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From: jason@cs.utexas.edu (Jason Martin Levitt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Hardware! [Was RE: SYSTEM ERROR, ID=10. MacTCP, Ethernet problems?]
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Date: 10 Aug 90 04:50:59 GMT
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Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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  I took a clean 1.4meg diskette and installed just "System Software
for the Macintosh IIfx" on the diskette using the release system
software diskettes.
  I then copied MacTCP into the System Folder. I removed the
Ethernet card and all external SCSI devices. That leaves 8 meg
of Ram, an internal floppy drive, an internal quantum 80 meg drive, and an
Apple 13" RGB display with Apple 24 bit color card. 
  I booted the IIfx using the diskette I had just created. When I
clicked on MacTCP, boom, System Error ID=10. I then rebooted on
the hard disk and zapped the PRAM, just for kicks. I then booted the
diskette again and it still bombed. 
  I then took the diskette over to a local computer store where they
had a IIfx on display. I booted the diskette on the IIfx. I clicked
on MacTCP. It worked just fine. The IIfx at the computer store had
an Apple RGB display and 24 bit color card, internal 80 meg disk and
4 meg of RAM. That's all. 

  Conclusion:  It's a hardware problem. 

     ---Jason  jason@cs.utexas.edu  (512) 326-9102