A conquest I've been waiting for for two years...

#1 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 - 22:54

So for nearly two years now, I've been on the prowl for one of those uber-rare (to me, anyway) 16 bit PCMCIA WiFi cards based on the WaveLAN chipset. But one has not been available to me for love nor money. Until now. In exactly 3 days from now, I'm heading to Sydney for a nice well-deserved holiday, and decided to check eBay a few days ago for any goodies that I might be after. Found this wonderful little auction and asked the seller if they will allow pickup, which they do. So I put in a bid yesterday, and won!

So now when I get home I'll finally be able to put my PowerBook 1400 on my WiFi network, bit of an upgrade from crappy old LocalTalk!

Only problem is that thanks to OS 9 I'll have to downgrade my network from WPA Personal to WEP, ick. :-/ Still, I'm happy.

#2 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 - 04:47

Congratulations! It is a real joy to get these older 'books connected wirelessly.

#3 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 - 05:11

You can crack open old Graphite base stations and get the WaveLAN meat out of them.

#4 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 - 05:16

Indeed...though Graphite base stations around here are even more scarce than WaveLAN cards.

#5 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 - 05:20

That's funny. Here in the U.S., the Graphite stations sell for *LESS* than the WaveLAN cards.

#6 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 - 02:15

Went and picked it up last night, after getting lost in Sydney twice and having to ring the seller for directions! :lol: Anyway, thankfully he was really nice and gave me directions to get to his place...god, I felt really dumb, getting lost twice in the same street. *laughs* Anyway, I picked it up last night for the pricely sum of 1 Australian Dollar, and I now have it. It came with everything 'cept the box, and is pretty much in as-new condition.

Now if only I had a 1400 to test it with.

Oh yeah...and I told my parents where I got it from (eBay)...I think they're amazed that I didn't get ripped off. :lol:

#7 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 - 04:23

Yeah my folks are leery about online purchasing.

#8 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 - 22:49

Wow that's a real bargain! I think I paid about £7 including postage for my Orinoco Gold card, but that was still quite a lot less than what they usually go for in the UK.