Ahh... I like Macs. I even have a IIvx, but it needs a new motherboard. The
Macintosh Asante drivers are at
http://www.asante.com/support/s_c1.html.
For TCP/IP, you'll need MacTCP,
ftp://ftp.apple.com/developer/Development_Kits/MacTCP.sit.hqx This file is
large(around 2MB), but it has all the latest stuff(MacTCP 2.0.6 and a bunch
of other files). And of course the ethernet support from the 7.1 insaller.
And other stuff that I don't know about if you need to have access to some
wierd thing(hehe... I've got a copy of Apple's 5250 gateway software! All
it wants is its own neworked Mac II and an AS/400 to connect to). Dial-up
connections require even more software, FreePPP is probably the best recent
software for use with MacTCP. All this stuff does OK with a IIvx(helps to
upgrade to a bigger hard drive than the original 40/80MB), but older
machines like an SE or Classic, basically anything with less than a 68030,
and it starts to get bogged down. Then it's time to start minimizing...
That gets fun. I remember when the IIvx was my internet machine. 80MB hard
drives fill up FAST. Hell, it was full before I got to the internet, one of
the local BBS's had TONS of stuff to download. But like the old computers
we love, old BBS's go down... DJO was THE best(and I think pretty close to
the oldest) BBS in Portland. Not much left now, everyone is busy on the
internet. <sigh> I wonder what happened to those old C64/TI-99 systems.
Guess I'll go fire up my Apple II(love those old 300bps modems).
I really should unsubscribe, I get too depressed thinking about old
computers. At least until I go to the basement and start digging around
inside them again.
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