Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!bu-cs!dartvax!eleazar.dartmouth.edu!richb From: richb@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Richard E. Brown) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk Subject: Re: Alternate AT problem Message-ID: <18007@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> Date: 21 Dec 89 16:06:07 GMT References: Sender: news@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 34 In article Wolfgang_Naegeli.ED_TSRS@QM01.CTD.ORNL.GOV (Wolfgang Naegeli) writes: #REGARDING Alternate AT problem #I am experiencing a strange problem on a 512ke. When booting, a message appears #on the screen saying, # # The alternate AppleTalk driver could not be found. # The built-in network will be used instead. # #The only option is to click OK. # #... # #Is there something in Parameter RAM? How can it be reset? # #Any explanation or hints will be appreciated. # #Wolfgang N. Naegeli #Oak Ridge National Laboratory #Internet: wnn@ornl.gov Bitnet: wnn@ornlstc #Phone: 615-574-6143 Fax: 615-574-3895 My understanding is that Mac Plus and above have an extended PRAM, whose purpose, among other things, is to hold the name of the alternate AppleTalk driver. Apple reserves the right to use all the new locations. Since a 512KE does not have this extended PRAM, it cannot supply a correct name. It seems the only alternatives are: 1) don't use the alternate LAP drivers (or the Network cdev); or 2) click OK each time you restart the Mac. Rich Brown E-Mail: richard.e.brown@dartmouth.edu Manager of Special Projects Preferred AppleLink address: Dartmouth College richard.e.brown@dartmouth.edu@dasnet# Kiewit Computer Center Alternate AppleLink address: A0183 Hanover, NH 03755 USA Telephone: 603/646-3648