Wireless adapter for older Dell

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"JMahun" <jmahun@yahoo-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message
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Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 03:50:41 +0000

I've an older Dell Latitude XPi notebook computer running Windows
98. It has two 16 bit PCMCIA slots and no USB ports. My wife uses
it for some minor small inventory work so I wanted to incorporate
it into my home network. Looking for 16 bit wireless PCMCIA card, I
wound up getting a Wavebuddy card that I still haven't been able to
get working - driver issues.

Does anyone know if there's a reliable 16 bit PCMCIA wireless
network adpter out there that works? Speed isn't so much an issue,
I don't care if it's a -b or -g, I just want it to talk with my
network.

Any info would be deeply appreciated.

Gosh a 16 bit wireless card? I have no idea! You can purchase PC Card
(aka PCMCIA) that supports USB really cheap nowadays. As you can go
wireless off of USB too. But finding any in 16 bit, gosh that is really
a tough one! When was this laptop manufactured anyway?


Cheers!


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JMahun wrote:
> I've an older Dell Latitude XPi notebook computer running Windows 98.
> It has two 16 bit PCMCIA slots and no USB ports. My wife uses it for
> some minor small inventory work so I wanted to incorporate it into my
> home network. Looking for 16 bit wireless PCMCIA card, I wound up
> getting a Wavebuddy card that I still haven't been able to get
> working - driver issues.
>
> Does anyone know if there's a reliable 16 bit PCMCIA wireless network
> adpter out there that works? Speed isn't so much an issue, I don't
> care if it's a -b or -g, I just want it to talk with my network.
>
> Any info would be deeply appreciated.
>

I've found the Orinoco/Avaya/bunch of other rebadged names
are the most compatible. Easy setup, no confusion, works first time,
netstumbler compatible, linux compatible. I use the Avaya Silver...
even works in win95 on my 486-sx33 and WinCE on a HP Jornada 690.

Dlink DWL-650 rev P seems to work, but beware there are a LOT of
different cards with the DWL-650 moniker.
The Airlink 16-bit cards seem to work.

These cards are available at two prices...
Closeout.
Rare antique.
You want the closeout ones.
mike

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Like I said, it's a pretty old Dell Latitude (P133, no built in
CD-ROM, ancient). Don't know its exact manufacture date off the top
of my head but I'm positive it's a 16-bit PCMCIA architecture. I
tried a few USB PCMCIA cards early on but they didn't work - took me
a while to find out USB are all 32-bit Cardbus. I do have an older
Belkin PCMCIA wired netwok card that works, I just wanted to go
wireless with it if possible.

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On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 20:04:32 GMT, Barry Watzman <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote:

>JMahun wrote:
>
>> I've an older Dell Latitude XPi notebook computer running Windows 98.
>> It has two 16 bit PCMCIA slots and no USB ports. My wife uses it for
>> some minor small inventory work so I wanted to incorporate it into my
>> home network. Looking for 16 bit wireless PCMCIA card, I wound up
>> getting a Wavebuddy card that I still haven't been able to get
>> working - driver issues.
>>
>> Does anyone know if there's a reliable 16 bit PCMCIA wireless network
>> adpter out there that works? Speed isn't so much an issue, I don't
>> care if it's a -b or -g, I just want it to talk with my network.
>>
>> Any info would be deeply appreciated.
>
>I think that some early 802.11b cards were 16-bit. Most new ones -- and
>all "G" cards -- are 32-bit (Cardbus). Also ***ALL*** PC Card USB cards
>are 32-bit as far as I know.
>
>Are you sure that this machine doesn't support 32-bit (cardbus) PC
>Cards? Most machines made since 1997 or 1998 do support that. Is the
>machine really that old?

I have a Dell Latitude CPi that has two Cardbus slots and one USB port.

Barry

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On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 03:26:36 GMT, Barry Watzman <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote:

>We are going to have to be careful as both of our names are "Barry" :-)
>
>The statement that "If its not Cardbus a Cardbus card will not even plug
>in" isn't absolutely true. It is supposed to be true in theory, but, in
>fact, some laptops were made with sockets that will accept Cardbus cards
>into 16-bit (only) PC card slots. It's not clear if it was an error
>(wrong part was used), or if it came about because some PC Card sockets
>made before the Cardbus spec was written later were found to physically
>accept them. But, in any event, there are SOME laptops that will take
>cardbus cards into non-cardbus slots.

Point taken. Before I knew about cardbus I bought a network card for an
older notebook and found it would not even plug in.

>Barry OGrady wrote:
>
>>
>> If its not Cardbus a Cardbus card will not even plug in.
>>
>> Barry

Barry

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Dear All

Sorry to be joining this discussion late, but I've just got a Dlink
DWL-650+ working with a 1997 HP Omnibook, Windows 98 1st Ed, 133MHz,
no USB, no floppy, no CD.

I usually use the wireless card in a 2001 Compaq Presario laptop (XP
SP2).

I used the dial-up modem to download the Dlink drivers, ignored all
the error messages and missing files and amazingly the thing works.
I'm just downloading IE6 SP1.

As an aside, I hadn't realised just how little MS Office has changed
:?

Regards

Stuart