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Yeah, i kind of figured as much after a little while... |
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"/Am I missing something just obvious and stupid?/" Yes. |
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Thanks for your help, though, nonetheless =) |
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~alden |
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Michelle Darcy wrote: |
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> Alden Huang wrote: |
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>> Hi there, |
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>> |
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>> I was just curious if anyone had experience using their ibook |
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>> (dual-usb model) with a pcmcia wifi card that is not a lucent |
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>> orinoco/airport. I have a card which fits neatly (without having to |
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>> do anything ridiculous with a dremel =), but I just can't seem to get |
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>> it to even detect. |
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>> I really have no experience with anything PCMCIA on linux, and I cant |
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>> even get the computer to show that something is there and plugged |
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>> in....although I'm sure its a card supported; it's just a re-badged |
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>> prism2. |
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>> Although the LEDS on the card light up when I plug it in, cardctl |
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>> returns no socket() or something like that...nothing shows up under |
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>> the boot cd loading with the dopcmcia option either. |
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>> Am I missing something just obvious and stupid? any help would be |
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>> appreciated. |
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>> Best, |
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>> alden |
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> Airport (carried in the Pismo, iBook G3 and TiBook) is basically a |
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> cut-down PC Card slot. There's just enough logic to get Airport and |
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> similar PC Cards running. Prism2 isn't an Orinoco, so of course the |
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> system won't know what to do with it. Trying to use a PC Card in this |
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> slot might have worked on the Pismo or TiBook, but since the iBooks |
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> don't possess a full-fledged PC Card controller, you're completely |
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> screwed. |
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> PowerPC Airport Extreme is a similar setup, only it's MiniPCI and uses |
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> Broadcom chipsets. In both cases, it's a cost reduction measure. |
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> Sorry to disappoint you. |
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> --michi |
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