"Don't we all love smart programs that know what you want better than you do?" --Jerry Pournelle, Byte Magazine
FreePPP_2.5v2_files_1.0 aka "FPF 1.0"
The Internet Monkey (tm) Installer of MacPPP2.5.x is so smart that it may know what you want done to your system better than you do. So I created this more benign installer. This Compact Pro self-extracting archive can be installed directly into the system folder, or into an empty folder. Files contained herein were originally installed on system 7.1 68030 MacTCP but should be compatible with 7.5.x MacTCP or OT and should work on a PPC.
Q: What's wrong with the original FreePPP2.5 distribution?
A: The original distribution uses Internet Monkey. Unfortunately, they have configured Internet Monkey to do some annoying stuff:
Internet Monkey:
- Quits all applications, even if you're only installing the Read Me.
- Updates and removes (or copys?) prefs files from your system folder.
- Creates those annoying "Backup" folders every time it's run.
- Requires 2500k of RAM.
- Does not completely explain everything that it does to your system.
- Humiliating experience of having to relinquish your Mac to an Installer that you don't trust and/or don't like.
FPF:
+ You can use Compact Pro to extract only those files which you want from FPF. FPF provides you with the files you need and leaves it at that.
+ When using the self-extracting feature of FPF, you can install into an empty folder OR into your system folder. It prompts you for permission to overwrite files with same names. (You should have your previous version of PPP backed up anyway.) Oh, and you must manually remove previous PPP/SLIP versions.
+ FPF does not affect your preferences files.
+ FPF runs in 300k.
+ FPF is a Compact Pro archive, tried and true, an accepted user interface standard.
+ I have modified the standard file dialogue of FPF to make it a little more clear for the newbie.
Note: This is a self-extracting Compact Pro archive. Expand it into a _Folder_ in which you want all the files to go. If you expand it into the _System Folder_ all the files will be installed in the correct places, with the Docs and other extras going into a folder in the Apple Menu. It would of course be a good idea to remove any other PPP or SLIP networking software. And make sure you have a backup of your previous SLIP/PPP software before you install FPF. Be sure to backup your PPP preferences also, just in case.
Restart when done with installation.
Note Also: When using MacTCP, it may be necessary after installation to open MacTCP and select _Local Talk_ or some other driver and then select the PPP2.5 driver, and then close the MacTCP control panel. This will make the choice of PPP2.5 take effect.
Use the FPF installer at your own risk. Direct any comments / feedback regarding this installer to me via e-mail. Unfortunately I cannot provide much tech support for FreePPP at this time.
smithe@minot.com
Elliot Smith
(701) 839-4502
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Compact Pro® 1.51
Registered to ******** <<-- As soon as I can blow $20 or whatever the fee is without worrying about it, I'll register.
Archive Name:
FreePPP_2.5v2_files.sea
Created:
Wed, Dec 25, 1996, 8:35 PM <<-- my christmas has been exciting :-P
