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USB connectivity for old laptops?

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by ichinutz

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Does anyone know of a product or a way to add USB connectivity to an older laptop - IBM ThinkPad 560E? It has 16-bit, type II PCMCIA ports, the latest BIOS that IBM released, and it's running Windows 98.

I know there are USB PCMCIA Cardbus products out there, but these are obviously not compatible.

Any info or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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by lil' frog

this wouldnt work if ur lookin 4 the speed of USB, but u could try just a simple adapter with a USB port on one end and som other port on the other.

by ichinutz

This idea had already crossed my mind already. I thought about making a simple adaptor to hang on the 9-pin serial port because I know some USB mice and keyboard can be connected via PS/2 adaptors and some PS/2 devices can be connected via adaptors to the serial port. I wondered whether drivers would be needed or if there would be recognition problems.

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