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On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 11:37:13AM -0700, Sam Leffler wrote:
> I'd like to see support
> for these parts 'cuz they appear frequently in laptops; often with bios
> locking which makes swapping cards problematic.

Scary.  I've always assumed I could buy a laptop with any wireless NIC
and change it.  Do you know which laptop vendors do this?  Can you say
anything more on the "bios locking"?

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