Looking through his crystal ball at my HD, Drew surmised: > Just to make sure I've got a good picture of what you've got installed: > > Finder (OS 8.5) > System (OS 8.5) > > Chooser
�es on those > OpenTransport bits&pieces: > AppleTalk control panel, TCP/IP control panel*, AppleShare extension, > Open Transport, Open Transport ASLM Modules, OpenTpt Serial > Arbitrator, OpenTptAppleTalkLib, OpenTptInternetLib*, > OpenTransportLib, File Sharing control panel* AppleTalk yes, TCP/IP yes (but won't need it for a serial connection and it won't open anyway); AppleShare yes (but won't open in Chooser); Open Transport as a separate entity no, and I can't find it listed that way, either in my functioning 8.6 system folder or in the 8.5 installation tome; Open Transport ASLM ditto, rest of the openTpt stuff yes, File Sharing control panel yes (but it still demands AppearanceLib even though by now I've installed the Appearance CP (the only Appearance file in the Tome). > Other Extensions: > Serial (Built-in), Shared Library Manager*, Shared Library Manager > PPC*, EtherTalk Phase 2** All these extensions yes except the EtherTalk (having given up on making the ethernet connection work and settling for LocalTalk on the serial cable (if only!) > Farallon drivers They're GV drivers and not yet installed for the reason given above plus their bombing out the computer. > > Tee hee, I never thought that this was a good idea! ;-) "Needer > needer needer! Told you so." Heh... Okay, rub it in! *I* remember you were agin it even if nobody else's memory goes back that far (more than a month, geologic time by internet standards)! A possibility: could the refusal of all the network-connected stuff be due to the basic Open Transport being normally built into OS 8.5, but missing in this case because it's such a stripped-down system? Perhaps that's the problem with Appearance too: the extension is supposed to be in the system file itself but is not? BTW I also installed the "System Resources" file from the installation tome on the CD -- makes no difference. And Victoria -- thanks for the info on installing via SCSI disk mode, but I don't have one of those cables either. But getting one would certainly be the cheapest way out of this morass if there's no way to install over a network. With fervent gratitude (even though nothing's working), Victoria -- 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
