Powermac g4 USB card & wifi

Does anybody know where I could find a USB card for my powermac g4?

USB wifi http://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/MXP2802NU2C/
See USB 2.0 PCI Cards
http://www.jcsenterprises.com/Japamacs_Page/Blog/B8B574BC-BB45-4B3E-9D9B-F97EBB3 230BC.html
Best bet is any card with a NEC PD720100 or PD720101 chipset Stick with the NEC chip, and try NOT to use drivers, Tiger and Leopard don’t need drivers.
All of these Cards are NEC chipset based
Adaptec 3100LP
BAFO BF-460
Belkin F5U220
GWC UC-160
IOGear GIC250U & GIC251U
Keyspan U2PCI-5
O'toLink U2-C2A, U2-C2B, U2-P20N & U2-P50
Ratoc PCIU5
Sonnet Allegro
USBWholesale UII-PCIP
I use an IOGear GIC251U in my G4 & have had no problems.
 Cheers, Tom

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