[rescue] Odd IBM wireless cards available

[Dave McGuire]

   Ken, assuming Eric agrees, you can leave them here for him on your 
next visit.  He's local and comes to the museum every so often.

             -Dave

On 11/13/23 17:01, Lionel Peterson via rescue wrote:
> They came with Lantastic client software and about 500 pages of printed 
> documentation and a handful of floppies.
> 
> Send me your address when you get a chance and I'll pack them up & ship 
> if no one else wants them.
> 
> All I'd ask is postage, which should be around $10
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ken
> 
>> On Nov 13, 2023, at 15:28, Eric Dueweke via rescue 
>> <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> These are interesting - here is a link with more information. It looks 
>> like it was a solution to serve up software to wireless stations with 
>> limited smarts. Probably pretty useless without the server which 
>> appears to be unobtanium.
>>
>> https://www.ardent-tool.com/8227/ <https://www.ardent-tool.com/8227/>
>>
>> I’d take them if no one can put them to good use to keep them from the 
>> recycling stream.
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 3:16 PM Lionel Peterson via rescue 
>> <rescue at sunhelp.org <mailto:rescue at sunhelp.org>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hello all,
>>
>>     I've held on to these cards for way too long, when I got them I
>>     believed there were Solaris/tadpole compatible, but that was
>>     easily 15 years ago.
>>
>>     They are PCMCIA Wireless LAN Entry cards, P/N 25H4212
>>
>>     I thought these were re-branded Orinoco Silver cards, now I'm not
>>     so sure, this is what they look like:
>>
>>     <yhst-172536426-9_2517_4846543660__19893.1527511247.386.513.jpg>
>>     25H4212 IBM Wireless LAN Entry PCMCIA Adapter
>>     <https://www.priceblaze.com/25h4212.html>
>>     priceblaze.com <https://www.priceblaze.com/25h4212.html>
>>
>>     <https://www.priceblaze.com/25h4212.html>
>>
>>     These are available for free, just cover shipping.
>>
>>     If anyone has any info on these cards, please let me know, they
>>     appear to have a build date of 12/95.
>>
>>     Thanks,
>>
>>     Ken
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
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