I know echo audio makes Type II Cardbus cards for laptops. I don't know how good they are though. We use a Echo Gina 24/96 PC Card with Break Out Box and I like it! There website is here: http://www.echoaudio.com/ Erik Dix Notre Dame Archives At 09:15 PM 8/29/2003 +0000, you wrote: >Hi. I'm a new member of ARSC. I really enjoyed the conference in Phila. and >find the list very informative. >I have a technical question about digital audio recording and editing with a >laptop. I know very little about digital recording, but am going to be doing >it for some projects I'll be working on. I will soon be buying a laptop to >replace my desktop and want to use it for recording and editing also. Are >there any special features or inputs/outputs that I should get? The model >I'm looking at - Dell Inspiron 5100 - has a firewire and 2 USB ports. Will >these be sufficient? Can you connect an external sound card or a digital >mixer or recorder to them or do I need something else?. I don't know yet >what other hardware or software I'll be using, but I need to get the >computer soon and want to be sure that whatever I get will allow me input >and output audio properly. Any and all advice/suggestions would be >appreciated. > >Jack McCarthy, Oral Historian > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get MSN 8 and enjoy automatic e-mail virus protection. >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus