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wireless card for a win95 laptop?

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Name: David Novak
Date: October 9, 2005 at 17:30:12 Pacific
OS: Win95
CPU/Ram: pentium (r)
Comment:

I have a Win95 Dell laptop with a Pentium(r) and 24 megs of memory. The System Properties reports the PCMCIA slot as 32bit.

What are the chances that it actually is 32bit? If so, can I still get a wireless card for it? I have not yet purchased one.

--David



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Name: GX1 Man
Date: October 9, 2005 at 18:45:35 Pacific
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Would probably work IF the card has Win95 drivers.

You can avoid many of these Windows problems with Linux. Linspire eases the transition for new users


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Name: Dave357
Date: October 9, 2005 at 22:16:15 Pacific
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Even though Windows reports it as 32-bit, there is a good chance that the laptop is really 16-bit. I have a lot of old Compaq Armada 4100 series Pentium 1 laptops that are only 16-bit.

If it actually is 32-bit, you can use any card that has Win95 drivers.

If it is actually 16-bit, there are still wireless adapters available, but they are all 802.11B, not 802.11G. I use a US Robotics USR 2410 on the Compaqs. There are others available.

HTH

Dave

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