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Robert Steinmetz wrote:
>
> > I actually did buy one (at the local online auction) 
> > a couple of weeks ago, but the dongle was missing.
> 
> 10baseT or will coax suffice?

The card I got is a Xircom CE-10B2, which I think was 
initially sold with a coax dongle (no dongle came with
the one got from the auction).  Whether it can use a 
10baseT dongle, I do not know.  I'm very new to this 
PCMCIA stuff (until a few weeks ago I didn't realize 
how important the dongle is).

I would prefer to use a 10baseT dongle.  My main computer 
has a built-in 10baseT interface that I'm currently using 
with a crossover cable.  However, if I end up with a coax 
dongle, I do have coax network gear in a box that I could 
set up.

> the 2.2.16 kernel may not compile more recent drivers like 
> PrismII and Orinoco. If we could just get these 2 it would 
> be amazing and cover many of the cards out there.

Are there Type II PCMCIA wireless cards?  Or do they all need 
cardbus?  None of the 486 laptops I've seen can do cardbus.

> Is there anything we can do to get some wireless capability 
> in BL3,

Not in the default kernel.  Every byte is precious for systems 
with 4mb RAM (or less).

> even if its an alternate kernel?

If it is actually possible for 486 laptops to use wireless 
network cards, I will be happy to put an appropriate kernel 
for BL3 on the download page.  

> The card-database may require translation, there were some 
> changes in how this was handled over the life of the pcmcia 
> package.

I'll be stripping the PCMCIA package anyway.  I might even
eliminate the card-database entirely.  Why waste space on a 
huge list of specifications, 99% of which will never be used?

Cheers,
Steven