On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 04:29:52PM -0500, Lincoln Rutledge wrote: > I understand (I think) what apps I need. The problem is that the > Mac OS currently doesn't know how to talk Ethernet. The XP box is > on the internet, but how do I get files from the XP box to the Mac? > Or get the Mac talking Ethernet and download the files on the Mac?
Assuming you can find some sort of working Mac with a floppy drive and some means of accessing Apple's Network Access Disk [1], that one floppy will provide enough for a Mac to get on a local Appletalk network and install the rest of the OS via Appleshare. The Appleshare server could be a *nix box with Netatalk, or it could be an actual MacOS machine. Apple already supplies OS install files [2] for anything up to 7.5.3, and that can be updated to 7.5.5 for absolutely zero cost [3]. One could also scour Ebay for compatible OS CDs; I think anything up to System 8.0 or 8.1 will work on 040 Macs. [1] http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/Utilities/Network_Access_Disk_7.5.sea.bin [2] http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/Older_System/System_7.5_Version_7.5.3/ [3] http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/System_7.5.5_Update/ -- Mike Renfro / R&D Engineer, Center for Manufacturing Research, 931 372-3601 / Tennessee Technological University -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
