Thanks Dave, I have a new Asante card that I have not installed. I have been moving so I haven't have time to play with my SE/30 but when I do I'll try it and let the group know how it went.
Abel On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 10:13 PM, Dave <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have installed Asante e-net cards in a SE/30 and a IIci (same card > type in both). If you want to try once again here are a few pointers > to places I found information that made my installations work the > first time. > > 1) Installation of OS 7.5.5 according to this recipe: > http://www.fenestrated.net/~macman/755/<http://www.fenestrated.net/%7Emacman/755/> > > 2) Here is where I found the switch configuration info for the Asante > card: > http://stason.org/TULARC/pc/network-cards/netoth_1.html > > 3) Note the "Slot Address" jumper table at the Stason site. Here is > the secret decoder for which "Slot" to assign. Info is about 3/4 of > the way down the page, in the "SE/30 PDS slot addresses" table: > http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2/se30_pds_multiple.html<http://home.earthlink.net/%7Egamba2/se30_pds_multiple.html> > > 4, 5) Asante cards for the SE/30 are Apple driver compatible, so I > used Apple 1.5.1 Ethernet card drivers, if I recall correctly, I > selected nubus adapter when the choice comes up. First time the > installation won't work because of a can't remove file error. The ? > [can't remember name]? file can't be replaced. Use the unhide tools > to find and remove the ?[can't remember name]? file named by the > installer in either the Control Panel or Extension folder then re-run > the installer: > http://www.macdrivermuseum.net/network.html > http://www.tempel.org/mac/#UnhideTools > > I'd ignore item 1 at first and see if you can't make the card work > following the other tips first. But, do read the instructions for a > 7.5.5 installation and see if you don't want to do it anyway. > > Hope this finds and fixes a configuration problem for you--frustrating > but cheaper if your cars is actually good. > > Regards, > Dave > > > On Aug 7, 11:08 am, Sterling <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm pissed off with this Asante junk I bought NIB from Ebay. > > I've tried everything to get it to work in my Mac SE/30, but it just > > won't work. > > > > So I'm done with it. > > > > If anyone has a good working SE/30 ethernet PDS card with drivers they > > can sell I would appreciate it. > > At least then I could find out if it's FOR SURE the crappy Asante or > > maybe my SE/30 somehow. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
