Macintosh SE question

[porter]

But what if I just connected the SE to the internet?

How are you going to do that?

Either you need to connect to a host using, say MacIP over LocalTalk or MacPPP on a hardwired link and let the host do the connection to the internet

Or you need a modem, MacPPP, MacTCP and some application like "fetch", and an unpackager like unstuffit.

It can all be done, but is it the easiest way?

 

[tomlee59]

But what if I just connected the SE to the internet?

That would be fine, as long as you have a plan for getting the SE on the 'net in the first place. You'll need the right software and hardware to make that happen, of course, and you won't be getting that from the 'net through that self-same SE. But once you've solved the implicit chicken-and-egg problem, you'll be experiencing the full measure of retrotech joy in surfing (dog-paddling) the Web at a mighty 8 MHz.

 

[Bunsen]

I need to use another Mac to connect via LocalTalk, download the operating system, write the 800k floppies, and put them into the SE.

Nooooo. Either Localtalk or floppies. You only need to get one method working to get the images onto the SE. As I explained, perhaps too briefly, above.

Either:

• A Mac on the internet, with a floppy drive
  
• Download the 6.0.8 800k disk images on that Mac
  
• Make 800k floppies on that Mac, and you're done.

Or:

• A PC on the net
  
• A Mac with a floppy drive (your 610 would do perfectly)
  
• Download the 6.0.8 800k disk images on the PC
  
• Transfer the images to the 610
  
• Make 800k floppies.

In fact, Localtalk is a complete waste of time. Forget anyone even mentioned it.

The 610 can:

read PC floppies or connect to the PC via ethernet to receive the disk images

and

make 800k floppies.

 

[Apostrophe]

Ohhh, okay. Thanks.

-Apostrophe