Hello all,

I am a newbie here, although I have owned Macintosh computers all along the way since 1984.

I have successfully installed Basilisk II on my MacBook Pro. I have been able to upgrade from System 7.5.3 to 7.5.5, and I also have been successful with installing a few pieces of software like Print To PDF, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Disk Copy 6.2.2, Klondike, and iCab.

The one thing that I am struggling with is how to set up Mac TCP. Is there any step-by-step instruction available to show me how to set this up?

Thanks, in advance, for your patience and attention.
smp

Hello again all,

I found my answer in another topic - a nice explanation by Roger Regensburg:

>In the GUI:
>Network setting in the GUI needs to be "slirp".
>
>In MacOS in BasiliskII:
>If you have System 7.5.3 installed, check if classic networking (control panels Network and >MacTCP) or OpenTransport networking (control panels AppleTalk and TCP/IP) is enabled. If >classic networking is enabled, change the active networking with the "Network Software >Selector" ("Apple Extras" folder) from classic networking to OpenTransport networking. After a >new startup the TCP/IP control panel will be available. Set it to Ethernet and DHCP.
>(This setting will also work for internet connection when your MacBook is connected with WiFi.)
>

Thank you very much Roger, and I apologize for creating a new topic when my answer was available elsewhere.

smp

Yes, you forgot to change the network software before upgrading from 7.5.3 to 7.5.5. I am not sure it is possible to change network software in 7.5.5 after the upgrade.

BTW: My first name is Ronald.

Hello Ronald,

I am very sorry for getting your name wrong. I was so excited about getting the fix, I managed to bungle your name. Duh!

I actually did change the network software after I upgraded to 7.5.5. The Internet connection was not working from the outset, and I was thinking that when I upgraded to 7.5.5, that might fix it (fat chance) or I would get some more hints about how to get it done.

So, for me, meticulously following the setup guide for Mac OS X got me most of the way. I then had to spend some time figuring out what pieces of software work from inside the Unix Folder, what installers can work from the Unix Folder, and what installers have to be in the MacOS753 disk, etc.

In the meantime, I am having problems with my USB floppy disk drive. Mac OS X Lion will not show many of my old 68K floppy disks on the desktop, so I cannot get images of them. I can see all sorts of other floppy disks that have files on them, both Mac an Windows disks, but many of the original purchased floppies that I have, such as Wizardry and Write Now do not show up.

Anyway, I am having a blast with all of this. Thanks for being there, and for all the support that you offer!

smp

It should work with MacTCP also, but setting up MacTCP properly is more complicated than using Open Transport with TCP/IP.

Could it be that the floppies that do not show up are in the older (Mac specific) 400k or 800k format? You cannot read them using a USB floppy drive. They are in a special format that requires a drive and related drivers that can write and read with variable speed. That is how Apple managed to get 400KB and 800KB on 360k(SD) and 720k(DD) floppies. Those floppies can only be read in a (old) Mac with built-in Mac floppy drive. So, find someone who has such a machine. Disk images made of those floppies can be used with BasiliskII. (There seems to be a way to access those floppies in Windows with special software, but I do not know details.)