Personal Computer Memory Card International Association


Personal Computer Memory Card International Association

(body, hardware, standard)(PCMCIA, or "PC Card") Aninternational trade association and the standards they havedeveloped for devicies, such as modems and external hard disk drives, that can be plugged into notebook computers.A PCMCIA card is about the size of a credit card.

For some unfathomable reason, around 1995(?) they decided torename PCMCIA cards "PC Cards", perhaps to encourage sales toconfused purchasers.

ftp://ftp.sidewinder.com/pub/Portables/PCMCIA.

Address: PCMCIA Administration, 1030 East Duane Avenue, SuiteG, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 USA.

Telephone: +1 (408) 720 0107. Fax: +1 (408) 720 9416. BBS:+1 (408) 720 9388.