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Internet Reception with W98
I still have a ThinkPad 240, which is loaded with W98 and I prefer to carry
because this notebook is much lighter than my current ThinkPad, and still does many things. However, it is my belief that the 240 cannot take advantage of Wi-Fi environments here and there because W98 does not support it, even if the 240 had an Internet card in its PC card slot. Does anyone know if there is a way to download files or drivers (whatever) to make W98 able to connect to the Internet using a Wi-Fi card, or some other device, in the card slot? Thanks |
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Internet Reception with W98
PeeDee wrote:
I still have a ThinkPad 240, which is loaded with W98 and I prefer to carry because this notebook is much lighter than my current ThinkPad, and still does many things. However, it is my belief that the 240 cannot take advantage of Wi-Fi environments here and there because W98 does not support it, even if the 240 had an Internet card in its PC card slot. Does anyone know if there is a way to download files or drivers (whatever) to make W98 able to connect to the Internet using a Wi-Fi card, or some other device, in the card slot? Thanks I don't know what age a Thinkpad 240 exactly is and is able to do. But I have a Toshiba Satellite 2710XDVD bought in middle 2000 with 128MB RAM and a 500MHz P3 CPU running MicroSoft Windows 98SE using WiFi without any problem. For quite a number of years a Sweex Wireless PCMCIA Card LC500020 is installed that needs at least Windows 98SE but a SiteCom Wireless Network Adapter WL-012 connected to USB worked perfect before this. For your info, the PCMCIA card worked only after selecting "Cardbus/16bit" in the Toshiba bios iso "Auto Select" or PCIC Compatible" whatever that all means. Maybe you just need Windows 98SE instead and hardware plus driver that accepts that O/S. |
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Internet Reception with W98
Thanks for responding Eric. I have W98, not W98SE (after all these years, I
had forgotten. Anyway, since my post this morning, I have learned that some PC Internet cards do allow W98SE to function in a Wi-Fi environment (they have a CD-ROM with drivers and I have an external player, so I can do that). However, so far, I have not been able to find or even identify a PC card that would do this for W98. If anyone has a name of a PC Wi-Fi card that works with W98 (not W98SE), I'd appreciate hearing about it. Thanks again. "Eric P." wrote: PeeDee wrote: I still have a ThinkPad 240, which is loaded with W98 and I prefer to carry because this notebook is much lighter than my current ThinkPad, and still does many things. However, it is my belief that the 240 cannot take advantage of Wi-Fi environments here and there because W98 does not support it, even if the 240 had an Internet card in its PC card slot. Does anyone know if there is a way to download files or drivers (whatever) to make W98 able to connect to the Internet using a Wi-Fi card, or some other device, in the card slot? Thanks I don't know what age a Thinkpad 240 exactly is and is able to do. But I have a Toshiba Satellite 2710XDVD bought in middle 2000 with 128MB RAM and a 500MHz P3 CPU running MicroSoft Windows 98SE using WiFi without any problem. For quite a number of years a Sweex Wireless PCMCIA Card LC500020 is installed that needs at least Windows 98SE but a SiteCom Wireless Network Adapter WL-012 connected to USB worked perfect before this. For your info, the PCMCIA card worked only after selecting "Cardbus/16bit" in the Toshiba bios iso "Auto Select" or PCIC Compatible" whatever that all means. Maybe you just need Windows 98SE instead and hardware plus driver that accepts that O/S. |
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Internet Reception with W98
PeeDee wrote:
Thanks for responding Eric. I have W98, not W98SE (after all these years, I had forgotten. Anyway, since my post this morning, I have learned that some PC Internet cards do allow W98SE to function in a Wi-Fi environment (they have a CD-ROM with drivers and I have an external player, so I can do that). However, so far, I have not been able to find or even identify a PC card that would do this for W98. If anyone has a name of a PC Wi-Fi card that works with W98 (not W98SE), I'd appreciate hearing about it. Thanks again. Maybe you will need Windows 98SE anyway. You could remove the standard modem and use the MiniPCI slot for something else. A Google search found "IBM ThinkPad 240 2609 Internal WiFi Wireless LAN Card" Or you could try to find an USB2 PCMCIA card which I have in the Toshiba Satellite 2710XDVD in addition to the PCMCIA WiFi card. In that case you could use an External WiFi adapter atached to USB. |
