1 GHz eMac - slot over CD-Rom drive - is it a standard cardbus slot?

I own a 1 GHz eMac. When I purchased it, I also purchased an Airport Extreme card which is installed in the slot directly over the CD-Rom drive. See this quicktime movie to see where the slot is:
http://www.info.apple.com/usen/cip/html/emac/emac-airport.mov.html
Is this a standard cardbus slot?
I don't connect to my home network wirelessly so I don't use the airport card and since there will shortly be a new Video iPod in the family I'm wondering if I can remove the airport card and put a USB 2.0 cardbus card in there instead.
The CD-ROM door is removed easily enough and I don't care about the looks so much (maybe a sin in AppleLand so please forgive me).
Anyone know for sure? I even looked in the most recent MacTracker and it's not clear whether it's a standard cardbus slot or not.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Bob
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Sorry but no, it is not a standard slot of any type. The Airport and Airport Extreme slots are proprietary to Apple and only work with Airport/Airport Extreme cards.

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