on 30/09/04 21:49, Andrew Kershaw at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Ran across a reference at >> <http://www.accelerateyourmac.com/archives/sep04/091704.html#S18083> >> >> to using a Sony Vaio wireless card as a substitute for an Airport card. >> >> Don't know how available those Vaio cards are, though... > > Bruce, > > That story is nothing new. In fact, it's been known for a very long > time that any WaveLAN based card will work in the internal slot. > Indeed, people have used this trick to supposedly upgrade Silver > cards to Gold cards (AirPort 2 upgrades the firmware of the card to > do 128-bit WEP). > > The trouble is finding a card that will fit when the keyboard is > installed. The VAIO card will fit if the antenna is removed. > > These VAIO cards are extremely rare (though I've got one! :-P) and > equally expensive (more than the AirPort card). It makes no > economical sense to use one of these instead of an AirPort card. > > See > <http://www.applefritter.com/cgi-bin/YaBB/YaBB.pl?board=hacks;action=display;n > um=1076035912> > for more interesting reading about the Sony card and AirPort > compatibility. > > FYI, there are two cards that can be made to work: The PCWA-C150 and > the PCWA-C150S. As far as I can tell, the only difference between > them is that one's antenna says "VAIO" and the other's says "SONY".
I think that the card Bruce was talking about was thought to replace an AirPort Extreme card, not the older regular AirPort card... -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] brain dump n.: [common] The act of telling someone everything one knows about a particular topic or project. Typically used when someone is going to let a new party maintain a piece of code. Conceptually analogous to an operating system core dump in that it saves a lot of useful state before an exit. "You'll have to give me a brain dump on FOOBAR before you start your new job at HackerCorp." See core dump (sense 4). At Sun, this is also known as `TOI' (transfer of information). -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
