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olddraco
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YAY!
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Jun 12 22:51 UTC 1997 |
Ah it was a newer version of zterm set for system 7. I have the version now
for system 6 and it worked fine. I also got kermit which is much better
in my opinion for the mac neophyte ;-)
okay hqx files what does one do to decode them...and sit files same
question :-)
I noticed that zmodem downloaded them as text....????
Anyways, I'm connected at 14.4 to my ISP and I'm a happy camper :-)
Oh yeah, zterm only would work at 9600 with the modem. Kermit works at
14.4 :-)
When is next meeting of mactechnics? I'll turn on the pc later and
log into thier website...
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omni
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response 1 of 20:
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Jun 13 04:32 UTC 1997 |
Glad to see you're up and running, Mel.
There is a setting for 14.4 (what I use for M-nut) so you should be
able to set yours as well.
Unless you have 4 Megs available, don't use System 7. My system folder is
more than 2.5 Megs in size. But 7 is cool as well. ;)
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n8nxf
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response 2 of 20:
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Jun 13 11:47 UTC 1997 |
(Should this item be linked to #164?)
.hqx are hex encoded binary files. You need a copy of BinHex to convert
them back to a binary, compressed, file. Once you've run your file
through BinHex, you will often wind up with a .sea file. .sea files
are Self Extracting Applications and will decompress when you open them.
There are several compression applications used in the Mac environment,
including .zip!? The tools to decompress them are available in the
public domain. .sea and .sit are the most common.
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omni
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response 3 of 20:
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Jun 13 17:19 UTC 1997 |
There is also a free program called Stuffit Expander. It will decode the
binhex, and decompress the files all in one fell swoop. It does not like to
do .sit files all at once, so usually you have to quit the program and wash
it through once more. You really need this if you're going to be downloading
.hqx files.
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olddraco
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response 4 of 20:
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Jun 14 01:21 UTC 1997 |
Thanks..now all I have to do..is find stuffit expander in a self extracting
file right/ ;-
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scg
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Jun 14 04:18 UTC 1997 |
This is a related question that came up a few days ago while I was trying to
get something to a customer who uses a Mac. Is there a Mac program that will
put disk images onto disks?
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omni
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response 6 of 20:
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Jun 14 05:24 UTC 1997 |
Stuffit Esxpander is available in unstuffed forms on many archives. If you
can't find it, let me know and I'll upload a copy of mine for you.
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n8nxf
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response 7 of 20:
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Jun 14 12:10 UTC 1997 |
Yes, Disk Copy 4.2 will create disk images and create disks from those images.
(I got it off a developers CD ROM someone gave me. Not sure if it's in
the public domain.)
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olddraco
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response 8 of 20:
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Jun 14 15:26 UTC 1997 |
I'm getting frustrated :-p izzy.net has UnStuffIt but I can't get near it.
The U/M archive has it but when I used gopher to get it I got it
on my machine in document form??? ZTerm setting is set for smart macbinary
but it still comes in as Text/ttxt hrm??????
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rcurl
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response 9 of 20:
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Jun 14 16:34 UTC 1997 |
.hqx files are text. What does it say at the beginning of the file?
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omni
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response 10 of 20:
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Jun 14 18:31 UTC 1997 |
As long as it's text, you can dehex it. I'll upload the expander soon.
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olddraco
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response 11 of 20:
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Jun 16 00:47 UTC 1997 |
Must have been alot of bad self extracting ones out there. Finally got going.
Now all I have to do is weed out the system 7's from the stuff out there
so I can see the System 6's.
War of the Flowers the one thing I wanted..system 7 color..oh well.
I could have sworn I saw that on Brian Stretchs...way back...
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olddraco
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response 12 of 20:
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Jul 2 00:05 UTC 1997 |
Ok what is going on, I was loaned the original package of 7.1 and halfway
thru the install, it asked for the TIDBIT disk..now I have install, install2,
fonts, printers...wtf is TIDBITS? The folder had space for just those 4 disks
so where oh where is this so called TIDBITS disk?
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omni
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response 13 of 20:
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Jul 2 03:36 UTC 1997 |
My version of 7.0.1 came on 10 disks. I don't think you have the complete
package.
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n8nxf
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response 14 of 20:
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Jul 2 11:35 UTC 1997 |
7.0.1 is an 800K install package. 7.1 installs off of 1.44M floppies.
As I recall, my 7.1 package s 7 disks. Your missing some. Tidbits
is one of them. Disk tools is another.
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olddraco
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response 15 of 20:
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Jul 2 22:43 UTC 1997 |
Sigh, figures...
Thanks guys
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raven
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response 16 of 20:
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Jan 25 05:15 UTC 1998 |
A little drift here. Windows 95 comes on something like 30 1.4 mb floppies,
what does Windows 95 other than some nearly useless fax software and bloat
that sytem 7.1 doesn't have?
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scg
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response 17 of 20:
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Jan 25 07:42 UTC 1998 |
Preemptive multitasking, and a choice between several much nicer interfaces.
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scott
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response 18 of 20:
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Jan 25 13:20 UTC 1998 |
Built in networking support.
Device drivers for a much wider range of hardware than 3.11 supported.
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scg
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response 19 of 20:
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Jan 25 17:15 UTC 1998 |
Since the question was about System 7.1, I suppose it's worth pointing out
that it supports a much wider range of hardware than MacOS supports, too.
Since the hardware ranges of the two don't overlap at all, I suspect that
those who already own Macs wouldn't find that to be the advantage that it is
for everybody else. MacOS System 7.1 had built in AppleTalk support, which
I suppose could be considered comperable to Windows95's built in NetBEUI
support. System 7.5, I believe, added built in TCP/IP, which Windows95 has.
I don't know if MacOS supports the other networking protocols Windows95
supports (and I don't remember if Windows95 supports AppleTalk).
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wolfg676
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response 20 of 20:
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Apr 11 09:26 UTC 1998 |
I think Win95 *might* support AppleTalk. I grep'ed my C: drive and came up
with two files with the string "appletalk" in them. One appears to be registry
entries for "Desktop Management" (something new to '95B & '98), the other is
a .dll that seems to have something to do with network detection. (i.e. "add
new hardware")
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