Approximately EUR 8 including shipping. Still sealed (probably - if not re-sealed).
There’s definitely some more stuff in the box like a manual and driver disc that I can hear moving around. After all, the boxes are fairly large compared to what you’d get today.
I’d want to unpack them… but I also don’t because they survived so long. I don’t know. Maybe if I’ll get yet another one…
Here’s a look at the entire box:
Specs:
Bluetooth 1.2 Class 1
USB 1.1
Minimum requirements:
300MHz CPU
128MB RAM
Windows 98SE
So what about the Class 1?
Typically the devices you use are Class 2 with Tx power of up to 2.5mW and range of around 10m.
Class 1 can go up to 100mW with range of around 100m. Assuming both ends are same class. Otherwise you’re just causing more interference on 2.4GHz.
https://www.sharetechnote.com/html/Bluetooth_Specification.html#Bluetooth_Classes_and_Ranges
It also has an external antenna giving it some cool factor.
That is wild, I don’t even recall anything using bluetooth that long ago. At the time, was this fairly niche tech for people who had palm pilots?
There were also some Bluetooth APs similar to WiFi. I’ve been wanting to get one.
I have 2 pictures of this one. The green one comes from a review I wish I had archived because I can’t find it anymore and it’s possibly gone now.
But there’s a review of a similar product from Belkin: https://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=1773
There’s also like 3 different Bluetooth profiles for networking. LAP (LAN access profile), DUN (Dial-up networking profile) and PAN (Personal area network).
I need the PAN one, that works fine with modern devices.
Just run these services on a normal PC…