I have a Macintosh SE/30 that I just got from a huge haul of vintage computers. It came installed with an Ethernet card which is a Cabletron E5000 I believe. I can only find one copy of the driver on the web and that is this one right here: http://files.max1zzz.co.uk/drivers/cabletron.sit Tried installing drivers onto the SE/30, but to no avail. In fact, the installer won't let me install the drivers the easy way and I do not know what specific files are needed in order for the ethernet to work as it kept giving me errors whenever I try to switch to EtherTalk. Any suggestions? Does anybody know where I can get a legit disk image of the Cabletron EtherTalk Installer? I can only do 800K floppy transfers, though I do have it connected to my PowerMac via printer port. Also, I'm using System 6.0.8.
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2015, January 9 - 8:09am
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Trying to install Ethernet Drivers for Mac SE/30
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2015, January 9 - 8:39pm
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In that file you've DL'd from max1zzz's, the enclosed README doc has a few hints on installing tho I only see mention of EA4xx there, so whether your card is supported or not by these drivers I couldn't say.
From the README doc:
You must perform a "Custom Install" to install the EA4xx driver.
Driver conflicts
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This installer installs a driver resource in your system file with the name ".ENET0" and uses the next available ID. If you already have a driver of this type installed, the installer will attempt to remove it. If it does not, you may end up with multiple drivers with the same name. Because of this, you cannot attach the EA4XX to a Macintosh SE with an internal Ethernet adapter since they both use the same driver name.
Installing:
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Turn off all Extensions and Control Panels. Under System 7.x this can be done by rebooting and holding down the shift key while the Macintosh is starting up.
Custom Install Options:
* Ethertalk Phase 2 SE/30 NuBus
This option will only install the DNI Ethernet driver, .ENET shell, and the Ethertalk Phase 2 extension for Macintosh SE/30 and NuBus systems.
Note: If you are installing over an older DNI driver, you must re-install Ethernet Statistics.
If the Installation fails
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There are some problems with the Apple Installer and some third party inits that may cause the installation to fail. If you are getting errors from the installer, try one of the following procedures:
Procedure 1:
1) Move all third party inits and extensions from your extensions folder and control panels folder to a temporary folder.
2) Restart your Mac and retry the installation.
Procedure 2:
1) Move all third party inits and extensions from your extensions folder and control panels folder to a temporary folder.
2) Restart with your "Disk Tools" disk and drag your entire System Folder to the trash.
3) Restart with your "Install 1" disk and re-install your system software.
4) Restart, and run the Cabletron Installer again.
HTH