>Only AOL can send you the floppy. The older ones do not work, they have >bad aol [phone] numbers and can never be used.
Truer words were never spoken (or in this case, written). However, there is one way around this that I have used as a *gasp!* AOL customer who prefers v 3.0 on his old 68k macs. STEP 1 - Install AOL 3.0 from an old copy. But don't actually try to log on with it yet. STEP 2 - Ask your girlfriend to install AOL 3.0 on her machine (this of course assumes that she also has a Mac!) Two ways to do this - either go to Keyword "Upgrade" where she will find that it is also possible to "downgrade" ... or use a higher version CD which often has 3.0 on it somewhere. Either way, she need not fear that her current version of AOL will be damaged in any way - all that will happen is that a separate 3.0 folder will be created. STEP 3 - Copy the contents of the AOL 3.0 Online Files folder from your girlfriend's Mac onto a disk - or onto multiple disks if necessary. It's inside her AOL 3.0 folder. The folder *should* include files properly configured with her previously-selected local access numbers. NOTE - You can't just get this folder from anybody (like me for instance) because it must be copied from Mac configured to the same AOL account you are trying to log into. STEP 4 - Replace your Online Files folder with the one you have copied off her Mac. STEP 5 - Log on. If all goes well your PB 190 should log in using your girlfriend's access numbers. P.S. If this works, I would also suggest that you hang onto that copied Online Files folder so you can do this same switcheroo on any other 68k Mac, or in case you need to re-install (a likely event ...). P.P.S. Once you're set up, you can transfer all your old email and favorites onto a new Mac by using this same technique to copy the AOL preferences folder out of the System Folder. Bruce (in Orlando) "If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?" -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
