Have an iMac Snow and FlowerPower G3 computers, need airport cards?

I have 2 computers that do not have airport cards, I also have 2 airport Expresses, is there a way to link them as having external cards so I can go wireless with them? or can the cards inside the expresses work inside the G3s?? Or should I buy airport cards? I have an Apple Extreme in my home. Any suggestions is greatly appreciated.
PS. Thinking of putting my iBook Graphite Clamshell up for sale, any suggestions on the best place to place an ad??

I have had great success using [CraigsList|www.craigslist.org] to buy and sell various things including computers.
Setting up a WDS network just to get two iMacs onto the network is kind of overkill, unless you just can't put them close to the AirPort Extreme and connect directly to it with Ethernet cables.
The problem with buying AirPort cards (and the adapter that the G3 iMac needs to use it) for each computer is that the older AirPort cards are getting increasingly hard to find . Also they are unable to use the more secure WPA encryption, making the network vulnerable to attacks.
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