Bernie

I have a 1998 Compaq tower that originally came with (obviously) Windows 98. Several years ago, I upgraded it with a larger hard drive and a copy of Windows XP SP2 that had come with a, now defunct, Compaq laptop. A couple of weeks ago, in order to help a forum friend with an XP problem, I brought it down, dusted it off, and connected a Belkin N750DB wireless USB adapter I got at Walmart. To my surprise, the drivers loaded and it came up to the LinkSys wireless router just fine. Even the speed was pretty decent, and the USB ports on that old Compaq are 1.1, not 2.0. If you are going to spend any money on this endeavor, I recommend Walmart because of their no questions asked return policy if anything doesn't work the way you planned.

Good luck !