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Re:PicoPCMCIA – a PCMCIA development board for retro-computi... by vyr on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @01:05PM (#46709187)
this looks sick as hell. i wonder whether there are viable NE2000 drivers for PowerBooks running classic Mac OS? modern WiFi (even limited by PCMCIA) might be preferable to era-appropriate WiFi. not much you can get an Orinoco card to talk to these days if you can even find one.
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Re:PicoPCMCIA – a PCMCIA development board for retro-computi... by einr on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @02:22PM (#46710217)
Look for Asante FriendlyNet drivers perhaps -- these were Mac OS 7.5+ compatible NE2000 cards.
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Re:PicoPCMCIA – a PCMCIA development board for retro-computi... by tssva on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @05:24PM (#46712492)
If you have a PowerBook with SCSI support you can use a BlueSCSI v2. Besides emulating SCSI storage devices it can emulate a Dynaport SCSI/Link network device to allow wifi connectivity for Macs running classic Mac OS. https://bluescsi.com/docs/WiFi-DaynaPORT
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