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Internet Reception with W98
Thanks again Eric. After your previous response, I looked into the
possibility of a USB wireless device (it looks promising) and will follow up on it today. Didn't know about the "IBM ThinkPad 240 2609 Internal WiFi Wireless LAN card", and will explore that as well. Bye for now. Card" "Eric P." wrote: PeeDee wrote: Thanks for responding Eric. I have W98, not W98SE (after all these years, I had forgotten. Anyway, since my post this morning, I have learned that some PC Internet cards do allow W98SE to function in a Wi-Fi environment (they have a CD-ROM with drivers and I have an external player, so I can do that). However, so far, I have not been able to find or even identify a PC card that would do this for W98. If anyone has a name of a PC Wi-Fi card that works with W98 (not W98SE), I'd appreciate hearing about it. Thanks again. Maybe you will need Windows 98SE anyway. You could remove the standard modem and use the MiniPCI slot for something else. A Google search found "IBM ThinkPad 240 2609 Internal WiFi Wireless LAN Card" Or you could try to find an USB2 PCMCIA card which I have in the Toshiba Satellite 2710XDVD in addition to the PCMCIA WiFi card. In that case you could use an External WiFi adapter atached to USB. |
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PeeDee wrote:
Thanks again Eric. After your previous response, I looked into the possibility of a USB wireless device (it looks promising) and will follow up on it today. Didn't know about the "IBM ThinkPad 240 2609 Internal WiFi Wireless LAN card", and will explore that as well. Bye for now. IBM ThinkPad 240 2609 Internal WiFi Wireless LAN Card http://product.pelltechnology.com/26...s_LAN_Card.asp MiniPCI slot From ThinkWiki http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/MiniPCI_slot A MiniPCI slot is a 32bit, 33MHz PCI slot. See Wikipedia article on Mini PCI MiniPCI Adapters NOTE! Typically only select MiniPCI adapters can be installed, which are on a BIOS whitelist. Installing an unsupported card in a ThinkPad will result in BIOS error 1802 with the instructions to remove the card. See Problem with unauthorized MiniPCI network card for more info and solutions. Modem cards Mini-PCI Modem card Ethernet cards Mini-PCI Ethernet card Combo Ethernet and Modem cards 3Com 10/100 Ethernet Mini-PCI Adapter with 56K Modem Intel 10/100 Ethernet Mini-PCI Adapter with 56K Modem Intel PRO/100 SP Mobile Combo Adapter Xircom 10/100 EtherJet Mini PCI Adapter with 56K Modem Combo WiFi and Modem cards IBM High Rate Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Adapter with Modem IBM High Rate Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Adapter with Modem II WiFi cards IBM High Rate Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Adapter III Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b IBM Dual-Band 11a/b Wi-Fi Wireless Mini PCI Adapter IBM 11b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter II Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Mini-PCI Adapter Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Mini-PCI Adapter Linux support MiniPCI adapters are seen as regular PCI devices, and handled by the Linux PCI subsystem. Models featuring this Technology ThinkPad 240, 240X etc etc ..... |
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Internet Reception with W98
GO OUT AND BUY A USB INTERNET ANTENNA. That's what I have on my Win 98 and it soars like a champ: This is the one I use because it supports Win 98: http://www.myessentialssupport.com/p...pid=ME1001-USB "PeeDee" wrote: I still have a ThinkPad 240, which is loaded with W98 and I prefer to carry because this notebook is much lighter than my current ThinkPad, and still does many things. However, it is my belief that the 240 cannot take advantage of Wi-Fi environments here and there because W98 does not support it, even if the 240 had an Internet card in its PC card slot. Does anyone know if there is a way to download files or drivers (whatever) to make W98 able to connect to the Internet using a Wi-Fi card, or some other device, in the card slot? Thanks |
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