Wireless card, using my emac in italy

I have 2 questions concerning my 2 1/2 yr old emac. I need to go wireless and am unsure which card/system I need to get. Secondly I now live in Italy and am unsure what size transformer I need to get to use my emac here. Thanks for all help
emac Mac OS X (10.4.1)

beeastman,
Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
It's not clear if your eMac is a 700 MHz or an early 800 MHz model, which use the 802.11b Airport card, or a post-May 6, 2003 800MHz or later model that takes the 802.11g Airport card. You can check Apple System Profiler on your computer to check the specs. The Airport Extreme card is in the Apple Store and is readily available. The original Airport card is hard to find (and more expensive); if your eMac is the original Airport, you may want to look into an Ethernet bridge instead for WiFi access.
In what country was your eMac originally used? You can look up voltage and plug specifications at Voltage Specifications by Country. As a rule of thumb, look for a transformer that has at least 20% more capacity than required so as to have a reserve. Rated max wattage of the eMac is 170w although one sin the US at least run fine on 120w power.

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