On Thursday 02 June 2005 11:42, Michael wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Err, I'd be /very/ surprised if a standard MiniPCI card would fit into
> an Airport Extreme socket - sure, the chip is a PCI device but the
> connector doesn't look like MiniPCI and as far as I know there's no
> PowerBook with a MiniPCI slot.
>
> Here's a picture of such a card:
> http://web18.server-drome.net/files/Intel%20Pro-W%202100%20LAN%2011MBit.jpg
> See the missing gap in the middle of the connector? And the card is
> wider. Maybe such a card can be doctored into a PowerBook, but this
> would require some serious soldering I guess.

wow, I obviously hadn't understood anything :( Fantastic... thank you, I would 
have bought something completely unusable if you didn't help me :)
So, I'd have to find a supported USB wifi card (there aren't so many, I think) 
or ... or? Is there anything else I can do (apart from soldering)? (Why the 
errrrr is apple hadrware so close and proprietary..?)

> have fun
> Michael

Thank you very much :)
david