anyone ever use one of these?

[Tactmedic]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-Port-USB-2-0- ... 0700514502[/c

[Tactmedic]

4 Port USB 2.0 HUB Cardbus PCMCIA Card Adapter 32 Bit Laptop Notebook Computer

Found it on ebay but looks kinda big. has anyone used one and can you still close the door?

[toughasnails]

Yes but never used it very long because it got very warm and did not want to overheat my Toughbook. I tried it a couple years ago.

[toughasnails]

No you can't close the door with that one. They do have a smaller one with 2 USB that the door will close.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Inside-Hide-PCM ... 19e15f3a3d

[Tactmedic]

No you can't close the door with that one. They do have a smaller one with 2 USB that the door will close.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Inside-Hide-PCM ... 19e15f3a3d

Cool, I might have to get it- problem is I just bought a CAC card reader that will go in there.. might have to see if they have that USB express card like this one - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Express-Card-Ex ... 1c396ea919

[Shawn]

What are you going to plug in to it?
The PCMCIA / CARDBUS slots have less power available to them than a standard USB port. There are several detailed threads on NBR about these. You can't plug in much more than a flash drive....

https://www.google.com/search?num=20&sa ... aRkcJVRigI

On my CF29, I found a small USB hub and mounted it inside where the WWAN sled would go. Connected it to an internal USB port (WWAN sled / Fingerprint reader / etc...)

If you take the hub out of the plastic case, you can get creative . There may be enough room to mount the hub in the WWAN sled cover and have all four ports showing....

The photos are gone but here is what someone else did.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... -30-a.html

[Tactmedic]

Rgr that, thanks

[Rob]

OP,

I had one of those when I had my CF-29!

[Tactmedic]

OP,

I had one of those when I had my CF-29!

Nice, how did you like it? could you close the door? Is it worth it? thanks for sharing...