[rescue] wifi ethernet on SPARCstation 10

[systems_glitch]

And Silvers can be upgraded via firmware to Golds. If I remember correctly,
it's just the Bronzes that had actually different hardware. Of course, WEP
of any flavor is probably not worthwhile nowadays!

Thanks,
Jonathan

On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 3:48 PM Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I have a small pile of Orinoco silver (I believe) PCMCIA adapters, new in
> the
> box if anyone's interested. If interested, contact me off-list.
>
> Lionel
>
> > On Jul 19, 2019, at 10:55 AM, systems_glitch <systems.glitch at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Yes, those SBus -> PCMCIA adapters do exist, I have a number of them. I
> > bought a bunch in the mid 2000s to use with some SPARCclassic machines to
> > build some Linux-based 802.11 APs for an experimental long distance link
> on
> > the farm. I used them with both Orinoco Gold cards (Cabletron branded)
> and
> > Senao 200 mW high power cards. Worked fine with Debian/SPARC. Never tried
> > to use wireless under SunOS/Solaris.
> >
> > I suspect it'd work under NetBSD or OpenBSD. It's listed on the NetBSD
> > hardware compat list as supported.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jonathan
> >
> >> On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 10:21 AM Clem Cole <clemc at ccc.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> sigh dyslexia:  s/networking good/networking group/
> >>
> >>> On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 10:19 AM Clem Cole <clemc at ccc.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 9:30 AM john <jferg977 at aol.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I've got an Orinoco Gold card but haven't tried it.
> >>>>
> >>> I'm doing this from memory, which is a tad dangerous, but IIRC the AT&T
> >>> Orinoco card used the same Si that the DEC card used [the chip was done
> >> as
> >>> a joint project between the DEC networking good and AT&T Allentown -
> one
> >> of
> >>> my brothers worked on it at AT&T].  It's possible the base chips were
> >>> slightly different, but I thought the only real difference in the final
> >>> product was DEC used the radio's developed for RoamAbout - which took a
> >> bit
> >>> more power, but as I said could talk to just about anything.  The Si
> was
> >>> fab'ed at both AT&T Allentown and DEC Hudson [and IIRC DEC solid the
> >> rights
> >>> to that and the Tulip to Marvell at one point.  Intel will later sell
> >> them
> >>> the rest of StrongARM stuff when they got of the direct ARM business a
> >> few
> >>> years later].
> >>>
> >>> Anyway at the time, the stock Compaq WiFi PCMCIA card used Si that came
> >>> from somebody else, who's name I forget these days; but that chip much
> >>> cheaper to make/purchase than the AT&T/DEC Si; but as I said
> previously,
> >> it
> >>> only worked if you were right on top of the AP and had a clear line of
> >>> sight to it.
> >>>
> >>> Clem
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