Vintage Macs wrote...
>Subject: TCP/IP and System 7
>From: Luca Rescigno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>I just got an LC III+ and I'm planning on setting it up as a computer
>to use at my home for basic internet browsing and email when I'm not at
>my dorm. Right now it's working, with OS 7.6.1 and an ethernet card (my
>home has IDSL internet so it comes through our LAN). However, on the 33
>MHz 68030 processor, OS 7.6.1 seems quite sluggish. It's perfectly
>usable, but it would be nice if it was faster. I would like to put 7.1
>on it, but I am afraid I won't be able to connect it to the internet
>using 7.1 because 7.1 doesn't have TCP/IP, it has MacTCP. TCP/IP is
>what manages every other computer's network connection.
>
>Anyway, I'd like to set it up, and I'd really appreciate any
>suggestions people would be willing to give me. I am not putting 7.5.5
>on it because it's probably not much faster than 7.6.1, and it's a
>downgrade in other respects as well.
>
>So I have two options, really. Find a way to connect to the network in
>7.1 (either by hacking TCP/IP onto it or by getting MacTCP to work with
>my network), or find a way to speed up 7.6.1...
By stripping out all the ppc code from the OS using "PowerPCheck 3.2 FAT"
you can slim down and speed up 7.6.1 considerably. I have an LC575
running this setup. Nevertheless, augmenting 7.1 is just so much cooler
to do.
Bob F
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