[ale] Ask Mr. RetroScience: PCMCIA I?/II?/III?

[johnmills at speakeasy.net (John Mills)]

Matthew -

Thanks. I was about to throw in the towel, because I haven't found a 
suitable driver and I'm not really sure yet about hardware compatibility. 
THis gives me quite a bit more hope.

On Wed, 20 Oct 2004, Matthew Magee wrote:

> Your next step will be getting it set up.  Slack 9.1 should work out of 
> the box if you installed the wireless tools package. 
 
> Also, if you are having strange problems finding a driver that works, 
> check the version # on the card.  Sometimes they switch to a completely 
> different chip without changing model #s, just for kicks.

Yes, well that may be going on. D-Link calls this their 'V.1' hardware and 
weren't any help about the chip type. Boot log identifies card by model, 
with notation "ISL 37101P-10 A3". So far I've come up dry on that.

> Hope this link helps.
> http://www.wickle.com/weblog/index.php?p=49&more=1

_Well_ worth a try.

Thanks again. I'll file a battle report.

 - John Mills
   john.m.mills at alum.mit.edu