[BTM] PCMCIA Wireless Data Cards?

[Mike D.]

>Subject: Re: [BTM] PCMCIA Wireless Data Cards?
>From: "Mark O'Brien" <rmobrien at mac.com>
>Message-ID: <BBB5F25E.B67B%rmobrien at mac.com>
>
>On 10/17/03 6:21 PM, "Mike D." <md03 at xochi.com> wrote:
>
>>  Does anyone know if any of the wireless pcmcia data cards (GPRS,
>>  1xRTT or EVDO) work with macs?    Tmobile has the best price: ($29.99
>>  unlimited) but Verizon has the best speed (1xRTT, and now EVDO :
>>  $79.99 unlimted).
>>
>>  But none of them are very clear on mac support.
>
>I use the Novatel Merlin C201 card on my TiBook with SprintPCS 1xRTT
>service. It's $80/month unlimited, and the card was free (actually a 100
>percent rebate on the $175 price, except for tax, for signing up for the
>required 12 month contract).
>
>Somebody at Novatel wrote some scripts for OS X, but the card needs to be
>configured on a Windows machine before you can use it on a Mac. I took it to
>Circuit City, and they let me do that on one of their display notebooks.
>Speed is supposedly around 112bps.
>
>Mark

I wonder if one could configure the card using Virtual PC?  I have a 
real PC desktop machine, but no PC laptop.