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original airport base station's card??? - abevilac - 04-15-2007
Somewhere I thought I read that the original base station has an original airport card in it. I need an original card and I have one of the old abs. So, I took it apart and the card seems large. I haven't taken apart the grape iMac yet that needs the card. Does anyone know if the abs card will fit [and work] in an iMac???
Re: original airport base station's card??? - BigGuynRusty - 04-15-2007
Yes, but you need an adapter that was included with the AP Kit.
BGnR
Re: original airport base station's card??? - Ken Sp. - 04-15-2007
The White ABS has an original Airport card in it.
The silver look Graphite ABS has the Lucent/Orinoco Silver card. This is a PCMCIA card, and will not work in any iMac, only in the PC Card slot of a Powerbook (only looks to the system as an "Airport card" in OS9
The regular Airport card will work in some iMacs.
I think it started with the slot load version.
Re: original airport base station's card??? - abevilac - 04-15-2007
Thanks. It's a Graphite ABS and it has a Lucent logo on it. So, will this PCMCIA card work in a Pismo? What does "only looks to the system as an "airport card" in OS9 mean? I'm thinking it means I can't use this card for anything using OS 10.x
Thanks for all the info though...
Re: original airport base station's card??? - BigGuynRusty - 04-15-2007
Not all slot loads, only 400MHz+
Roll your iMac face down on a towel, pop open the RAM install door using a coin to turn the latch (No door? No Airport!), now look around and see if you can find the AP antenna, if it is a virgin to an AP card the antenna will have a plastic cap over the plug that tirs it to the side, if not you will see a brass colored plug with a wire attached. Also, if you are VERY lucky the adapter card was left behind.
BGnR
Re: original airport base station's card??? - Gareth - 04-15-2007
You can use the Lucent PCMCIA card in a Pismo running OS X, however, you will need third-party drivers for it. It only worked with the Apple drivers in OS 9.
Re: original airport base station's card??? - Ken Sp. - 04-15-2007
If you use it in OSX you will need drivers.
Drivers $20 here
http://www.ioxperts.com/pr/2003/0305.html
These drivers are older--but should work--Free
http://wirelessdriver.sourceforge.net/
http://www.powerbookwireless.net/
For $21 shipped you can get a card that works natively in OSX
http://cgi.ebay.com/Motorola-WN825G-Wireless-Laptop-Network-802-11g-Card_W0QQitemZ300101438386QQihZ020QQcategoryZ45000QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
For OSX the card needs a Broadcom chip, and it will appear and act like a regular internal Airport card with no drivers.
Re: original airport base station's card??? - BigGuynRusty - 04-15-2007
Before this gets out of control.
He has a Grape iMac.
BGnR
Re: original airport base station's card??? - abevilac - 04-15-2007
BGnR,
a grape iMac and a Pismo and he is a she!
Ann
Re: original airport base station's card??? - BigGuynRusty - 04-15-2007
[quote abevilac]BGnR,
a grape iMac and a Pismo and he is a she!
Ann
JEEZO!
How would I know either of these "alleged" facts?
BGnR
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