Have you tried using an "upgraded" card with a PC running Windows? I tend to swap my Lucent card between a PB 1400 and a Gateway with XP.
It works fine. The card's FIRMWARE is upgraded, so it's available on ANY platform. I've done this to four WaveLAN Silvers and they all work fine in laptops from my 5300 to Pismo to various Dell & Compaq laptops.
Looks neat! Would've never thought to try sticking it into my iBook. Now you've got me wondering what would happen if I put my G3 iBook's Airport card into a PCMCIA slot.
As I discussed earlier, it WON'T FIT IN A PCMCIA SLOT since it's keyed for CardBus. It _will_ fit in a CardBus slot, but it will be non-functional there. I've trimmed my card to fit in 16-bit PCMCIA standard PC Card slots, and the PowerBook reports that the card is damaged (just as any CardBus card would appear to a PowerBook without a CardBus controller).
Guess without the [extra] power cord it's useless.
What power cord? There's no power cord.
There _is_ an antenna that attaches to the end of the AirPort card...
Wonder why we haven't seen more 3rd party cards for the iBook, however.
The market for internal WiFi cards in a proprietary slot is pretty small. There are quite a few MiniPCI WiFi and 11G cards, though. Anyway, as has been pointed out here in the past, the Sony PCWA-150(S) fits in that slot, and it's pretty close to identical to the AirPort card.
Peace, Drew
--
Author of ClassicStumbler email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> web: <http://www.alksoft.com/>
Visit the PowerBook 5300 FAQ! <http://www.alksoft.com/5300_FAQ/>
-- 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
