On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Joshua Lamorie wrote: > This seems insane, considering how easy it would be to take a bt828 > chip, some PCI glue logic and slap it in a Type II case. I've made > pcmcia/CF cards, they aren't THAT much effort. (cardbus might be a bit > more tricky... anyone made one?) > I've not made one, but I reckon it shouldn't be too hard to take the chips from a USB one, and just replace the USB interface part with a PCMCIA one. There's the Philips SAA7111A at http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/acrobat/datasheets/SAA7111A_4.pdf On page 3 of the data sheet it even says "Applications: Desktop/notebook (PCMCIA) video".. > Just for the heck of it, how many of you would buy a pcmcia bt828 card > if it was available? (without the TV tuner). Is it possible to fit a TV > tuner in a Type II card? How much would you pay for one? > I'd buy one. I don't think it would need to be that expensive, parts would be around US$20, so prolly about US$60? Definately less than $100 though. Tim
