How long does file sharing usualy take to startup on OS 9?

Um... the ethernet card needs no extra drivers! It saw my iMac in the chooser, but doesn't recognise that i enabled guest login, as i have no ADB keyboard i can't connect. Click…

Um... the ethernet card needs no extra drivers! It saw my iMac in the chooser, but doesn't recognise that i enabled guest login, as i have no ADB keyboard i can't connect. Click…

Um... the ethernet card needs no extra drivers! It saw my iMac in the chooser, but doesn't recognise that i enabled guest login, as i have no ADB keyboard i can't connect.

Make sure you have the appropriate network extension installed! Since your Ethernet card is an Apple one, you just need the Apple Ethernet LC extension which can be found here.

OK... i have OS 9.2.2 running on my imac. how can i get the iMac to appear in the chooser of the LC III, or connect to the iMac? I am running the 7.5 Network Access Disk.

Screw the keyboard - Timbuktu it. }

Yes, yes, you could.

Or you could just buy/find a keyboard. Head onto your local Freecycle and ask for an old ADB keyboard. Click to expand... ... Or i could just head onto Freecycle and ask for…

Or you could just buy/find a keyboard. Head onto your local Freecycle and ask for an old ADB keyboard.

the imac is running OS X, and i have no keyboard. i could put Key Caps on a floppy....

I can't tell from the other side of the world...can you access the iMac from the LCIII?

i can select EtherTalk and the activity LED blinks a bunch. does it have the right drivers?

Yeah, it will. You'll want to make sure you've got the correct drivers for your ethernet card on it however.

Would a system 7.5 Network Access Disk work? i'm dd-ing one now.

OK... i'm really not looking foreword to all of those disk swaps. would it be possible to install from my iMac via a network? Click to expand... Network installs work for most …

OK... i'm really not looking foreword to all of those disk swaps. would it be possible to install from my iMac via a network?

formatting a floppy took 10 minutes! like... 10kbps slow. 512kbps isnt slow...

Wow... i didnt know floppies were so slow... Click to expand... 500kbps slow? Sheesh, back in my day.....

Wow... i didnt know floppies were so slow... Formatting... Verifing format... Re-Verifying format...

You might be able to do the hack install on a OS 8 floppy disk set, but it'll take several times as long.

Awesome! The adaptor will arrive today or maybe tommorow according to the USPS tracking thingy

avoid goop off, I melted a gameboy with that stuff Click to expand... If you have to use Goof Off, just carefully add one drop onto a cloth and try using the cloth. Any more of…

Um... the LC III cant run OS 8... can it? Click to expand... Nah, but you can hack the system file to make it compatible. You need an external SCSI CD-ROM though. Linky!

No, wait, NetBSD Click to expand... FPU!!!