os9 and the Internet

[Jim Ditton]

This is my first time working with a Mac operating system I just bought a G4
that I think was on a network. I want to set it up to dial my ISP but when I
try and use Internet Setup Assistant I get the message "the alias internet
setup assistant could not be opened becasuse the orginal item could not be
found" any help would be very much appreciated.

[John Gentile]

If you're used to the PC world an alias is the Mac version of a shortcut.
The actual Internet Setup Assistant should be in your Applications (Mac OS
9) folder and then in the Utilities folder and in a folder called
assistants. If it's there you fix the link from the alias by clicking on it
once and then press the Apple key and the I key to get information. At the
bottom of that window is a box called "Select New Original". If it's not
there you can do a search for it by using the Sherlock. Under your Apple
menu is a Sherlock option - just do a search for the file on your hard
drive(s). If it isn't there at all you might want to reinstall it from your
system disk.

Another option is to go to your Apple menu and click on Control Panels and
look for Internet Control Panel - it will do the same thing as the ISA.

--
John Gentile Rhode Island Apple Group
yjg...@home.com President
"I never make mistakes, I only have unexpected learning opportunities"

[B Collins]

If you can not find Internet Setup Assistant on your hard drive, it's
possible that the previous owner deleted it as being unneccessary for
his/her use. Seems unlikely they would do that, but maybe. If that is
the case you can reinstall the system from the system CD. You can do a
Custom Install to just install selected items.

[Charles Martin]

In article <8lSl7.224903$NK1.20...@bin3.nnrp.aus1.giganews.com>,
"Jim Ditton" <jdi...@vtc.net> wrote:

This usually means one of two things:

1. This is one of the very rare Mac items that actually needs to be in a
specific place. Internet Setup Assistant should be in the "Internet
Utilities" folder inside your "Internet" folder.

2. The original software "Internet Setup Assistant" has been removed from
the machine or is damaged.

In either case, you do NOT have to run Internet Setup Assistant to connect
your Mac to the Internet.

Assuming you have the necessary data from your ISP (such as your pop and
smtp addresses, the phone number you need to call, etc) you can simply
enter that information in the places you want in the following control
panels (under the Apple Menu):

Remote Access
Modem
Internet
TCP/IP

and you should be good to go.

Further information can be found by activing Mac Help (from the menubar)
and doing a search for "Internet."
--
_Chas_
(non-spammers should use "chasm" at mac-dot-com instead of the email above!)

"Call me old-fashioned, but I want to read email with an email client, news with
a newsreader, and browse with a browser. A Swiss army knife is no substitute for
a toolbox." -- Kevin Craig, comp.sys.mac.apps