does said mac have a CD drive? MagicISO has something which can write in "Hybrid" form, or the mac could probably read a "DOS" format CD if it can read a "dos" format floppy... just an idea
-------------------------------------------------- From: "martynl" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 10:00 PM To: "Vintage Macs" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: File transfer bootstrapping - Getting Stuffit without having Stuffit... > > Chicken, meet egg. > > My mac has AAUI. I have an AAUI<>Ethernet converter. But it is not > working, and I am trying to transfer network software to the Macintosh > in order to diagnose and get the networking working. Hence the need > for floppy transfer right now. > > Martyn > > On Sep 21, 4:58 am, Britt Dodd <[email protected]> wrote: >> What machine do you have? Most of the macs have built-in ethernet cards, >> and >> most have the ability to add one in there. RTL8139C/D cards are PCI cards >> that work well, *and* also have drivers that make them work for 7.6+ >> >> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 3:07 AM, martynl >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> > In my quest to get networking running, I downloaded mactcp- >> > watcher-20.hqx. Unfortunately, I discovered that the version of >> > Stuffit I have on the Mac (1.6) is too old to decode the enclosed SIT >> > file. >> >> > I have spent a couple of hours trying to get a working version of >> > stuffit that can download this file. >> >> > Latest versions of Mac stuffit are way too large, since I need to >> > download on the PC and transfer to the Mac via a single floppy. >> > I downloaded Windows stuffit, but while it could decode the files OK, >> > they (of course) didn't retain their creators and other attributes >> > when moved to the Mac via PC floppy. >> >> > I have found a few versions of Stuffit Lite 3.6 online, but each of >> > these is in an hqx archive (which I can decode) containing an SIT >> > archive (which is also too new for Stuffit 1.6). >> >> > I found a copy of Stuffit Lite 3.6 online which was in MacBinary >> > format. I really thought I had a program to decode macbinary, but I >> > can't find it anywhere. And online sources seem to recommend using >> > Stuffit to decode MacBinary. >> >> > So what I need to find is a Stuffit Lite version that fits on a floppy >> > and is either uncompressed, in a self-extractor, or in a format that >> > Stuffit 1.6 can decode. Clicked on a bunch of links without finding >> > one yet. >> >> > Any recommendations on how to break out of the maze? >> >> > Thanks, >> >> > Martyn- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
