You aren’t alone.  Had this exact issue at a client today.  Pointed them toward this adapter:

http://www.addonics.com/products/host_controller/adexc34cb.asp

Kind of bulky to have that thing sticking out of the side of the laptop, but at least they can use their old PCMCIA card with their new laptop.

I’m just glad my Lenovo T500 has both slots 😉