[MacDV] Internet Kills Mac Apps

[rfrothgery at earthlink.net]

-----Original Message-----
From: Gordon Alley <gordon.alley at gmail.com>
Sent: Aug 17, 2005 1:51 PM
To: 
	"A place to discuss digital video on Macintosh." <macdv at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
Subject: Re: [MacDV] Internet Kills Mac Apps

If it turns out that the storm zapped your friend's cable modem, it may have 
also knocked out the Powerbook's Ethernet port.

On 8/17/05, Steve Robertson <stever at mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> This doesn't have anything to do with video, but this is the largest
> group of Mac experts I can contact easily.
> 
> A friend of mine bought an old Powerbook from me. It runs OS 9.2.2 and
> is connected to the Internet by a cable modem. About a week ago, the
> cable company suffered some extensive storm damage. When the cable
> service returned, my friend found that she could not open the two
> pieces of software she uses most of the time ? Internet Explorer and
> Outlook Express.
> 
> After doing some exploring, I found that any software that relies on
> the Internet would not open. In other words, Netscape Communicator
> behaves exactly like the Microsoft products. They put up a splash
>
(snip)

> cable box could kill software like this.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Yes. Use OS 10 anything.  I use explorer all the time with no difficulty.  I also download files that will be used in my PC. The cds I burn open right up in Windoze.  I would never put a PC on the web, but then I don't have to - I'm a Mac user.

Robert Rothgery