[Wirelessdriver-support] Upgrade "silver" wireless cards to "gold" with a Mac

[Winston W. <wei...@mi...>]

The WirelessDriver FAQ states:

>Note: You *cannot* replace the internal Airport card on a PowerBook or 
>iBook with a PCCard. The Airport cards use a proprietary bus that is much 
>closer in design to an IDE interface than a PCCard and could cause 
>hardware failure if attempted. 


However Orinoco silver cards, and apparently similar clones, can be 
converted from 64 bit WEP to 128 bit WEP by putting them in the AirPort 
slot of a Mac and running a version 2.x AirPort installer. The cards will 
then operate in either a Mac or PCs PC Card slot at 128 bit WEP.

The cards will also work as AirPort cards in the Mac's AirPort slot 
(although the Mac's case normally cannot be closed with the "silver" card 
in place as the attached antenna makes it too big).

Info here:
<http://www.paris-sansfil.net/index.php/UpgradeSilverToGoldEn>

So why does the FAQ say you cannot use a PC card in the AirPort slot? How 
exactly does an AirPort card differ from an Orinoco card?