Slot machine

Thought I'd have a bit of cheap fun and see what inexpensive accessories I could get for my card slots.



First up I can highly reccommend one of these old Mogo mice. Been using this for the last few days and it's surprisingly good. Fits nice and snug in the PC slot where it charges:







And here's an interesting one. For years I've wanted to try one of those external GPU adapter things so I went ahead and got one. Everything worked flawlessly first time. I was shocked actually:









Going to try some CAD and 3D modeling later to proper test it. Might download a game overnight too!

Anybody else here use their expansion slots??? I want to get more now

 

I don't like the idea of PCMCIA mouse. Mouse always collects dirt and you insert that dirt deeply into your laptop.
ExpressCard to USB 3.0 adapters often get hot and eat battery. I would prefer USB hub in your (MK6+) case.

 

Thanks for sharing your experiences with the different devices. There are a couple of members that I know of that use, or did use, the MoGo mouse. They all seemed to like it. Very handy.

I use an old Belkin draft N pcmcia wifi card now and again when have problems (like no built-in wifi card) with wifi, or lack of it, on units I work on. I also use a 2 port USB3 ExpressCard on different unit A/R.

 

Plenty dirt around here already I can assure you!

 

My PC Card collection:

 

Some what unrelated but a nice haul of stuff from the “local” swap meet. Total is $170

List
Linksys PCMCIA Wireless
Hawking USB wireless
3COM wireless lan
27 battery. Has 3-4 seconds of life
IDE thing for 28
Zotac GPU
28 modem card
27 wireless board
27 motherboard
Games
Floppy drive
And a keyboard

 

Actually I still us mine, have one of each model. Something no one posted a picture of yet is....well not sure what it's called but It uses no power, nothing connects to it but it is very handy to have....what is it

 

Is it either of these ...?

 

It's close but it looks like a regular card but the top folds up. I looked everywhere for mine but got so many laptops don't know which one it's in and cannot remember what it's called. It can hold SD cards , credit cards

Found it . It's called a "Stashcard" . When I got mine they could be had for 5 bucks...not now.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Wireless-G...276482?hash=item3d92587802:g:RrYAAOSwvGFcuRb6

https://the-gadgeteer.com/2006/02/10/wireless_garden_stashcard/

 

Now it's 4

 

Nifty! What a cool little hiding spot. I was actually thinking of 3D printing something similar last week.

Hope you didn't leave too much cash in the one you misplaced

 

Got one!
$3.99 plus tax....


Sent from my CF-54

 

My StashCard is stashed in PC Card slot, and has spots for 2 SD cards, which is what I keep in it.

 

I think I remember you talking about the StachCard, over on TBT years ago, when you first got it. Then again, I may be hallucinating.

 

Darn did not see that one. I find they are very handy to have.

 

Just wanted to say that the PCMCIA slot had to be one of the best things ever. So much ability to get a mouse, more USB ports, wireless, more graphics power, card readers, I’ve even seen RAM ones, and then even more USBs. Yeah there was some issues but overall s nice experience