well, to get it working in OS9, I downloaded and installed the latest software for airport for 9, version 2.0.4. The earlier versions don't work with the wavelan cards, but this one does.

I like the apple aiprort software better than the orinoco software. Now all I need to do is find a PC with a PCMCIA card slot in it to update the firmware to the latest version, unless that will make it incompatible with Airport 2.0.4...