[ale] Ask Mr. RetroScience: PCMCIA I?/II?/III?

[John Mills]

Matthew -

Your link proved very useful.

On Wed, 20 Oct 2004, John Mills wrote:

> On Wed, 20 Oct 2004, Matthew Magee wrote:

> > Also, if you are having strange problems finding a driver that works, 
> > check the version # on the card.  Sometimes they switch to a completely 
> > different chip without changing model #s, just for kicks.
 ... 
> > Hope this link helps.
> > http://www.wickle.com/weblog/index.php?p=49&more=1

The link led me to the Sourceforge 'acx100_pci' project and, most
important, its README. That summary on support of both chip and product
was quite negative and also warned that my card was probably _yet_another_
(and unsupported) variant. The right answer: _all_ the pieces go home to
the store.

Wireless around here can wait a while.

Regards and Thanks.

 - John Mills
   john.m.mills at alum.mit.edu