on 27/07/02 09:24, wjm at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I had asked about using Airport on my G3 Lombard and have been following > the responses and am now confused. Does the Airport card fit into the PCMCIA > slot? Someone mentioned a Lucent card. Does the Airport base station not > require an Apple Airport card? > > Next topic. My Lombard has a goofy ?/ key. I bought the machine used and > the pad had apparently been glued on. It takes several tries to type a / or > a ?. Do I need a new keyboard or can I do something safe to fix this? > > thanks to everyone for their help. I'm fairly new to the G3 and OS > 9.2.2.
You cannot use an Apple AirPort card with your Lombard because that card assumes that the antenna it needs has been retrofitted in the PowerBook case, which is the case for all PowerBook starting with the PowerBook FireWire, but not the Lombard, since AirPort wasn't available when the Lombard was introduced. You can use a Lucent/Agere ORiNOCO card with 9.2.2 and the card will show up as an AirPort card. This card has an external antenna, so it will work well with your Lombard. I'm sure there are other cards that would work too. The nice thing about this one is that it's being recognized as an Apple AirPort card, so you don't have to install any driver or software to use it, only AirPort. You probably want to replace the keyboard. I'm not sure you'd be able to repair the problematic keyswitch. -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin <http://members.cox.net/nemesys> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] bug-compatible adj.: [common] Said of a design or revision that has been badly compromised by a requirement to be compatible with fossils or misfeatures in other programs or (esp.) previous releases of itself. "MS-DOS 2.0 used \ as apath separator to be bug-compatible with some cretin's choice of / as an option character in 1.0." -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
