tessa, all... I have been going online wirelessly with my 64 MB250 Mhz Kanga G3 now for about a month. It works like a charm, though I want to finish increasing the resident RAM and getting a bigger hard drive. Took finding the virtual memory sweetspot to keep it from bombing periodically and trying out a number of browsers...the most trouble free browser I found was Internet Explorer 5 for Mac OS 9 with double the virtual minimum memory selected. But the essential part was following this fantastic no brainer tutorial (thanks to "penmachine"!!!):
http://www.penmachine.com/techie/airport1400.html As the article showed I could use an inexpensive Dell Truemobile 1150 80211.b WiFi card and I think it took a one click install to to a link in the article get online! I bid on eBay for several days and having little money I won on auction by last minute bid sniping an 1150 for $9 -- does look humorous seeing a Dell logo sticking out of a multiclored Apple logo'd G3 laptop, but the desktop shows a 3rd party Orinoco gold card and there's 4 or 5 green signal strength bars at the bottom of the screen. Wonderfull I enjoy using this so much, I am taking the G3 on a low budget dream trip out of country and will blog it online wirelessly, so no reason to be satisfied with just email capability. Besides if your Dad can surf with a 100 Mhz Winblows laptop, then don't quit until you can do that (and more) with a Wallstreet. For instance, once online I found an old version of iTunes (version 2.04) and also use Audion, for Internet radio and CD's/mp3's -- all free. Sweet! - Chris Never teach a Pig to sing ... it only annoys the Pig! -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com> 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
