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Anonymous Freak
32 MB  Posts: 37 
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on: January 09, 2010, 09:35
So I dug my PowerBook 520c out of storage; complete with PCMCIA cage today. I also tested the batteries. Both dead. I did find batteryrefill.com; and they're currently having a sale of $59 to rebuild a PB500 battery with new cells; so I went ahead and placed an order for two. But, back to my original thought. I have a WaveLAN IEEE Gold card that I use for WiFi surfing on my older Macs. Works great in a 1400 and a 5300. But... What about a 500-series? I know there are 68k WaveLAN drivers, so I shut down the PB, connected my PowerCD, and started up. Shoot. No PowerCD drivers on this install. Put in PowerCD install floppy. Disk error. CRAP! Alright, well, I've got iCab on here, so we'll just hook it up via Ethernet and download from Apple. The existing iCab is expired, and I get ethernet errors trying to connect. Alright, download to my Workgroup Server, and re-write the PowerCD floppy. Good. Install PowerCD drivers, reboot. Put in WaveLAN CD (original from 1999,) and try to install drivers. *BZZZZT* Requires 7.5.2 or later. :-( Yes, I know I could install 7.6.1 on this machine, but I *LIKE* 7.1 on it. iCab, before it expired, worked great. Hrm, now I'll probably install 7.6.1 on a PCMCIA flash drive just to run my WaveLAN. (It would also be silent running, and have longer battery life once I get my re-celled batteries back, to boot.) Yes, I love the oddity of browsing the web wirelessly on a 15 year old laptop, using a 10 year old WiFi card. |
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wove
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1024 MB Posts: 1363
Reply #1 on: January 09, 2010, 15:38
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System 7.5.2 was the system that shipped with the PB5300/190 and that machine is the oldest machine WaveLAN mentions supporting. The 5300/190 was the first powerbook that came with PCMCIA slot as standard equipment, so that is probably a sensible requirement for manufacturer to look it. There is precious little software that works in 7.5 that will not also work in 7.1. It might be worthwhile pulling the WavLAN drivers out of working install on a machine running 7.5/7.6 and putting them into the proper places on your 7.1 powerbook and seeing if they do indeed work. bill
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dpaanlka
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1024 MB Posts: 1646
Reply #2 on: January 09, 2010, 17:46
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Quote from: "wove" System 7.5.2 was the system that shipped with the PB5300/190 and that machine is the oldest machine WaveLAN mentions supporting. The 5300/190 was the first powerbook that came with PCMCIA slot as standard equipment, so that is probably a sensible requirement for manufacturer to look it. I remember old WaveLAN material listing 5xx series as the minimum requirement. These had an available PCMCIA "cage" that would go into an expansion bay.
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Anonymous Freak
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32 MB Posts: 37
Reply #3 on: January 09, 2010, 22:23
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It works just fine in 7.6.1. I just wanted WaveLAN drivers on my stock OS load. (The installer works just fine, the drivers just don't work.)
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naryasece
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8 MB Posts: 12 
Reply #4 on: January 10, 2010, 20:04
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Does your 520 have open transport installed? It could just be missing the proper libraries, or maybe just a version number. You could also use ResEdit to change the version number of your system to 7.5.2 and see what happens...
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Anonymous Freak
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32 MB Posts: 37
Reply #5 on: January 10, 2010, 23:07
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No, it's not an artificial limitation imposed by the driver, it TRIES to load, and fails. The installer complains, but doesn't prevent installation, the driver attempts to load. It's likely an actual deep-down problem. I've tried both OpenTransport and Classic Networking. (The WaveLAN driver supports both.)
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Old Mac Geezer
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64 MB Posts: 112
Reply #6 on: February 03, 2010, 03:05
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iCab expired? What do you mean by that? I have never had iCab stop working on me for not making a donation.
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Anonymous Freak
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32 MB Posts: 37
Reply #7 on: February 03, 2010, 05:41
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Before iCab 3 came out, iCab 2 was in 'permanent beta'. Each beta had an expiration date. After that date, you could only use it to download a newer iCab beta. When he decided to not release iCab 2 as a 'commercial product', he made 2.9.9 available free forever, so the last version of 2.9.9 doesn't have the time limit. I had a very old copy of iCab on the system, before he had made the change.
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