Re: NTLK wireless networking

From: Ed Kummel (tech_ed@yahoo.com)
Date: Sat Mar 18 2000 - 18:35:40 EST


Dont't the apple wireless cards require that the
machine have compatible hardware (like built in
antennas) in order to work?
Ed
web/gadget guru

--- Thomas McCain <nstrngln@netdoor.com> wrote:
> Has anyone heard any rumblings about progress in
> hacking a Newton driver
> for an Apple Airport compatible pc card(i.e.
> WaveLan)?. For that matter any
> of the other wireless LAN cards out there. This
> would terrific but the
> gentleman in Japan who is said to be planning this
> has not updated his info
> on the project in quite some time.
> http://homepage1.nifty.com/driver/eng/newte.htm
>
> Anyone else working on this or have the skills to do
> so? I feel this would
> be a major coup for the Newton community and seems
> possible because of the
> old Proxim wireless driver that's been floating
> around. It was based on a
> hack of the Farallon ethernet card driver, is this
> not possible for the
> WaveLan?
>
> tmccain
>
>
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