I'm becoming confused about something. I have a performa PPC 6360. it can use a commslot II modem or ethernet card. people also tell me i can pry off the mobo geoport modem and use a 56k extenal modem if i want to. My kid got a PIII PC recently. it has an ethernet card in it now. i have a modem card i could put in it for him. he'll be running win XP, I'll be using everything from 7.6.1 up to OS 9.1 on mine, in different startup folders and partitionioning my HD into different OS's. the question has to do with this dilemma: we have to pick an ISP before aug 4th. we each have our own phone lines and phone numbers. he's a cheapskate. I'm worried about access. we have webtv now, an MSN service. MSN will let us add his PC to our service for no change in price, but where does that leave me on my mac? do i need to pick my own ISP that can handle a mac on OS 9? and dialup the net separately on my own phone line? or can we network the two machines on ethernet and have my mac access the net thru his PC going to his MSN? i looked at earthlink for comparison, and their access pages seem to say they accept four different protocols for legacy macs, from system 7 up to OS 9. _not_ 9.1, notably. i 'was' gonna have a guy come out and wire one of my phone jacks to my computer desk, but now I"m wondering if we should be ethernetting the wiring from his room to my desk instead. or if i should have the guy do it anyway to hedge my bets. can i use MSN on the 6360 on OS 9.1? can i use IE and how high a version, to browse with? how bout netscape?
can i use his acess to MSN by ethernetting from my desk to his PC in his room, out his phone line, [i assume it'll take a subnet mask?] what other hardware will it take, besides what i have already? CAT5 cable? crossover cable? a router? a switch? we each have one ethernet card in our machines now. mine can only take one card. he means to get a laptop later this year, so that'll probably come into the network when he does. 'is the devil you know, better than the devil that you don't know?' -janet- ��� ~~ -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
