On 02/01/02 15:49, "Chris Searles" <csearles_at_netcologne.de> wrote:
>> If you want to have a similar card for your Newton, look at any card that
>> officially advertises its support for the 802.11b protocol, which is the
>> protocol used by AirPort. A good candidate is the Lucent/Agere ORiNOCO card.
>
> So you're saying another wireless card will work with the Newton? Are
> there drivers for these like for the Ethernet cards?
Oups! That was a bit premature, indeed! Except for a very basic driver that
will let you use a specific version of the Wavelan card that will only
connect to another computer running a software version of the base station,
there isn't any driver at this time that will let your Newton connect to an
Apple AirPort Base Station.
-Laurent.
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