Dell Inspiron 1300 - PCMCIA slot? I think not.

chunter

Has anyone attempted to get a PCMCIA card into the slot on the Inspiron 1300?

I have two new Inspirons and the card fits in neither.
I've tried several different cards.

If you look into the slot it actually takes an L shaped card.

chunter

Sorry, my fault.

ExpressCard (Newcard)
The PCMCIA has developed a replacement for the present CardBus standard, called ExpressCard, which is claimed to be faster and less complex than CardBus. The name Newcard was at one stage potentially to be used for this. The host device supports both PCI Express (PCI Express: pci express (formerly known as 3gio for 3rd generation i/o, not to be mistaken) and USB 2.0 connectivity through the ExpressCard slot, and each card uses whichever the designer feels most appropriate to the task. The cards are hot-pluggable.

ExpressCard supports two form factors, ExpressCard/34 (34mm wide) and ExpressCard/54 (54mm wide, in an L-shape - the connector is the same width (34mm) on both). Standard cards are 75mm long (10.6 mm shorter than CardBus) and 5mm thick, but may be thicker on sections that extend outside the standard form factor - for antennas, sockets, etc.

from http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/reference/pcmcia5