At 11:17 AM -0500 1/9/06, pegleg wrote:
Hi Katzy,
You are better off using System 7.01 or newer. I believe you can download
many more recent OS's from Apple (for free) up to 7.5.5 that will work on
an SE. There may be a way to make OS 6 work but I am not aware how.
I myself have an SE that I run both 6.08 and 7.5.5 on it. I use 6.08 for
writing and some old games. It is much snappier then any of the OS 7
versions. Then I reboot into OS 7 when I want to use the network. OS 7 is
slow on an SE so I suggest that you not use it as your main OS.
Both system 6 and 7 are small and will install on a zip drive. So if you
don't want to partition your internal hard drive you can have your SE dual
boot from a system installed on a Zip.
Be aware that if you ever upgrade to 10.4 (Tiger) on your G4 that none of
the system 7 versions will work with plain Appletalk networking anymore
(you need Appletalk over IP.) So I wouldn't recommend Tiger unless you are
prepared to jump through more hoops.
You can upgrade the AppleShare software on some versions of OS 7 to
use ASIP. I don't recall how far back you can go though. Not much
of a hoop.
It is nice to here about others who still use an SE on their network. If
you have any questions or would like to discuss SE issues feel free to
e-mail me off list.
--
Clark Martin
Redwood City, CA, USA
Macintosh / Internet Consulting
"I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway"
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