Hey All.
I have a newley restored Dimension Cube running Openstep 4.2 and was wondering how can I get the Software Apps I see on FTP sites onto the Cube?
I have installed a floppy drive, so is it possible to take software off a PC from a Next FTP Site and put it onto a floppy? It seems to recognize the DOS floppies.
If not what is the best strategy. I have no internet access connected to the Next.
Thanks.
Quote from: "Rooster"
If not what is the best strategy.
..burning to a CD-R?
Quote from: "Andreas"
..burning to a CD-R?
Unfortunately no CD-R drive :(
I would suggest that if you have a home network or a hub, to set it up on to it and either directly connect to the net or at least to your other computer... I've found that to be the easiest. There's always Zip disks too...
you could most likely setup nat for the slab.
Quote from: "Rooster"Quote from: "Andreas"
..burning to a CD-R?
Unfortunately no CD-R drive :(
Here in Germany you get old SCSI-drives for nothing. I would try to collect an old external drive, even if you have to spend a few bucks.
Or get a 2G Jaz drive. I got one for $10 and 15 disks for $20.
Quote from: "Andreas"Here in Germany you get old SCSI-drives for nothing. I would try to collect an old external drive, even if you have to spend a few bucks.
Seconded, I have no idea how I could survive without a CD-R. In fact DVR-R/W is cheap as chips these days and works with CD-R/W, do you not have a Mac or a PC you could put a drive in?
Quote from: "Andreas"Quote from: "Rooster"
If not what is the best strategy.
..burning to a CD-R?
Ok I managed to find a SCSI CD Rom from an old PowerMac for $7
It works. Whoo Hoo
New Question: I burnt a disk with files from one of the Next/Openstep FTP sites but can't figure out how to install files.
I'm a bit of a newbie so I'm looking for an Install/Setup app or just a .app file to run but could not figure it out.
Any help would be appreciated as to the process of installing Apps onto the next.
Hi usually it's just a package with an extension like .pkg, if you double click on it, it will launch the software installer and guide you through the install process.
In some cases it might just unpack (tar or something else) and be a complete app in a folder ready to go.
One of the best things you can do is get hold of an archiving app like OpenUp or Opener. These will make unpacking stuff easy.
In the meantime and in case you new to Unix/Linux, if you go to Terminal.app and open it, at the promt type
tar -xvf <and then type in the path to the the file you want to unpack (you can also drag it if you want)>
If the file ends with tar.gz or .tgz then you'll need to remove the gzip from the packed file by doing this
gzip -d <path to file>
If you get stuck you can type: man tar or: man gzip in terminal and it'll tell you what to do.
brams