Older laptop I want to add a usb from pcmcia

[DallasDan]

I have an older Toshiba laptop with a 16 bit pcmcia slot. Is there any hardware out there that will turn it into a usb port. I am running Windows 95. I can't find anything that is compatable. Everything I have searched needs a 32 bit cardbus. If anyone can help me out, I'd appreciate it!!

 

[Mday]

you cant, mainly because you are running win95.

 

[Trader05]

Win95 Revision B and C has usb support, best bet is to put at least 98 on it and go from there.

 

[redbeard1]

Besides this has come up here before, I also did a search for a customer to find a 16 bit card. I never found one and people here have done extensive searches and not had any luck either.

Win95B, though claiming usb support, was extremely unstable using it. Win95C, is basically a pre-release of win98, so the usb works better, but it was very buggy.

 

[Mday]

Originally posted by: Trader05
Win95 Revision B and C has usb support, best bet is to put at least 98 on it and go from there.

it supposedly has support, win98 and later are the only microsoft operating systems where usb actually works. i recommend win98se and up for ppl who want to use usb.

 

[DallasDan]

Thanks for the advise!