>compuvest.com has three models at different prices. Are these equally good?
You can read the description at that site; the pictures are pretty close to correct, although they disclaim them. Also 3com tech support has tech specs. >7NE-3C58903 >3COM 3C589B 10MB PCMCI NET CARD $19.00 I think this should be just the generic 589 card plus dongle. I have 389 C, D, cards and this B looks the same and has about the same specs on the 3com site. But on the compuvest web site, they don't seem to mention a dongle cable- so call their 800# and ask if it comes with it. You should be able to get the dongles new from 3com for about $7 last I heard, but you'd hate to be suprised by that. It isn't a x-jack, that would be included in the model number.... > >7NE-3C57610 >3COM 3CCE589EC 10MB PCMCI NET CARD $42.00 seems the same, but with xjack and BNC connectors both. spendy! >7NE-3C58910 >3COM 3CCE589ET 10MB PCMCI NET CARD $16.99 The 589 with a dongle (I think) plus lower power consumption. ----------------------------------------------------- The way it seems 3com part #'s work, xxNNN-XX 3C it's 3com :) then xx: type of connector NNN: 589 or whatever chipset info XX: modifiers for the card- lower power, for example. So: model 3CXE589EC (a 589 series card with X-jack and lower power consumption) for 19.50 was what I saw earlier (April or May), it seems gone now. 3CXE589ET 10MB PCMCI NET CARD was $14 at that time, but it seems gone too now. Also 3C589D was $9 ages ago at computer-show.com (the basic 589 series with a dongle) but I think they've been out of stock for a while. I used to think that I really hated the dongle on the 589D that I have used for a long time, but really with the XJack one I have now, I carry around a patch cable anyway, so I'm not very much ahead in the end. I'm also not sure the power consumption makes a huge difference for the powerbook, I get a decent amount of ethernet using the regular 589D on my Newton (4 AA powered); with the Newton, the lower pwoer use of the -EC series probably would be noticable, with our big powerbook batteries you might notice a difference only if you watched very carefully. Sorry they'd sold out of the cheaper ones; I'd get the 3CCE589ET for $17 I guess, given these options. Check and make sure that I didn't confuse dongle specs. That seems a little expensive though, someone posted recently on another list about getting one for $9 on ebay, but that might take some luck. I don't know what how they do returns. I've bought stuff from them 3 or 4 times. The ebay resellers snarf the super cheap stuff pretty fast. Them, or the Newton people, I posted this on the Newtontalk list a while back. One person did email me saying they had system problems with the patched driver and 8.5, but I've never had a problem on 4 powerbooks, many system versions, except always a conflict with the Global Village PC Card extensions (the GV ones conflict with the Farallon one upon which the patch is based, and the problem persists with the patch since it's really the same driver, just patched in one place to accept the 589 card ID string). If someone has figured out another consistent incompatibility, it would be good to know. You might also install the real Farallon 2.whatever? drivers first if you have a problem (I forget the real version number). Or if the extension on unna is corrupt, a list member here hosts it too but I can't find in google (who was that....). I find a 589 series card a good deal if it is cheap. If you only find things for $40 or so, you might as well try and ebay a GV PC Card ethernet/33.6 modem combo for $40-60 or whatever they get bid up to on ebay now. HTH. B -- 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
