It's a PC card format, not USB, and I plan to use on
WXP or W2K natively or virtualized, on the GSM
network in Thailand. I can get EDGE for $15 per month
there.  Can't afford a data plan in the USA !

If some PC card would work on OS/2 so much the better.
jr

On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:11:28 -0700, Andy Willis wrote:>Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:
>> Hi, Jeff...>> On 11/05/09 09:49 pm, Jeffrey Race thus wrote :
>>> Looking to buy something that will work on GSM and
>>> EDGE, may be Sierra 860 or 881.   Can anyone offer
>>> comments/hints/comparisons?
>> IIRC, Steve Levine mentioned to me that he knew of a card which worked
>> under OS/2. I don't know if that unit is still marketed, nor do I know
>> how readily available the drivers may be.
>If this is the USB device that he helped someone with getting the driver
>to work (I can't think of the name at all right now) then the card
>hasn't been marketed in several years I think (may still work if you can
>find one).
>Ahh, google provides the answer of who in the form of the archives (Mark
>Abramowitz):
>
><http://mail.2rosenthals.com:8100/Lists/os2-wireless_users/Message/1940.html?altLanguage=>
>This was from 2006 and as I recall the drivers may have been done for
>some time prior to that... in fact from the Sierra site:
>
>*AirCard 580 PC Card
>*Discontinued December 2006, supported until December 2008
>
>It may still work on some networks... maybe Sprint as I saw something
>about their broadband having used it (its an EVDO card apparently).
>I think to get the drivers one had to send an email to Mark.
>I am not aware of any cards that work directly with OS.2, though some
>phones might be able to be tethered and used like a modem as I
>understand it.
>Andy
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