[DM-MUG] Help finding a driver for Farallon PC card?

[Matthew Wheeler]

There is an Apple-supplied modem script for this card in 9.22 and OS X, =20=

so Apple knew about the card. Have you considered that your test system =20=

might be broken somehow?

They may have also changed the name of the card. Have you tried the =20
EtherMac driver? It's not for the exact same item, but if it's not =20
working now... =20
<http://www.farallon.com/support/all/maccard/software/dl2001-09=20
-10b.html>


Matthew

On Apr 1, 2005, at 8:01 AM, CW Smith wrote:

> Calling all Mac geeks!
>
>  I recently purchased a pair of these Farallon LAN-Modem cards for =20
> some PowerBook 5300s. =A0The driver that came with them
>  (Farallon PC Card Installer 2.2) requires System 7.5.3, and =20
> presumably works just fine in that system.
>
>  However, these PowerBooks are set up with Mac OS 8.5, and the driver =20=

> absolutely hates that. =A0I=92ve searched DriverGuide, VersionTracker, =
=20
> Google, and AltaVista for any updates. =A0I=92ve found an Installer =
3.0, =20
> but seems to work (actually NOT work) just the same as 2.2.
>
>  Apparently when new, these cards retailed at about $350. =A0I have a =20=

> hard time believing that Farallon would have dropped driver support =20=

> after only about a year. =A0Farallon has since been bought out by =20
> Proxim, and I see no trace of this card on their web site.
>
>  The only identification I see on the cards is =93Farallon LAN/Modem =
PC =20
> Card=94 - no model number. =A0I=92ve scanned front and back to see if =
they =20
> look familiar to anyone.
>
>  Can anyone point me to the updated driver, or by chance would anyone =20=

> have a driver disk lying around? =A0I=92d sure appreciate any advice.
>
>  Peace,
>  CW
>
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