>Anyone have any suggestions for an ethernet PCMCIA card for a >pb5300c? Is it worth getting an old Global Village card or something >newer? Modem capability would be be nice but not necessary.
I always post this so I'll guess I'll do it again. $9 to $14 for a 3com 589D, use a patched Farallon driver for it that can be found several places; one list member hosts it, but I always get it here: <http://www.unna.org/unna/macos/3com3c589patch.sit>. The Mac Farallon PC-cards that usually are kinda spendy are just a 589 series with a Farallon label. Same innards, different dongle shape. www.compuvest.com recently had a few models of the 589 series PC Card; x-jack or not doesn't matter for the driver, the chipset is the same, and there's a couple of different versions of the 589 card: some lower power consumption, some XJack, some need a dongle etc. But 589 is the important part. No combo cards will work here, just plain old ethernet 10bT (not 100bT). The Global Village combo 33.6 modem/ethernet work well on my 5300 and 1400, and Globalfax is free install and OK; but those go for much more than $10 on ebay, usually. The driver might work with 7.5 and up, I've only used it myself with OS 8.x and 9.1. HTH. Brian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
