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On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:24:48 -0500 =22Stan Sidlov=22 <os2-wireless_users=402=
rosenthals.com> wrote:
>fwiw Sony Errison phones almost all tether with a =2410-15 internet plan a=
nd a =243 cable. SE's PC Suite v6 has USB=A0Ethernet=A0driver function bypa=
ssing the *99 dial-in which will give you whatever HSPDA speed in your area=
.... see:=A0http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r23168168-ATT-SE-tether-near-1m=
b-speed-test-wnew-drivers=A0=A0Doubtful it would work under emulation in OS=
/2.....
>
>On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Jeffrey Race <os2-wireless_users=402rosent=
hals.com> wrote:
>
>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 =2415 per month
>there. =A0Can't afford a data plan in the USA =21
>
>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 w=
rote:
>>> 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. =A0 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.h=
tml?altLanguage=3D>
>>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.

In the interim, or at least until we get a new USB stack to enable (better)=
 connecting to handheld devices, perhaps an ethernet bridge device, such as=
 this one, might be in order: http://www.resultcompany.nl/gprs/gprs.php ? J=
ust a WAG...
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