On Nov 9, 2008, at 11:55 PM, Russell Brantner wrote: > Kris, > > Maybe this is the magic wand I'm looking for. Ur method certainly > sounds good. I looked for ethernet in the system folder on my > 9.1...found nothing about ethernet. This just means I don't > understand the details, I'm sure. I know quite a bit about macs & > their operation but I learn things new all the time. > > I really want to follow thru with ur recommendation. So, > TomeViewer????, Educate me, never heard of this. All I know is I > can't copy of some ext. ethernet in 9.1 and then reload 9.2 and > replace it with my copy of what I don't have.
I'm not 100% certain which ethernet extension is installed on your PowerBook. Some of the PowerBooks had "special" ethernet extensions, and later ethernet extensions were the "rolled into one" type. I was unaware of any problems, normally this would be addressed by the OS 9 Helper software. Once the OS9forever.com site was taken over by OWC they instituted a fee to read the forums, which seems really bad to me. They also run the XPF forums, but they're free to read, but only registered persons can post. (don't register XPF, there is nearly zero activity on the XPF forums, you can use Unsupported OS X list on Google groups for free instead. I don't know about OS 9 Helper forums, I suspect they're dead also?). TomeViewer can open OS 9 "tome" archives which the installer uses. Here's a link: <http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macos/4561> You can then "extract" individual files for usage. This is often helpful, for example, PCI & PCMCIA USB cards are notoriously finicky, and many don't work with the OS 9.2 extensions, but may work perfectly with extensions from 9.1, 9.0 or even 8.6. Getting a copy of the correct extension would be very difficult without TomeViewer and using the free Apple updates that you can download to extract the individual extensions. In your case, you could probably upgrade to 9.2.2 and then extract the necessary extension from the 9.1 CD or Update. On my Beige G3 which may be different than your PowerBook, the ethernet extension is called "Apple Enet" and OS 9.1 has v.2.4.2, while OS 9.2.2 has v.2.4.3 and the "final" OS 9 version was v.2.4.5. If you don't have this extension in your OS 9.1 installation, (in the System folder>Extensions folder), this means your PowerBook uses a different ethernet extension, which isn't uncommon. I just took the time to dig out my Kanga Powerbook running 9.2.2 and looked at it. Sure enough, I'm using the Apple Enet v.2.4.2 from OS 9.1 in my OS 9.2.2 Kanga, so that's the ticket for certain. My Kanga works fine. Go ahead and upgrade if you want, and then place Apple Enet v.2.4.2 into it and you should be good. > Make me smarter, please. I'm not exactly sure what smarter means, but if I could, I would. I'd make everyone smarter. The funny thing is, I suspect even the smartest people make stupid mistakes. I'm pretty certain that almost everything that is discovered happens mostly from trial and error. Even if it's planned and not trial & error, no one can predict a result of something that's never been observed before. I anticipate a world full of smarter people may be very similar to our own world? Best luck! Kris --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
