Airport Alternatives (not your usual)

kingmoffa

Hello all,

I have a G3 900 iBook thats supports the normal airport (not extream). Unfortunatly the airport card has broken, and to make matters worse apple no longer make them (as they are **&*s) which means the price for second hand ones have skyrocketed.

Now, does anyone know If the normal airport slot is capable of taking a normal pcmcia card (it doesn't look big enough) or any sort of half size (if they even exist????). On another thought, does an adaptor exist for apple airport extream???

Basically I am looking for an alternative to an standard airport card that wont cost hundreds of the finest GB pounds (please no usb adaptor sugesstions).

toojays · Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 11:57 am Post subject:

kingmoffa,

That's an unfortunate predicament. I noticed the other day on Accelerate Your Mac that some people have tried using a Sony VAIO wifi card in the Airport slot. There are photo galleries about it here and here.

No word about Linux compatibility, but this path may be worth exploring.

kingmoffa · Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 11:48 pm Post subject:

thanks for the reply.

This does look interesting. I think it all depends upon price.
Just because it look like it fits, I am tempted

My apple airport card works kinda, it struggles to pick up signals and will cut out for medium term periods, maybe I can get it fixed

:crosses fingers.