It wouldn't let me reply on the little thread we had going there for some reason, so I'm replying as a global comment.
DonTHB, I will have to check on this again but I'm pretty sure we are required to make the CableCARD accessible from the outside. It's been a while since I have thoroughly gone over that part of the specs so I will check again but I'm pretty sure.
AC, We have not yet but we will very soon. I am not sure why it would be slightly larger than the others since it is a standard PCMCIA card form factor and is required to meet that specification. Although the spec has a tolerance and it may just be on the big side of the tolerance. Are you in an area that uses Evolution Broadband CableCARDs? If so, where are you located?
An external box which can later be installed internally by the PC owner would work? If the box was designed to also be mounted reversed in a drive bay this would allow it to be situated in an internal or external bay. The reader could also be removed from the box and mounted in a slot.
It's to bad that the wired version of PCIe isn't available on any platform. It would provide the flexibility of USB or 1394.
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It wouldn't let me reply on the little thread we had going there for some reason, so I'm replying as a global comment.
DonTHB, I will have to check on this again but I'm pretty sure we are required to make the CableCARD accessible from the outside. It's been a while since I have thoroughly gone over that part of the specs so I will check again but I'm pretty sure.
AC, We have not yet but we will very soon. I am not sure why it would be slightly larger than the others since it is a standard PCMCIA card form factor and is required to meet that specification. Although the spec has a tolerance and it may just be on the big side of the tolerance. Are you in an area that uses Evolution Broadband CableCARDs? If so, where are you located?
An external box which can later be installed internally by the PC owner would work? If the box was designed to also be mounted reversed in a drive bay this would allow it to be situated in an internal or external bay. The reader could also be removed from the box and mounted in a slot.
It's to bad that the wired version of PCIe isn't available on any platform. It would provide the flexibility of USB or 1394.