[SunRescue] Re: [Packrats] [non-sun] need Mac parts!

[Bill Bradford]

On Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 09:03:44PM -0500, Sam Creasey wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Bill Bradford wrote:
> > Ignore the ethernet question - the card went into slot 1, got recognized by
> > the OS, and now the box is up and on the net - but without Internet software
> > (ftp, netscape, anything) of any kind... arugh.  Maybe its floppy drive can
> > read PC disks that I can put stuff on... ?
> People will tell you they can read PC disks.  I've not seen the other
> 68k's do it personally....
> In my brief toying with a centris 610 I fould the best strategy was taking
> the extern disk to some other macs. :)
> As a secondary solutions, next's will format/write mac floppies natively
> if you've got one of those lying around... 
> (and yes, a mac with no network software is a hell of a chicken and egg
> problem...  a friend was once in the unfortunate positing of wanting to
> upgrade drivers on an Image without a network connection.   seems burning
> AFS cd's was the option...)

We ended up going to CompUSA, buying a couple Mac magazines with CDs
included, and getting Stuffit Expander and Anarchie off the CDs, then
using that to download Netscape. 8-)

(the NuBus ethernet card worked without a single problem, no drivers
needed!)

Bill (dammit, now I want a mac too...)

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