At 10:58 AM 2/22/96 +0000, you wrote:
I am just assuming that the Association (PCMCIA) has a way of distributing specs, etc.
You can call them in San Jose, CA @ 408 433 2273 $475.00 for non-members, paper only. $715, paper/CD both.
I also assume they have a web page and all that, maybe even a citizen-unit subscribed to this mailing list who probably could point us in the right direction.
www.pc-card.com, I believe
I think PCMCIA cards offer a lot of potential as wallets and general purpose privacy prophylaxis engines.
Absolutely, and without doubt. They are coming.
I don't know anything about the technology, but the device drivers, et al, could be publicly reviewed and recompiled on trusted machines, presumably, and the device itself could be tested (I assume) with a publicly available routine that once again one could install from source, etc.
There are commercially available drivers, tested rigorously. Fortezza cards and s/w are very solid, as well as other cards derived from that type of technology. Fortezza cards are self-testing.
how much do the slots cost to add on to pc's that don't already have them? Is there a parallel interface, for instance, that can plug into a printer port?
SCM Microsystems, 408 370 4888 has a "Swap Box" product. I don't know the cost.
-- PJ ------------------------------------------------------------------------
On Thu, 22 Feb 1996, Adam Shostack wrote:
P.J. Ponder wrote:
| obligatory crypto comment: has anyone looked at the iPower card and | gotten one to play with? Where else could one get a PCMCIA card that was | programmable and had a little memory on it? How hard would it be to make | one - in other words, what could we get the cost down to for an | encrypting pcmcia card? there couldn't be much to it, really, could there?
I got one, its very badly documented; theres some source in Visual basic for windoze. I haven't had time to track down real docs so I can do anything. Anyone know who I can call to get real documentation?
Adam
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