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From: dplatt@ntg.uucp (Dave Platt)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk,comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Problem installing Async Appletalk
Message-ID: <44@goblin.ntg.uucp>
Date: 5 Apr 91 18:30:26 GMT
References: <1991Apr3.143919@ap.co.umist.ac.uk>
Reply-To: dplatt@ntg.UUCP (Dave Platt)
Followup-To: comp.protocols.appletalk
Organization: New Technologies Group, Inc.  Palo Alto CA
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In article <1991Apr3.143919@ap.co.umist.ac.uk> jf@ap.co.umist.ac.uk (John Forrest) writes:

>I've had a problem installing Async Appletalk on my Mac - a Classic running
>6.0.7 (although the same problem has been had on an SE too). The problem is
>that bits where it says:
>
>"Install the 'Network' adev that normally comes with the 'EtherTalk' driver"
>
>"Copy 'Async Appletalk' into the System Folder"
>
>I have access to the Network file - we had an Etherboard on trial, and also
>it's on the Network Installer Disk. However, without anything to actually
>install (on the list of the Installer program that is), I was reduced to
>merely copying this accross. The effect? Well, nothing major except that it
>doesn't work.

With some recent System versions, it appears necessary to install some
additional resources.  Frankly, I'm not sure what they are.  The way to
do this is to get ahold of [a] the EtherTalk installation disk, and [2]
the "Network Products Installer" disk (available with 6.0.5 or 6.0.7, I
believe).  Run the Installer on the Network Products Installer disk,
tell it to install EtherTalk 2.0, insert the EtherTalk disk when
requested, and let it do its thing.  This will install the Network cdev,
the EtherTalk 2.0 adev (which you can throw away if you wish), and some
additional resources which are apparently required for the Network cdev
to work correctly under System 6.0.5 or 6.0.7.

It's odd... I had to do this on my IIci running 6.0.5 (at work) but I
did _not_ have to do it on my IIfx/6.0.7 at home... simply dragging the
files worked fine on the IIfx.  Beats me why... maybe the IIfx has some
extra resources in ROM?
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