Scribe
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Thanks for the links. The relevant Mac is currently on an extended vacation in the back of a closet. I will be sure to check these out the next time I pull it out.
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Updated 2023-07-12: Hello, Guest! Welcome back, and be sure to check out this follow-up post about our outage a week or so ago.
Is there a way to preserve the network selection (Ethernet) without a PRAM battery?
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Scribe
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OP update:
I tried all of the software solutions that I could get my hands on, but could not get any of them to work. FWIW, I could not access anything on Macintosh Garden (I think the website doesn't accept connections from certain countries), so maybe there is stuff out there that would work but I couldn't test to it.
In any event, based on recommendations from the group I bought a MacBatt w/ external coin cell holder and a JST connector and cobbled together a solution which has a battery to save the PRAM, but keeps it outside the case to minimize damage.
Thanks to everyone for all the helpful suggestions.
I tried all of the software solutions that I could get my hands on, but could not get any of them to work. FWIW, I could not access anything on Macintosh Garden (I think the website doesn't accept connections from certain countries), so maybe there is stuff out there that would work but I couldn't test to it.
In any event, based on recommendations from the group I bought a MacBatt w/ external coin cell holder and a JST connector and cobbled together a solution which has a battery to save the PRAM, but keeps it outside the case to minimize damage.
Thanks to everyone for all the helpful suggestions.
cheesestraws
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Software solutions won't: the AppleTalk information is loaded from the PRAM before the PRAM extensions have a chance to run and patch it up. So they patch the PRAM up, but the boat has sailed: the default interface has already been activated.
finkmac
NORTHERN TELECOM
I'm pretty sure macintoshgarden is on some sort of list of "risky" sites, it's blocked by plenty of networks i've noticed.
Phipli
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Some internet providers block 'piracy' indiscriminately.
finkmac
NORTHERN TELECOM
imagine paying for non-neutral internet. couldn't be me
CC_333
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I once got a DMCA notice from our ISP for bitorrenting a copy of the movie Ghost from 1990 (I know this is piracy, but I already owned a legal copy, so fair use should apply, right? I know it's a stretch, but still!)
Needless to say, I was scared out of my mind by this! As it happens, we were heading out of town that day, so in a fit of paranoia, I took with me every hard drive and small computer in the house that I could find so the FBI or whatever couldn't raid them!
I've since been much more careful in this supposedly "neutral" ISP.
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Phipli
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A former ISP blocked all torrenting...
Back when Propellerhead software provided official downloads as torrents, and it was common for linux distros. Doesn't seem to be as common now, perhaps for this reason.
CC_333
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Yes, Bit Torrent has many legitimate uses, and it's a shame that anti-piracy policies have acted as such a sledgehammer against it.
I also had an ISP that blocked torrenting, but in that case, it actually turned out that the block was unintentional, as when we got new equipment, I asked about it, and they fixed it!
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