on 4/4/03 7:46 PM, A. Dishinger at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, all, > > I've recently purchased an Orinoco Silver wireless card that supposedly > will work with the 1400cs -- the trick being I have to have a minimum of > OS 8.6 on the machine first to even install the software to run the > card. (I am feeling very "chicken and the egg" here at the moment...) > The wireless card will theoretically will run with 8.6 or 9.x. That is > what the tech support documents and tech support people for the card > tell me, anyway. It is too late to return the card, BTW. I had seven > days. > > I tried installing the software for the card under the current OS 8.1 > and it was a no go. Finding that bridge, however, between 8.1 and 8.5 > has been a nightmare so far. > > I already have wireless service with my ISP and cannot use it. At least > this first month is just a free trial that I can cancel... > > I spent about 4 hours this evening, and my husband is still searching, > for how to upgrade from our current 8.1 to 8.5. We can find the 8.6 > upgrade for 8.5, but nothing that bridges the gap between 8.1 and 8.5. > 8.6 itself will *not* upgrade on a machine that is at 8.1. > > I had thought I had asked this question of the list a few weeks back and > gotten responses to the tune of "this is very easy to do". I would > appreciate it if this is the case. I am stumped as to whether I am going > to have to actually *purchase* OS 8.5 or not! > > Feel free to email me off list about this. I am to the point of > frustration that I would appreciate urls if you have them. TIA. > > Aly > 1400cs > 64 MB RAM > NuPower G3 upgrade > useless wireless card at the moment > >
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