5 Nov
2012
5 Nov
'12
3:40 a.m.
Hi,
Am 05.11.2012 um 09:21 schrieb David Griffith:
I think I have my head wrapped around the hardware
tuneups that my
Mac SE/30 requires. Moving on to the software. I've found install
media and can get System 6 installed just fine. I can read and
write HD floppies in my Linux box to move things in and out by
sneakernet.
My personal opinion: Get System, 7.0.1 for free from Apple as
download. It behaves slower, yes, but you'll get way more programs to
run. The machines I'd stick to System 6 are 68000 at 8 MHz like the Plus,
SE or comparables.
I'm having a nasty time getting the ethernet board
to work. I'm
using an Asante MacCon PSD slot ethernet board. I downloaded the
driver pack (still at Asante's website), made a driver install disk,
and installed the driver stuff. This installs a driver for the
board, ethertalk, and MacTCP. A diagnostic program on the disk says
that the ethernet board is checking out fine, but I can't get the
machine to talk or listen to the network. It's not at all clear how
the MacTCP panel is supposed to be used. I've tried following
http://www.applefool.com/se30/
and nothing works (though I can't get the Legacy Recover CD
referred to there).
Is there someone on this list who has done this before who can help
me?
Yes. First, check if your connection to the network is valid (cabling,
switch position on the rear panel, link LED on your Hub/Switch). You
can also verify with changing the AppleTalk connection to Ethernet in
the Network control panel. If you don't get an error, the connection
is ok. That's a good test when you're using 10BASE-2 cabling with no
indication if the net is working.
Btw, since the board is a plain 8390-based board, the Apple Network
Installer disk also works fine.
For MacTCP, you'll have to switch to Ether*net*, not Ether*talk*.
Ethernet is the native encapsulation type on Ethernet. (EtherTalk,
LocalTalk, TokenTalk will encap TCP/IP-Packets into AppleTalk, for
transporting IP over links which don't support native IP encap.
LocalTalk is a good example for such a link. You need a gateway to
decap such packets. Any Cisco Router with AppleTalk support will do,
btw.)
Enter a valid IP address for your network into the appropriate text
entry field and click on more.
Obtain Address: Manually (I don't know if MacTCP supports DHCP properly)
Enter Subnet mask and Router(=Gateway) address.
Enter a (default-)domain name and DNS IP-Address. Mark the entry as
default.
If MacTCP complains after closing that settings will become active
only after reboot, do so.
I strongly recommend to get the MacTCP Watcher freeware to get more
diagnostics on the Mac itself. You should be aware that you CAN NOT
ping the Mac from your LAN until you launch a TCP/IP program on the
Mac. This will open the MacTCP driver and from this point on the Mac
is pingable.
Hope this helps to get your box running!
:wq! PoC