Re: Ethernet PC Card for PowerBook 1400c

[Brian]

>I am looking for an Ethernet PC Card for a PowerBook 1400c.  I am running
>System 8.6 and believe I need a driver as well?  Does such a solution still
>exist?  If so do you know of a source?

You can find the Global Village combo (modem and ethernet) cards on ebay;
those work.  The GV extensions conflict with a couple other 3rd party PC
Card extensions though.  Or a Farallon Mac PCMCIA ethernet adapter can be
found on ebay.  These are often a little pricey though.

You can also get 3Com 589 series cards for very cheap ($10-14 usually) from
places like www.computer-show.com or www.compuvest.com, or ebay.  You
should be able to use anything that says 3C589 in the part number, Xjack or
dongled or whatever.Just NO "combo" 3com cards, or cardbus or 10/100.
Stick to 10bT.

The 3C589 card is the same chipset as the Farallon Mac-specific cards;
Cameron has a web page up that has a patched driver and some support
information.


I've put the patched driver on 5 laptops with never losing my system
folder; if you get the flashing Q (I expect not, but just in case) follow
his instructions and you should be fine.  Don't format the drive or
reinstall or anything, all your stuff should still be there, the system
folder just got unblessed somehow- boot from a floppy or CD or something
and re-bless it.

The GV extension crashes at boot if the Farallon extensions (original or
patched) are installed ( I have both types of ethernet cards).

If you search this list archive for "3C589" a bunch of past posts come up
about this. Hope the web sites are still useful, their stock changes, last
I looked the Compuvest place had the better selection.  Beware of cheap
prices on ebay with HUGE shipping fees, kinda ruin the point of a cheap
card.

Brian






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Re: Ethernet PC Card for PowerBook 1400c

[Doug Rosser]

> Subject: Ethernet PC Card for PowerBook 1400c
> 
> I am looking for an Ethernet PC Card for a PowerBook 1400c.  I am running
> System 8.6 and believe I need a driver as well?  Does such a solution still
> exist?  If so do you know of a source?
> 
> Bruce
There is a retired Fed-Ex captain who sells on e-bay who specialises in
Global Village PC Card modems and ethernet cards - I bought 2 combo of both
and they are fine
Doug


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Re: Ethernet PC Card for PowerBook 1400c

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In a message dated 9/22/03 8:06:12 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

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I maintain a driver set for the EtherLink III series of cards at ...
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Any known source of a Mac driver for a 3Com 574 series 10/100 16-bit card?


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Re: Ethernet PC Card for PowerBook 1400c

[Cameron Kaiser]

> I am looking for an Ethernet PC Card for a PowerBook 1400c.  I am running
> System 8.6 and believe I need a driver as well?  Does such a solution still
> exist?  If so do you know of a source?

I maintain a driver set for the EtherLink III series of cards at

http://www.floodgap.com/retrotech/mac/enet3c589/

There are a few gotchas; please read it *carefully* first. That said, there
are a lot of satisfied users, and I use it regularly myself on my 1400cs.

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