2 Jul
2009
2 Jul
'09
11:36 a.m.
Who was it that needed an Airport card for an iMac a couple of weeks ago?
A seller (no connection) in my area appears to have three for sale, with
iMac adapters:
http://provo.craigslist.org/sys/1238519912.html
2 Jul
2 Jul
3:21 p.m.
On 7/2/09, J Blaser <oldcpu at rogerwilco.org> wrote:
Who was it that needed an Airport card for an iMac a
couple of weeks ago?
Me?
A seller (no connection) in my area appears to have
three for sale, with
iMac adapters:
http://provo.craigslist.org/sys/1238519912.html
Thank you for bringing these up, but a list member sent me an empty
adapter and I have a handful of Orinoco cards (w/antenna jack) already
lying around. If they mechanically fit in the iMac (lots of room
compared to other Apple devices, as far as I can tell), I should be
good.
I'm curious if that's $20 for all 3 or $20 each (each, I'm guessing).
Either way, not expensive.
-ethan
6:02 p.m.
On 7/2/09, Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
On 7/2/09, J Blaser <oldcpu at rogerwilco.org>
wrote:
And guess what was waiting in the mailbox for me!
I did run into a mechanical issue - the card I have is the "standard"
laptop 802.11 card with an extended base and a plastic paddle covering
the internal antennas. I recalled seeing a web page sometime back
about someone who hacked one of these into their Airport, so I removed
the cover because it was too close to a DIMM latch, but had the
lateral clearance to leave the internal antennas attached (unlike the
surgery I saw photos of).
So it "fits" and all I had to do was unsnap a bit of plastic, so if I
ever decide I need an Orinoco Gold card somewhere else, I can
reassemble it. It would probably fit better if I amputated one of the
two "L-bracket" antennas, but I'd rather not do anything drastic.
Booting it up now... success!
So you don't "need" an Apple Airport card if you are willing to do a
little surgery on a standard Orinoco-chipset 801.11b card, but
obviously a "real" Apple card would just fit.
Now to track down a second 512MB PC133 DIMM to max this puppy out (it
already has 10.4 on it - not bad for a $20 thift-store find).
-ethan
Who was it that needed an Airport card for an
iMac a couple of weeks ago?
Me?
... a list member sent me an empty
adapter and I have a handful of Orinoco cards (w/antenna jack) already
lying around. If they mechanically fit in the iMac (lots of room
compared to other Apple devices, as far as I can tell), I should be
good.
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