Re: GS questions

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

mojoehand <jgray@zianet.com> wrote:

> I just got GS/OS 6.01 installed on a Zip disk. I had no end of trouble
> with bad floppy disks.
> 
> When booting up, I get an error that says "The selected Appletalk
> connection could not be found". I'm not using Appletalk. Did I screw
> something up when I did the installation?
> 
> If I later want to install an Uthernet and Marinetti, do I need any of
> the Appletalk or network related stuff from the install floppies?
> 
> I did install the Laserwriter driver. It is listed in the direct
> connect control panel. Does this need any of the Appletalk stuff? The
> reason I installed the Laserwriter is so that I can print to a
> Postscript file and later print that on my PC.

The LaserWriter driver brings along the AppleTalk support files, since
all Apple LaserWriters supported by the IIgs are AppleTalk printers.

If you only want "print to file" functionality you should be able to
disable or remove the AppleTalk drivers.

The primary file you need to get rid of is System:Drivers:SCC.Manager,
which is the serial port arbitration driver used by AppleTalk. It is the
one displaying the error message. You don't need it if you aren't using
AppleTalk.

-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz