I have found something very interesting...
An "all-internal" size, 16-bit PC Card, 802.11g card.*
That's right, an 802.11g card that is physically-compatible and electrically-compatible with the original AirPort card slot. It is the Summit SDC-PC10G. It is made for "industrial" devices, and has two antenna sockets that appear to be the same type as on the original AirPort card (although "vertical", not in-line, but they are slightly recessed, so it shouldn't be a problem.)
[img]http://www.multicap.be/files/shop_product_image/1189145444/Afbeelding%20Summit%20PC%20card%2010G.jpg[/img]
I cannot find any information on what 802.11g chipset it uses, though. There are plenty of third-party-supporting WiFi drivers, so even if it doesn't have an OS X-recognized-as-native-AirPort chipset, there should be a way to make it work.
Now, am I willing to spend 82 (plus shipping) to gamble on this?
Sadly, I don't think I'm willing to make the 82 gamble (that's $108 at present exchange rates - plus taxes and shipping.) Anyone else willing to take on this experiment? (Or start a collection to help me do it?)
My thought was that this would be great to make a "better-than-11Mbps wireless" G4 Cube, without resorting to USB. Because I would love to have a cube that only has a power cord going in, and only a display cord coming out. Oh, and the insane way I found this? Google Image search for "PC Card 802.11g -CardBus", and rifled through the (still nearly all CardBus) pictures until I found one that was obviously not CardBus, and not really an 802.11b card.
*(They also have an 802.11a+802.11g card, but it requires a separate antenna for the 5 GHz band, which no original AirPort slot-device has.)
An "all-internal" size, 16-bit PC Card, 802.11g card.*
That's right, an 802.11g card that is physically-compatible and electrically-compatible with the original AirPort card slot. It is the Summit SDC-PC10G. It is made for "industrial" devices, and has two antenna sockets that appear to be the same type as on the original AirPort card (although "vertical", not in-line, but they are slightly recessed, so it shouldn't be a problem.)
[img]http://www.multicap.be/files/shop_product_image/1189145444/Afbeelding%20Summit%20PC%20card%2010G.jpg[/img]
I cannot find any information on what 802.11g chipset it uses, though. There are plenty of third-party-supporting WiFi drivers, so even if it doesn't have an OS X-recognized-as-native-AirPort chipset, there should be a way to make it work.
Now, am I willing to spend 82 (plus shipping) to gamble on this?
Sadly, I don't think I'm willing to make the 82 gamble (that's $108 at present exchange rates - plus taxes and shipping.) Anyone else willing to take on this experiment? (Or start a collection to help me do it?)
My thought was that this would be great to make a "better-than-11Mbps wireless" G4 Cube, without resorting to USB. Because I would love to have a cube that only has a power cord going in, and only a display cord coming out. Oh, and the insane way I found this? Google Image search for "PC Card 802.11g -CardBus", and rifled through the (still nearly all CardBus) pictures until I found one that was obviously not CardBus, and not really an 802.11b card.
*(They also have an 802.11a+802.11g card, but it requires a separate antenna for the 5 GHz band, which no original AirPort slot-device has.)