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Thomasina - Aug 4, 2005 - 5:41 am

My iBook is almost five years old now, but is running well with OS 9.1. I didn't buy the airport card when I bought it, and am now wondering if I did find one for it, could I use it to access the internet with WiFi? If not, is there any way I could access WiFi with this iBook?

Thanks very much!

bobw - Aug 4, 2005 - 10:36 am

Hi Tom

The answer is yes.

You can buy the card here;

http://www.macwireless.com/html/prod...irportcard.php
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Bobw - Macosx.com Tech Support

Thomasina - Aug 5, 2005 - 2:49 pm

Dear Bob,

Dang, that was simple.

Thanks,

Tom

Thomasina - Aug 11, 2005 - 10:36 am

Bob--

I bought the card from MacWireless, and install was a snap. You may not believe it, but it was the first time I cracked open the insides in five years!

I checked and saw that I already had Airport software on board--the extension, etc.--but the app itself is missing. I poured over the Apple site, but could not find the install that will run with 9.1.

Coupla questions:

Can I give up the ghost of Classic and upgrade this guy to OSX? It's only 300MHz. I know I'd have to upgrade the RAM, which is only 96MB right now (but fine for my browser and word processor, which is just about all I use it for, and explains my contentedness with 9.1).

Second, my goal is to be able to access free nets, like at the public library. Will I need an antennae to do that with either Classic or a version of OSX?

Thanks for all!

Tom

bobw - Aug 11, 2005 - 1:38 pm

Tom

AirPort 2.0.4 for Mac OS 9: Information and Download:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120120

Yes, you can upgrade to OS X, but I would put as much ram in as you can, 256MN at the min.

You shouldn't need an antenna to joing other networks you're near.
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Bobw - Macosx.com Tech Support

Thomasina - Aug 11, 2005 - 4:31 pm

Bob--

More good news! I'll let you know how it goes.

Thanks,

Tom

Thomasina - Oct 28, 2005 - 12:06 pm

Bob--

Airport card bought and installed, per your recommendation; total success.

Thanks!!!

Tom