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Trying To Get A Old Performa Online Part 2

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If anyone is just tuning in Basicly I have an old Performa LC575 and I am trying to get it online though etherenet I am not looking for practicality but just because it been my project
 
#2 ·
The Parts Have Been Ordered

I orders a Mac Os 8.0 cd and lc pds ethernet card and the site said they were fully compatible I want to say thankyou to adoptamac.com for the part besides the shipping it was very affordable I also email a guy on craigslist for an old external HD so when I reinstall my os for the ethernet extension I can back up my files now if I just have the computer lc 575 mac os 8 cd and ethernet card whatt do I have to do to install it I don NOT have the extension or drivers for the card that why I got the mac os 8 cd
 
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I orders a Mac Os 8.0 cd and lc pds ethernet card and the site said they were fully compatible I want to say thankyou to adoptamac.com for the part besides the shipping it was very affordable I also email a guy on craigslist for an old external HD so when I reinstall my os for the ethernet extension I can back up my files now if I just have the computer lc 575 mac os 8 cd and ethernet card whatt do I have to do to install it I don NOT have the extension or drivers for the card that why I got the mac os 8 cd
Hmm I think I understand, when you reinstall the system with the LC PDS card installed the drivers will be loaded automatically.

K
 
#8 ·
Depends on the installation option you select, clean install will rename your old system file but keep it intact. A straight install will overwrite the old system but problem is it may also keep old extensions and control panels depending on what is on the Mac currently.
 
#9 ·
NiteShooter

When I went to your couler classic upgrade website you mentioned tech tools is there a way I could get it I looked for but they only had mac OS X versions
Correct the current commercially available version is only for OS X. You would have to find the free older version. Have you tried Google?
 
#13 ·
Unfortunately the newest OS that his LC 575 will run is OS 8.1.....

and the retail installation disk for OS 9 does not contain Appleworks.

Only installation disks for specific Macs such as the iMacs etc came with software reinstallation disks which may include other programs.

Kevin
 
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The parts came yesterday and I installed the pds ethernet can did a clean install os mac os 8.0 on my mac os 8.1 but I did not loose an of my persanol files and its online but how do I update mac os 8.0 to 8.1 :)
:lmao::clap::lmao::clap:
Found this by doing a google search on OS 8.1 upgrade...

Apple - Support - Discussions - 8.1 Upgrade ...

The 8.1 upgrade was a free download from Apple most of the Mac magazines of that time frame who had cover CD's had copies as well.

Kevin
 
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