jason@cs.utexas.edu (Jason Martin Levitt) (08/04/90)
I'm running a Mac IIfx with an Apple ethernet card and
8 megs of RAM. I'm using MacTCP 1.0.1 and the release versions
of TCPtool and the Communications Toolbox.
When I click on the MacTCP or AdminTCP CDEVs, I get
a System Error with ID=10. When I click on the Network CDEV
and then the Ethertalk [either 1.2 or 2.0] icon, I get the same system
error.
This only happens on my IIfx and it happens with or without the
ethernet card in the slot. Everything functions normally if I move the
same hard disk to a IIci .
Anybody who can solve this mystery, gets my eternal gratitude and a
six pack of beer.
---Jason jason@cs.utexas.edu (512) 326-9102jason@cs.utexas.edu (Jason Martin Levitt) (08/10/90)
I took a clean 1.4meg diskette and installed just "System Software
for the Macintosh IIfx" on the diskette using the release system
software diskettes.
I then copied MacTCP into the System Folder. I removed the
Ethernet card and all external SCSI devices. That leaves 8 meg
of Ram, an internal floppy drive, an internal quantum 80 meg drive, and an
Apple 13" RGB display with Apple 24 bit color card.
I booted the IIfx using the diskette I had just created. When I
clicked on MacTCP, boom, System Error ID=10. I then rebooted on
the hard disk and zapped the PRAM, just for kicks. I then booted the
diskette again and it still bombed.
I then took the diskette over to a local computer store where they
had a IIfx on display. I booted the diskette on the IIfx. I clicked
on MacTCP. It worked just fine. The IIfx at the computer store had
an Apple RGB display and 24 bit color card, internal 80 meg disk and
4 meg of RAM. That's all.
Conclusion: It's a hardware problem.
---Jason jason@cs.utexas.edu (512) 326-9102