body, hardware, standard (PCMCIA, or "PC Card") An international trade association and the
standards they have developed 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 to rename PCMCIA cards "PC Cards", perhaps to encourage sales to confused purchasers.
(ftp://ftp.sidewinder.com/pub/Portables/PCMCIA).
Address: PCMCIA Administration, 1030 East Duane Avenue, Suite G, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 USA.
Telephone: +1 (408) 720 0107. Fax: +1 (408) 720 9416. BBS: +1 (408) 720 9388.
(1996-10-16)