Netscape Navigator 2.02 is recommended if you have less than 12 MB of system RAM. Mosaic is the original Web browser that requires less RAM and hard disk space, but is no longer being developed and lacks many new features. Which is available as either four disk images (each the size of a floppy disk file (1.4 MB) or one complete file called 'Net Install.' If you have system Mac OS 8.1, then install OT 1.3, which is included. Any macs with a central processor unit (CPU) earlier than 68030 CANNOT use Open Transport.įor any system version prior to Mac OS 8.1, install Open Transport 1.1.2. If you have a system with a 68040 processor or any PowerPC, upgrade to system 8.1. If you have a system with a 68030 processor, the last system software version that you can run is version 7.6.1, which I have been using on our LC III, very successfully, but with 36 MB of RAM. If you have system 7.5.1 or 7.5.2, they are very buggy, please use the updaters here, following the instructions included in the folders. I always recommend using the latest version of any software that you can.įirst, update your system to at least Mac OS version 7.5.3 or later.

As a result, if you use it, especially any version earlier than 2.5.3, you will probably encounter compatibility problems, depending on what other software you use. MacPPP is still available from Apple, but is no longer being developed.

Blunk originally wrote MacPPP for Apple while he was working at Merit Network in Ann Arbor, Michigan. FreePPP is written, in large part, by Mac wizard Steve Dagley. The other version of these instructions covers using OT/PPP from Apple.įirst, a little history. Download the latest version of FreePPP from their site, which at this writing is 2.5.3 but version 2.6 will be available soon. This rendition covers configuring your system for the Net using FreePPP from Rockstar Studios. Installing and configuring the Open Transport Software FreePPP

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