--- dan_A [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The IIci is running OS 7.5.3, which is the highest
OS that you can
put onto the machine with its OEM processor, and
which to date
doesn't like Open Transport which is the other
component that enables
the IIci to get on the Internet with a cable
Hi Listers,
Apple says that OT won't run on OS 7.5.
7.1, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, and 7.5.3 and higher is what they specify.
If the OT installer finds 7.5 it will deny installation.
I found that this can overridden by launching the OT 1.1 installer while
holding down the OPTION key. Then updating to OT
So I need a DIN8-DIN8 null-modem solution. That seems to be the same as
a printer cable on an old Mac.
Here's the PinOut of the MiniDin8 Mac printer cable:
1 HSo red HSi 2
2 HSi yellow HSo 1
4 GND light blue GND 4
3 TxD- black RxD- 5
6 TxD+ green RxD+ 8
5 RxD- dark blue TxD- 3
8 RxD+ pink
I have no way of getting OT on to my IIci unless someone wants to
The images on the Apple site will fit on a floppy. It's a pain, but
bask in the nostalgia.
Or, if you have a printercabe or PhoneNet, you can hook them up to
eachother over the serialport, using good old AppleTalk.
mart
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I sat here this morning trying to put O.T. 1.1.1 on one of my SE/30's
running System 7.1.
Not only did it NOT work, but it destroyed the System and Finder.
Ehh, ConfigPPP was fine, anyway.
Funny that, I have a rubber-banded bunch of 8 floppies I use for
fresh 7.1 installs and it includes
