[Coco] Off Topic - PCMCIA Wireless Card

[Steve Ostrom]

Tom, please keep it handy.  I should know in about a week.  My eBay purchase 
has been sent to me, so I should be able to test it out when it arrives.  I 
do really appreciate your offer.

>From what I read in the the exchanges back in 2002 and 2003, some of these 
cards work with the NEC MobilePro and some don't.  In fact, if you really 
want to part with your PCMCIA card, I would like to have it as a spare. 
Please add 5 or 10 bucks to the total postage and I'll be more than happy to 
buy it from you.  I'm worried that if the Orinoco card does not work I'll 
need to start the process all over again with more delays.  Yours would be a 
great second try.

I can send you my address off-line if you are interested in parting with 
your card.  Any idea if CE 2.01 drivers are available?

Many thanks!

-- Steve --


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Seagrove" <tjseagrove at writeme.com>
To: "'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts'" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 7:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Off Topic - PCMCIA Wireless Card


> OK, let us know...mine was free plus postage but wouldn't go out until 
> after
> 4 Jan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] 
> On
> Behalf Of Steve Ostrom
> Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 12:26 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Off Topic - PCMCIA Wireless Card
>
> To Tom and the others that offered assistance, I found on eBay a 16-bit 
> type
>
> II wireless PCMCIA card called Orinoco Classic Gold.  It is supposed to be
> compatible with Windows CE, and comes with a CD of drivers.  I'll give 
> this
> one a try since it was one of the cards mentioned in on-line help forums
> back in about 2002.  If I have problems, I won't be bashful about asking 
> for
>
> more help.  This should be fun.
>
> -- Steve --
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Seagrove" <tjseagrove at writeme.com>
> To: "'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts'" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 12:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Off Topic - PCMCIA Wireless Card
>
>
>>I am off for 2 weeks but may be able to dig one up.  I believe I have a 
>>few
>> in my junk drawer at work...
>>
>> PM me and we can follow up.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com]
>> On
>> Behalf Of Steve Ostrom
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 6:40 PM
>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Off Topic - PCMCIA Wireless Card
>>
>> This is an off-topic question for the Coco List.
>>
>> Besides my Coco, I've been playing with another retro computer, the NEC
>> MobilePro 770 hand-held computer (manufactured quite a few years ago).
>> It's
>>
>> a fun little machine and uses the Microsoft CE 2.1 operating system, so
>> you
>> know it's ancient.
>>
>> I need a wireless Type II PCMCIA card in order to use it to get on the
>> internet, and maybe to print to a wireless printer.  Most of the
>> information
>>
>> I have found using a Google search dates back to the early 2000's.  Cards
>> that are mentioned that "should" work are the Avaya silver and the 
>> Orinoco
>> gold.  Drivers for these older cards may be an issue.
>>
>> Does anyone on the list have a suggestion as to what might be a more
>> modern,
>>
>> versatile wireless PCMCIA card to try?  If not, I'll try to look for some
>> of
>>
>> these older cards.
>>
>> Thanks for the help.
>>
>> -- Steve --
>>
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