PCMCIA slot

The PCMCIA slot is a 8 or 16bit PC Card slot. It is not compatible with the newer CardBus adapters.

It exists in ThinkPads both as a Type II and Type III implementation. Type III is double the tickness of Type II, and most Type III implementations can accept two Type II cards.

• A Type III slot can accept a Type III, Type II or Type I card
• A Type II slot can accept a Type II or Type I card

• Wikipedia article on PCMCIA, CardBus and ExpressCard

Linux support

PCMCIA hotplug and adapters where handled by the older Linux PCMCIA package until the 2.6 kernel where PCMCIA hotplug is now directly supported.

Models featuring this Technology

(1) Type II slot

• ThinkPad 350, 350C
• ThinkPad 500, 510CS
• ThinkPad 710T (302, 303)

(1) Type III slot

• ThinkPad 340, 340CSE
• ThinkPad 345C, 345CS
• ThinkPad 355, 355C, 355CS

(1) Type IV, or (1) Type III + (1) Type II, or (2) Type II

• ThinkPad Dock II (3546)

(2) Type III, or (3) Type II slots

• ThinkPad 730T, 730TE

(2) Type II, or (1) Type III slot

• ThinkPad 230CS
• ThinkPad 360, 360C, 360CS, 360P, 360CSE, 360CE, 360PE
• ThinkPad 365C, 365CS, 365CSD, 365CD, 365E, 365ED, 365X, 365XD
• ThinkPad 370C
• ThinkPad 380, 380D, 380E, 380ED
• ThinkPad 385D, 385ED
• ThinkPad 560, 560E
• ThinkPad 701C, 701CS
• ThinkPad 710T (09Y)
• ThinkPad 720, 720C
• ThinkPad 750, 750C, 750CS, 750P
• ThinkPad 755C, 755CS, 755CE, 755CSE, 755CX, 755CV, 755CD, 755CDV
• ThinkPad 760C, 760CD, 760L, 760LD
• ThinkPad 820, 850, 860
• PC110
• ThinkPad Port Replicator Model 1
• SelectaDock I
• SelectaDock II