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Date:  Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:29:03 -0700
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From:  "Doug LaRue" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
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Subject: [OS2Wireless] GENPRISM

** Reply to message from Kris Steenhaut <kris.steenhaut@hccnet.nl> on Mon, 18 Jul 2005 12:23:18 +0200


> As we are bad in need for good news, a quote from roderick Klein in the 
> eCS group:
> 
> > 1. Wireless NIC support.
> >
> > There is a closed beta of a driver to load windows network drivers
> > under OS/2/eComStation. Its working except more news on this in the
> > coming 2 to 3 months.
> > (thats an estimate). This will support the mayor 7 wireless chipsets.

My guess is that this is a port of the GNU/Linux project ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net
It appears to work well already for the Linux crowd so this is good news.


Doug LaRue

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