>Ok, here's a tricky one, I think...
>
>What is the LOWEST system version I can run, that will
>still allow me to establish a TCP connection over
>Ethernet (with an Ethernet PC card inserted, of
>course)?
7.6.1 is the lowest version you can install on the 2400, so that's
your answer (there may be a version of 7.6 with a specific enabler on
some 2400 install CDs, which amounts to the same thing).
More generally you can do TCP with any version back to System 6 (with
MacTCP). PC card support (Card & Socket Services) was added for the
Powerbook 5300/190, so it's probably only in 7.5 unless it was first
provided in an enabler for 7.1 (that would be the lowest).
I once set up a Mac Plus running System 6 & MacTCP off two floppy
drives, to run the distributed.net DES (II-1) client, via a MacIP
gateway in a gatorbox. Sadly I don't remember the exact keyrate - but
it was impressively low. ;)
>That is the basic functionality I need, and I want to
>use the smallest (therefore oldest) version of the
>system software I can that will still let me do this,
>because I want to experiment with putting the System
>Folder in a RAM disk, so small size is essential! I do
>have 48 mb RAM in the 2400... I'd like to get a system
>folder that would fit on a 16 mb RAM disk leaving me a
>32 mb "working computer". Any chance this will work? ===Scott
You can squeeze a workable 8.1 into that space. so 7.6.1 with Open
Transport TCP (you can leave out the Appletalk stuff) shouldn't be
hard.
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