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I just finished restoring my 600X with some pretty good results. There is one thing I was considering, I noticed there is a modem card or something, and apparently the 600X has a mini-PCI slot. I did some googling and apparently one can put a wifi card in this slot potentially. Anyone have suggestions for a reasonable option. I am thinking a G capable card that supports Win2k would be pretty much perfect.

In the PC Card slot on the right, you can put a 16-bit PCMCIA or 32-bit Cardbus (Wi-Fi) card.
All you need to do is find one that suits your needs.

You could try the Atheros WiFi-G card that's used in some T40-T43 models, FRU 73P4301.

It would be very difficult to get a wifi signal without having any antennas...
And even more difficult without even having a slot for such a card!

I'm fairly certain that used this card (and a couple of others, with less success) with a 600X ages ago:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/156885941377

It wasn't exactly fast, but it worked.

The 600X was a beautiful machine, and I was sorry to see mine go, but, without built-in ethernet, it simply wasn't practical.

Okay thanks for the replies. I was not thinking about the antenna thing, totally wooshed me. I just saw the slot and thought hmm. I have a few G wifi cards like the one Edward mentioned, I just got caught up in the 'elegance' of not having a card sticking out.

unlawfulsoup wrote: ↑

Sat May 17, 2025 2:46 pm

Okay thanks for the replies. I was not thinking about the antenna thing, totally wooshed me. I just saw the slot and thought hmm. I have a few G wifi cards like the one Edward mentioned, I just got caught up in the 'elegance' of not having a card sticking out.

rkawakami modded his 600X with an external removable antenna: https://web.archive.org/web/20100511071 ... _wireless/

axur-delmeria wrote: ↑

Sat May 17, 2025 10:33 pm

unlawfulsoup wrote: ↑

Sat May 17, 2025 2:46 pm

Okay thanks for the replies. I was not thinking about the antenna thing, totally wooshed me. I just saw the slot and thought hmm. I have a few G wifi cards like the one Edward mentioned, I just got caught up in the 'elegance' of not having a card sticking out.

rkawakami modded his 600X with an external removable antenna: https://web.archive.org/web/20100511071 ... _wireless/

Of course someone did.

Actually looks quite good.