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PCMCIA Type II Slot

PCMCIA Type II (PC Card) is the 68-pin slot used for laptop expansion cards in the 1990s and early 2000s. Cards are 5mm thick supporting NICs, modems, storage, and wireless adapters.

// connector diagram 9 pins
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// Specifications
Standard
PCMCIA 2.1 / JEIDA 4.2
Pin Count
68
Card Thickness
5mm Type II
Interfaces
ISA-derived bus 16-bit or CardBus 32-bit
Status
Obsolete replaced by ExpressCard
Use Case
Legacy laptop expansion cards NICs modems
// Pin Reference Table
PinNameFunctionType
1 GND Ground GND
2 D3 Data bit 3 I/O
3 D4 Data bit 4 I/O
4 D5 Data bit 5 I/O
7 CE1# Card enable 1 I/O
11 A10 Address bit 10 I/O
36 CD1# Card detect 1 I/O
37 D11 Data bit 11 I/O
68 GND Ground GND

PCMCIA Type II (PC Card) is the 68-pin slot used for laptop expansion cards in the 1990s and early 2000s. Cards are 5mm thick supporting NICs, modems, storage, and wireless adapters.