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  • Butterfly
    Butterfly
    rebraist
    Posts: 96 from 2011/4/6
    From: Naples, Italy
    I'm looking around for a g4 powerbook to use with 3.x.
    The main reason i'd buy one is wifi support.
    Is there any plan it will be done? (maybe there's now and i don't know it)
    Or should i continue with my mac mini?
    Thx!!
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  • Yokemate of Keyboards
    Yokemate of Keyboards
    Andreas_Wolf
    Posts: 12163 from 2003/5/22
    From: Germany
    > The main reason i'd buy one is wifi support. Is there any plan it will be done?

    ...via PCMCIA: yes (said to come with MorphOS 3.2)
    ...via AirPort Extreme: no (at least not in the short term)
  • »13.01.13 - 18:26
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  • Butterfly
    Butterfly
    rebraist
    Posts: 96 from 2011/4/6
    From: Naples, Italy
    thank you!
    i'll wait for the pcmcia wifi support then!
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  • »13.01.13 - 19:38
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  • Yokemate of Keyboards
    Yokemate of Keyboards
    Zylesea
    Posts: 2057 from 2003/6/4
    As workaround I can recommend the TP TL-WR702N. Really tiny, very cheap (15-20 EUR), good antenna, works ootb and is poweed by a single usb port.
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  • Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
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    CountRaven
    Posts: 566 from 2007/12/10
    From: Greece
    Can someone remind please, which PCMCIA card will be supported?
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  • Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
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    boot_wb
    Posts: 874 from 2007/4/9
    From: Kingston upon ...
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    > The main reason i'd buy one is wifi support. Is there any plan it will be done?

    ...via PCMCIA: yes (said to come with MorphOS 3.2)


    I missed that little gem of information, when was that announced?

    /me digs out Netgear WPN511 and crosses fingers that it will be supported.

    [ Edited by boot_wb 13.01.2013 - 22:22 ]
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  • Yokemate of Keyboards
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    Andreas_Wolf
    Posts: 12163 from 2003/5/22
    From: Germany
    > I missed that little gem of information, when was that announced?

    I think that there was no announcement made as such. But it was told by MorphOS Team members during the last months that the only thing still missing was the configuration GUI and that they were diligently working to complete that. That's why I (and others) assume that it will come with MorphOS 3.2.
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  • Yokemate of Keyboards
    Yokemate of Keyboards
    Andreas_Wolf
    Posts: 12163 from 2003/5/22
    From: Germany
    > Can someone remind please, which PCMCIA card will be supported?

    Follow the link to find what was said on the roadmap regarding the chipset type back then:

    https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?forum=11&topic_id=6042&start=102
  • »13.01.13 - 22:34
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  • Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
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    boot_wb
    Posts: 874 from 2007/4/9
    From: Kingston upon ...
    @Andreas_Wolf

    I do hope so.
    The inclusion of os-include/devices/sana2wireless.h in the SDK may also support that assumption. :-)
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  • Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
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    Crumb
    Posts: 732 from 2003/2/24
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    I wonder if Prism2 will work too as I have a pair of cards from my A600/A1200 that could serve me well.
  • »14.01.13 - 13:22
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  • Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
    Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
    boot_wb
    Posts: 874 from 2007/4/9
    From: Kingston upon ...
    @JPV

    I did buy it for the chipset, but with it having a Super-G (108Mbps) mode I'm not 100% sure. My router is also Netgear with Super-G, so am crossing my fingers twice on this one (ouch). :-)
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  • Yokemate of Keyboards
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    Andreas_Wolf
    Posts: 12163 from 2003/5/22
    From: Germany
    > I wonder if Prism2 will work too

    Interesting comment on Prism2 support:

    https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=8987&forum=11&start=8

    I don't know if that would also involve PCMCIA cards or if it would be restricted to PCI cards, though.
  • »15.01.13 - 22:40
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