On Thursday 26 August 2004 06:51 pm, Clark Martin wrote: > There are plenty of 16 bit 802.11b cards available. Most of the > Orinoco are although they did introduce CardBus versions of the Gold > and Silver cards. They are not hard to find.
My WaveLAN IEEE (functionally and electronically identical to an Orinoco) is CardBus (PCI-like interface) compliant but backwards compatible to original (ISA-like) PCMCIA. I don't know how they manage it but it gives CardBus-level performance in both the ThinkPad 600E I currently have and the WallStreet II I had to sell for financial reasons. It's a good idea to seek out CardBus versions of cards whenever possible in laptops that are CardBus compliant, because they use less CPU when in use and can do a species of "Bus Mastering" like a PCI interface desktop expansion card can. More machines than you think are CardBus compliant. My old ThinkPad 365X wasn't, but this headless (bad accident, LCD ripped off but the laptop is otherwise OK and usable with an external monitor) Hitachi laptop I have which is roughly the same vintage is CardBus compliant. Very odd. Hope this is helpful, Michelle -- Michelle Klein-Hass Box 2273, Van Nuys, CA 91404-2273 Brought to you by Linux, KDE and KMail...try it, you'll like it! -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
