They're not compatable with anything later than 8.1, AFAIK.. But then, I don't really know that running 8xx is the best thing on a 5300...
my $.02 Dave In a message dated 3/13/03 7:36:05 PM, you wrote: >Recent discussion here reminded me of the great deal on these at DMS, so >naturally I bought two. Well, at the introducory price that would have >been about $800, but nowadays it's only $7.95 each. : -) > >The 5300 into which I installed has an old 1.3 gig drive upon which I >recently installed 8.6 (via localtalk booted with a floppy, just to prove >it can be done, thank you!) I have the MV 1.0.2 and 1.0.4 Installers plus >the MV-EN 5300 Updater v2.0 beta. > >After installing the v104, no ethernet options show up in AT and TCP/IP. >Next I installed the 2.0b updater, no go then either. I haven't tried >the OS8.1 that was on the HD when I got it, nor any other OS so far. > >I may have been hallucinating, but I would swear I read here of using >these darn things with later OSes. > >Reality check please! > >Dan K -- 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
