Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 17:32:16 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Aidan Saunders <aidan.saunders@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ISA to PCMCIA ? Message-ID: <20040904003216.GB24118@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <a8834abf0409031624ee73777@mail.gmail.com> References: <a8834abf0409031624ee73777@mail.gmail.com>
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--eAbsdosE1cNLO4uF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 12:24:25AM +0100, Aidan Saunders wrote: > I've got an old 486 box with only ISA slots. I'm looking at getting > an ISA to PCMCIA card and using a wireless PCMCIA card to build a > wireless access point. >=20 > Does anyone have a ISA to PCMCIA card running under FreeBSD? If so, > I'd love to hear what hardware you are using. Otherwise, what are the > chances of this working? I didn't find anything relevant in the > hardware compatibility guide. >=20 > Also, assuming ISA to PCMCIA works, a PCMCIA to USB card is of > interest. Again, any experiences of such or views on the likelihood > of this working? They exist, I don't know if any are supported at this point. It's worth noting that in a quick search on froogle, I didn't find any that came in under 200% of the cost of an 802.11g access point at Frys. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --eAbsdosE1cNLO4uF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBOQ0PXY6L6fI4GtQRAlbKAKDlZqIOdaM6LLxgEOwRw8AGt/J0hQCeK2f8 MYKMBoQIBNZubx0l1dcsIw4= =qlKm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --eAbsdosE1cNLO4uF--
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