alt Hacker NewsMy understanding (probably wrong) is that pcmcia was based off the ISA bus and then pc card updated to pci based and express card was pcie
My understanding (probably wrong) is that pcmcia was based off the ISA bus and then pc card updated to pci based and express card was pcie
Close! The PC Card rename was because people were confusing the name of the association with the specific form factor.
PCMCIA and PC Card = ISA
CardBus = PCI and ISA - slot was backwards compatible so you could use a PC Card in a CardBus slot
ExpressCard = PCIe