On 7/25/05, Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everyone, and greetings from sunny England. > > I've been lurking on this list for a little while, but finally managed to get > my > PowerWave up and running over the weekend with a clean install of OS9. > > I have two wee questions. Can I just buy a PCI Wireless network card in order > to > get the machine on my home network? > [I'm not sure how I go about getting stuff like PCI cards for it in general, > are > there compatibility issues?] > > And, completely unrelated, is it worth picking up a g3 card for the machine, > if its > cheap enough? At the moment I am on a bit of a budget, but would love to have > a > tinker with OSX. > > Many thanks in advance, > regards, > Adam > >
Welcome to the PCC list. It's been kinda slow around here lately. And welcome to the wonderful world of old Mac clones....... Here is one option for OS X wifi: http://www.sonnettech.com/product/aria_pci.html Here's an option for OS 9.2 which can be installed using OS9forever: http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id= &Section_Id=201523&pcount=&Product_Id=122761# I have the Belkin USB wifi adapter on a beigie G3 running OS X but I'm going to try it on my PTPro soon. I just haven't gotten around to doing it. ( I am using an Airport Extreme base statoin and it was easy to set-up) You'll need a USB card and the appropriate drivers. And you can get 400MHz G3 cards for about $30 now and load it up with RAM which can be found cheap on the swaplist or Ebay. OS X will run decent on the PowerWave with 300MB + RAM using xpostfacto. The used G3 cards are cheap enough that they are worth spending a few dollars. Here's a link to some possible upgrades: http://www.everymac.com/upgrade_cards/by_system/powermac_pci.html OS X can be tricky to get loaded on certain old Macs but it's a good challenge. I actually had better luck with OS X on a PowerWave than on a PowerTower Pro using the same components. My PTPro has the good logicboard for upgrades too, so you never know..... Good Luck, -- Ron http://krowmagnum.4mg.com/ -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:powercomputing@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
