If you installed your Mac Internet software off last month╒s cover CD-ROM, and are having problems getting on line, try installing the MacTCP Prep file from the MacTCP folder to your Preferences folder and restarting. If the problem persists, launch Config PPP, select Config. and Connect Script, and then make sure the fifth line of your Connect Script says bled and not oseidon.
If you are installing the software for the first time Mac Internet software:
1. Open the Mac TCP folder and drag the MacTCP, MacTCP DNR and MacTCP Prep files onto your System folder icon. Make sure your System folder is not open while you do this, and in particualr make sure the MacTCP Prep file is properly put away in the Preferences folder.
2. Open the Netscape folder and drag the Netscape 1.0 application onto your hard disk.
3. Open the System folder and drag the Netscape f folder, found in the Netscape 1.0 folder, into the preferences folder.
4. Close your System folder again, Open the PPP folder, and drag the files ╘PPP╒ and ╘PPP Preferences╒ and ╘Config PPP╒ onto the System folder icon. Now restart your machine.
5. Open the control panel Config PPP which you╒ll find in the control panels folder.
6. Make sure that the port name setting is correct for you modem.
7. Click the open button on the Config PPP dialogue box to dial into to our service provider Atlas.
8. Double click on the Netscape icon (this is your browser application). The Netscape logo will tell you the software is loading.
9. The next thing you should see is the Atlas home page, which contains loads of information about browsing the Net, helper applications that allow you to download and use multimedia files. Most importantly of all, it contains a hyperlink to our very own Web site, CD-ROM Online. Simply click on the highlighted CD-Magazine, and our home pages are yours to explore.
If you have any problems, follow the troubleshooting instructions in paragraph one.
Important
Each month we will be printing a new password which will give readers another month╒s free Net time. To enter the password you need to click the Config button in the PPP Config dialogue box, then click Connect Script, and type the new password in the highlighted field. You can also use the config dialogue to change the dial in number. If you are calling from an office line, for example, insert 9, before the dial string.
