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U.S. Robotics introduced an 802.11g Wireless USB Adapter that plugs into any available 1.1 or 2.0 USB port. A power adapter is not necessary. The unit has a suggested retail price of $79.
U.S. Robotics is also introducing a new Wireless Gaming Adapter and Ethernet Bridge that plugs into an Ethernet enabled gaming console and automatically finds and connects to the nearest access point. It has a suggested retail price of $109. http://www.usr.com
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From the Technology Graveyard
You just read about Wi-Fi. Here is what it replaced:
HomePNA (phoneline) served 1998–2010. What ultimately replaced it?
HomePNA (phoneline) networked PCs over existing in-home telephone wiring by using frequencies above the voice band, avoiding new cabling. Its job passed to Wi-Fi — but the problem it solved, and the ideas it proved, live on in what replaced it. The standard rests here in the archive. One of 198 technologies here that opened a door and then held it for the next.
From 25 years of the Converge Digest archive.
