Recommended PCMCIA cards for a Wallstreet 300Mhz PDQ?

[mkinn]

I tried two Proxim Orinoco Gold cards, and every driver on Macintosh Repository. Card not recognized.
I'd be willing to try ANY PCMCIA card that DEFINITELY WORKS, but there are no guides on what to do.
Anybody done this, anybody willing to post a how-to? I realize that the correct Gold card will support WEP 128 bi, and the Silver version will support 64 bit, but I cannot seem to find one that works. Part numbers? Versions? Photos? Are there any which would support G or N? the ethernet supports 10/100, which is fast, but I'd still like to try it and make a YouTube video about it.

 

[finkmac]

vague question. what are you trying to do?
what does the processor speed matter?

do you mean wifi pcmcia cards?
OSX? OS9?

for OS9 the proxim should work fine.
check on macintoshgarden. stay away from the awful website that is mac crapository.
you won't get G or N speeds on OS9, and you're stuck with WEP.

you have more options if you run OSX.

 

[Byrd]

Try the official Apple Airport drivers for the card; it should be detected as an Airport card. You can flash the firmware of Silver/Gold cards but under Windows only.

Some other info here:

Thread 'Chop Orinoco Silver PCMCIA card into Airport slot'

Jan 22, 2025

Hi,

Years back did anyone try this? Stripping down an Orinoco Silver PCMCIA card to fit into the iMac G3 Airport card sled.

Hacking a WiFi PC Card to Work in Apple’s AirPort Card Slot | Low End Mac

Last time I bought an original 802.11b Airport card it was a few bucks - they're expensive now. I've found 2 x Orinoco Silver cards spare and wondering if I could do this without needing a complete tear down of the card itself.

Thanks

Jordi

• Byrd
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• Forum: G3/G4/G5 Power Mac, iMac & eMac

OS X Mac compatible G USB dongles are around but there is a fair overhead to run them and software in lowly G3 Macs; also see ethernet-wifi bridges.

 

[Durosity]

The Apple DVD PC Card would definitely work in it as it was specifically made for that PowerBook only, but it's a pretty pricey card for just a simple test.

Realistically.. any card should 'work' as in be recognised by the system.. it may not have a driver, but it should still show up as being inserted.