Re: Can't install 7.5.3

[Charles Guatney]

John, I have 190s and 5300s for my main laptops and I use them all the 
time; they are both excellent portable computers for my purposes. My 
set-up using different operating systems might be of interest to you. I 
don't use anything below OS 7.6.1 on either computer.

1. On both computers OS 7.6.1 is the main operating system.
2. On separate flash disks, I have installed OS 8.1, 8.6. They can be 
used as boot disks and reduce the battery drain caused by the spinning 
internal hard drive. Some programs are OS sensitive and call for a 
specific OS.

3. The flash disks can be used for storage of data or additional 
applications

Again, I use them for different OSs, data, and applications4. I also 
have Type III Viper 340MB HDs (available in different MB sizes at an 
especially attractive price) that plug into the PCMCIA slot (both slots 
are used). The HDs are a power drain but useful for short periods or 
when the adapter is plugged in..

You might have better results with a later OS.
HTH
Charles in Georgia
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John Perry wrote:
John K. Perkins Jr. wrote:
If the filename has .bin at the end of it you have to use StuffIt 
Expander
to decode the files. I can send it to you if you don't have it.
 

Well, I found a copy of Stuffit5.5, which Allume says will run on 
7.5.2.  However, it's a .sit file, which the web says is yet another 
compressed format, so I still can't do anything.  Also, apparently 
most mailers silently convert binaries to .hqx, which is a binhex 
format.  If I can read that, I haven't found any way yet.  I don't 
have any browser, much less IE, on the 190.
I eventually found out that the previous owner had selected the 
double-click operation to silently start the "recommended 
application".  When I selected the "ask user"option, it turns out that 
Acrobat Reader was the only system-recommended application for 
anything not recognized.  I still don't know how to change the 
application association -- even if I had an application that would do 
the job :-(.

John Perry


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