Ethernet on Old Laptop

[johnnymk]

I am upgrading my 4 year old Toshiba laptop (larger hard drive, memory and DVD burner).

In the event something goes wrong, I will be using an old IBM laptop (Windows 98SE) to hook to the Internet (slower DSL) while performing the upgrade.

This computer has no Ethernet connector, so I must purchase a card. I am trying to decide whether to purchase a PCMCIA card or a USB 1.0 card.

Suggestions?

[Devhux]

Definitely go with the PCMCIA card -- USB Ethernet solutions tend to be very finicky at best from my experience a while back.

[mechmike0034]

Get a 3Com PCMCIA card off of eBay - I bought one for my old Sony complete with dongle for eight bucks.

http://cgi.ebay.com/3Com-Megahertz-LAN-Modem-PC-Card_W0QQitemZ270108759086QQihZ017QQcategoryZ64051QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/3COM-10-100-LAN-CARDBUS-PC-CARD-W-XJACK-3CXFE575BT_W0QQitemZ5786428050QQihZ008QQcategoryZ64051QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

[johnnymk]

Thanks, everyone.