Chicken, meet egg. My mac has AAUI. I have an AAUI<>Ethernet converter. But it is not working, and I am trying to transfer network software to the Macintosh in order to diagnose and get the networking working. Hence the need for floppy transfer right now.
Martyn On Sep 21, 4:58 am, Britt Dodd <[email protected]> wrote: > What machine do you have? Most of the macs have built-in ethernet cards, and > most have the ability to add one in there. RTL8139C/D cards are PCI cards > that work well, *and* also have drivers that make them work for 7.6+ > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 3:07 AM, martynl <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > In my quest to get networking running, I downloaded mactcp- > > watcher-20.hqx. Unfortunately, I discovered that the version of > > Stuffit I have on the Mac (1.6) is too old to decode the enclosed SIT > > file. > > > I have spent a couple of hours trying to get a working version of > > stuffit that can download this file. > > > Latest versions of Mac stuffit are way too large, since I need to > > download on the PC and transfer to the Mac via a single floppy. > > I downloaded Windows stuffit, but while it could decode the files OK, > > they (of course) didn't retain their creators and other attributes > > when moved to the Mac via PC floppy. > > > I have found a few versions of Stuffit Lite 3.6 online, but each of > > these is in an hqx archive (which I can decode) containing an SIT > > archive (which is also too new for Stuffit 1.6). > > > I found a copy of Stuffit Lite 3.6 online which was in MacBinary > > format. I really thought I had a program to decode macbinary, but I > > can't find it anywhere. And online sources seem to recommend using > > Stuffit to decode MacBinary. > > > So what I need to find is a Stuffit Lite version that fits on a floppy > > and is either uncompressed, in a self-extractor, or in a format that > > Stuffit 1.6 can decode. Clicked on a bunch of links without finding > > one yet. > > > Any recommendations on how to break out of the maze? > > > Thanks, > > > Martyn- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
