These modems would often slot into a Mini PCI-e slot in the netbook motherboard. [delokaver] figured out how to use these 3G cards over USB instead. It’s actually a fairly straightforward hack.

Mini PCI is a subset of the PCI interface that uses a significantly smaller card form factor. Supporting only 3.3 volts and 32 bits of the PCI specification, Mini PCI was designed for peripherals ...

There’s also four mini-PCI-E slots along the top ... adding in a 12-card carrier loaded up with 7 more TPUs, 5 more WiFi cards, and 3 more NVME drives. Outside of some kernel panics from ...

11b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Express Adapter III * Allied Telesyn AT-WCC201g Wireless Card Bus Adapter, Allied Telesyn AT-WCP201g Wireless PCI Adapter * D-Link DWA-520 Wireless 108G Desktop ...