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Name: bluurg
Date: April 28, 2007 at 22:39:50 Pacific
OS: Mac OS 7.5
CPU/Ram: 75mhz/64mb
Product: Performa 6200CD
Comment:

Well, I've waded through the mess of information on Google (none of which helped me at all) and am still in need of a lot of help. Here's the scenario: I'm a longtime PC user who has recently acquired a Mac Performa 6200CD (75mhz Power PC running OS 7.5) and have absolutely no Mac experience. I did manage to install a 6 gig IDE hard drive in the machine and now it's up and running OS 7.5 just fine. Problem is, I don't know how to network the thing to my PCs. I don't even know what kind of network card I need. I assume I need an old one that goes in the internal communications slot? Could someone kindly tell me which would do the trick so I could get one off of eBay or something? Also, if getting the Mac on my PC network is just too complicated for me right now, could someone tell me how to at least get Internet access on it? I'd have no problem doing this on an old Wintel machine running Windows 3.1 or 95, but I have no idea where to start with an old Mac.

Any help much appreciated.



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Name: Santa
Date: April 29, 2007 at 01:03:08 Pacific
Reply:

Your Mac, the specs state LC expansion slot:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article....

If so the following cards may suffice:

http://www.micromac.com/products/nw...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-Computer-...

http://www.welovemacs.com/net-lc-10...

Also you need change TCP/IP configuration manager to Open Transport (termed TCP/IP), I believe 7.5.x defaulted to MacTCP protocol

http://kb.iu.edu/data/aahe.html

You need the System 7.5 update to 7.5.3 available with other software here:

http://www.info.apple.com/support/o...

http://download.info.apple.com/Appl...


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Response Number 2
Name: Santa
Date: April 29, 2007 at 09:31:07 Pacific
Reply:

Actually you should upgrade to 7.5.5..


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Response Number 3
Name: bluurg
Date: April 30, 2007 at 00:14:58 Pacific
Reply:

Thanks for the info. I bought a network card for it off of eBay. I also should be getting someone's old iMac in a week's time getting on the internet and transferring files between the two macs should be much easier I would think.


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