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Posted by: okto on 2023-04-19 15:50:51
If I'm not mistaken, internally it talks to the mobo via a regular serial connection, which seems ripe for a Bluetooth or WiFi adapter.
Obviously it would need a new driver, but that is likely a solvable problem.
Has anyone toyed with this? A twisted-pair modem is good as useless these days, so there's nothing to lose. |
Posted by: Dogmander on 2023-04-19 17:40:37
It would be interesting to see something like an 10BASE-T Ethernet expansion for these machines, would make file transfer and internet stuff a lot easier with the proper driver. |
Posted by: avadondragon on 2023-04-19 19:11:30
Yep. Check out this thread - PowerBook 1xx Wireless Modem
As for 10BASE-T Ethernet there were a couple of options from back in the day. There was the DaynaPORT SCSI to ethernet adapter and the Farallon EtherWave which hooked up to the serial port. Probably a couple of others but those two I personally had.
New solutions include using a PiSCSI to emulate a DaynaPORT adapter and there was also the Scuznet a few years back but I don't know if those are still around. |
Posted by: Dogmander on 2023-04-19 19:19:44
Yep. Check out this thread - PowerBook 1xx Wireless Modem
As for 10BASE-T Ethernet there were a couple of options from back in the day. There was the DaynaPORT SCSI to ethernet adapter and the Farallon EtherWave which hooked up to the serial port. Probably a couple of others but those two I personally had.
New solutions include using a PiSCSI to emulate a DaynaPORT adapter and there was also the Scuznet a few years back but I don't know if those are still around. I see. It'd still be nice to have some sort of modern solution for Ethernet, as it would be a lot nicer to have something that you can cheaply build instead of an out of production part from 30 years ago |
Posted by: avadondragon on 2023-04-19 19:23:25
I see. It'd still be nice to have some sort of modern solution for Ethernet, as it would be a lot nicer to have something that you can cheaply build instead of an out of production part from 30 years ago
The PiSCSI and Scuznet that I listed are the current modern solutions. |
Posted by: Dogmander on 2023-04-20 03:49:50
The PiSCSI and Scuznet that I listed are the current modern solutions. Right, but it’d still be nice to have an internal version of these solutions, as SCSI is an external interface |
Posted by: avadondragon on 2023-04-20 07:26:02
Right, but it’d still be nice to have an internal version of these solutions, as SCSI is an external interface
Which model PowerBook are you interested in this for? I can only think of a couple that have internal IDE but lack built in ethernet. I use an internal PiSCSI on my PowerBook 180c to connect to WiFi. Here's a post with pictures of a guy using one on his Duo 280c. |
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