This original Apple adapter card is required to fit an Airport card to any Airport capable iMac G3. This adapter is fully functional but simply lacks the metal clip that secured the Airport card in place more firmly. The card will stay in place without the clip but if you want to secure it more firmly, use tape or a small elastic band.
The only models that do NOT support AirPort and the tray loading optical models and the summer 2000 indigo iMac G3/350. The adapter card can only take the original 11mbps 802.11b Airport card which plugs into the adapter. The adapter card then plugs into the logic board next to the main memory slots accessed through the flap underneath.