Re: [ProgSoc] playing with an oldish Mac

[alister air <baitoven@nospam.progsoc.uts.edu.au>]

On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, vik wrote:

> I have just acquired a Mac LC575. Seems to work OK - a couple of
> question tho:

As long as you're not expecting anything like speed from it...

> [] When I go to the cute little apple icon on the left corner of the
> menu bar,
>    it doesn't show a control panel option. Any ideas where it might be
> hidden 
>    or how I can get it back? (its MacOS 7.6)

Simple.  Macintosh HD icon -> System Folder -> Control Panel.  The Apple
Menu Items folder inside the System Folder is (funnily enough) where the
Apple menu items live.

> [] There is an ethernet card in it, but the physical port type is one I
> have
>    not seen b4 (kinda like RJ45/normal ethernet, but with connectors on
> both
>    sides). Can one get a cable to go between that and a normal ethernet
> RJ style
>    socket, or ehternet 15pin D-connector?

Even though it looks strange, I suspect you'll find it's not and takes a
regular RJ45 cable.

> any other ideas what I can do with it? seems to have 20Megs RAM in it,
> but without a 
> control panel I don't know how to check (is the amount shown in "about
> this computer"
> physical RAM or Virtual mem?) 

Both, with 7.5.  Newer versions of the OS differentiated.  You'll get the
Control panel though - it'll be there.

Alister

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