At 20:11 -0500 09/24/2002, John Teffer wrote: >I think that's what it is. Anyone know where to get that enabler? I'm >running 9.0.something on it right now. (That's what was on it when I got >it.) I'd like to upgrade to 9.1, if that's still a free download from >Apple, and won't mess anything up. I made a backup copy of the system >folder on the second hard drive to revert back to just in case.
The SCSI pretty much just works, until you get to OSX. All the drivers it needs are stored in a chip on the card. To make the ethernet work (again, until OSX) you need a couple of things. First, you need the E100 package, which comprises a CP for the SCSI portion of the card, "E100 SCSI", two extensions for the ethernet portion of the card "E100 Ethernet" and "E100 Config" and a readme or a manual with some useful info in it which you can live without probably. If you are using OS 8.1 or below and sticking with 604(e) processors, this is all you need. I think the latest version of this software is "SuperMac E100 Software 1.3.2". On OSs 8.5 or maybe 8.6 and above, you cannot use the built-in ethernet and the E100 ethernet on the same machine. This isn't much of a hardship unless you were planning to use the machine as a really large router. :-) The cause of this limitation is that you must disable the "Apple Enet" extension in order for the E100 ethernet to work. If any of us were really snazzy driver programmers we could probably overcome this limitation. It would be really nice if we had access to the source code for the E100 drivers. Finally, if you are using a G3 upgrade, then you need the "E100 Enabler" extension from PowerLogix. It comes with a pretty detailed ReadMe. The E100 Enabler modifies your NVRAMrc file stored on the little NVRAM chip on the motherboard. The NVRAMrc is some code the machine executes right at startup before any disks are accessed. If it gets corrupted the machine can behave in very dead ways. Fortunately, the NVRAMrc gets erased if you deprive the machine of all power (including the battery) for a while. If you disable Speculative Processing with a G3/G4 CP and then you load the E100 Enabler, you are likely to experience a chiming black screen freeze. The machine chimes at power on, but freezes at the black screen. So, be sure to have speculative Processing enabled the first couple of times you boot with the E100 Enabler loaded. Then disable SP if needed. (There's a small possibility I have that backwards. One order of those two is definitely bad.) This may only be a problem if you disable SP with the XLR8 CP. I'm not sure if this problem exists when using the PL or Sonnet software. Jeff Walther -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
