[iBook] Re: Airport csrd slot

[BG]

I was interested because sony has a g wireless card that is the same 
format and fit as the original airport card. Of course the problem was 
that Sony did not use the Broadcom chipset on this card like their B 
card.

	Sony VAIO® 802.11g  PCWA-C300S

Since current Apple software only supports Broadcom chips it was a no 
go.

Luckily Orange Ware has release a software Hack/ Driver that now allows 
for other wireless cards to work.

I found a Sony card for a reasonable price, so i am going to do a 
little playing around and see if I can get Wireless G on my iBook.

Here is the link to their page.

http://www.orangeware.com/endusers/wirelessformac.html

I will let you know how it goes.

BG

On Nov 24, 2004, at 8:45 AM, Dan K wrote:

> BG <briang113 at pacbell.net> asks:
>> Looking for a little info, does anyone know if the airport card slot 
>> on
>> an iBook 500 dual usb, is a  16 bit or 32 bit(cardbus).
>>
>> I did some searching for specs on the Apple website but did not find a
>> definitive answer.
>>
>> I suspect it is 16 bit, but maybe not.
> It's keyed as a CardBus (32 bit) slot, so will accept any PC card you
> stick in. I do NOT know however if it's really a 32 bit slot or just
> mascarades as one, Apple's provided zero public documentation. The 
> 'Book
> however will recognize puka AP cards, _and_ PC cards based on the same
> chip set (eg: Lucent WaveLAN - 16 bit cards.)
>
> Why do you ask BTW?
>
> dan k
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