On Jan 1, 2010, at 11:40 AM, Clark Martin wrote: >> I have a PCMCIA (Sonnet 54) card that works as AirPort in my TiBooks, When I >> put it in One of my >> "Wallstreet" Apple PowerBook G3 series computers (10.2.8) I don't see the >> AirPort option in the >> network preferences. > > I don't know about this one. I have a Buffalo 802.11g card. It's a > little quirky, you can't have it installed at startup, it causes a KP. > But if you insert it during boot it works okay using the Airport > software. I've heard the Sonnet Aria works the same. Any card with the > Broadcom chip set is supposed to work the same. > > You might want to look in System Profiler to see what the card is > reported as. > >> >> The reason for Safari is to just get on the net with something compatible >> to 10.2.8 I'm not using OS9 on this machine but I could if that's the key to >> getting on the net with >> my PowerBook G3 300 512 Wallstreet. >> >> I don't want to use XPostFacto. I want this machine to run >> the max system it was designed for, it's part of a 25 piece collection. > > It wasn't designed for any version of OSX. > > Panther runs better, faster and more stable than Jaguar. I waited till > I had a newer laptop before I tried XPF and Panther. I wish I had done > it much sooner, Panther is just that much better. I've heard Tiger > works well too but I haven't tried it. > > > -- > Clark Martin > Redwood City, CA, USA > Macintosh / Internet Consulting > > "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" > I can't seem to find any AirPort software on my machine. If I try Airport assistant it says I don't have an AirPort card, which makes sense because the Wally 300 doesn't support the AirPort card. Profiler shows this for PC Card A and PC Card B.
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