originally introduced the 16-bit ISA-based PCMCIA Card in 1990, but renamed it to PC Card in Mar
A PC Card, showing the side where it connects to a computer
Various PC Cards, from left to right: • ISDN PC Card • ITU-T V.90 modem CardBus PC Card • CompactFlash (CF) adapter PC Card • SCSI II PC Card
Parallel port Ethernet adapters were commonly used before PC Cards. This is an Accton Etherpocket-SP parallel port Ethernet adapter (c. 1990). Supports both coaxial (10BASE2) and twisted pair (10BASE-T) cables. Power is drawn from a PS/2 port passthrough cable.
16-bit Type II PC Card: IBM V.34 data/fax modem, manufactured by TDK
ExpressCard
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ExpressCard, initially called NEWCARD, is an interface to connect peripheral devices to a computer, usually a laptop computer. The ExpressCard technical standard specifies the design of slots built in
PC Card
…peripherals led to the development of many kinds of devices including network cards, modems, and hard disks. The PC Card port has been superseded by the ExpressCard interface since 2003, which was also initially developed by the PCMCIA. The organization dissolved in 2009, with its assets merged into the USB…
Cardbus to ExpressCard Adapter
A mobile broadband modem integrated into ExpressCard 34
Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Notebook (ExpressCard/54)
An ExpressCard partially inserted in a laptop