[rescue] Odd IBM wireless cards available

[Eric Dueweke]

Not as often as I should or would like to, Dave!

Yes, that would be great if you are w, thank you!

On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 5:17 PM Dave McGuire via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org>
wrote:

>
>    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
> New Kensington, PA
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