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<h1 id="main-title">3Com INIT and AppleTalk System File</h1>
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I have encountered a problem involving 3Com's 3+Mail, the 3+File, and the<BR>
AppleTalk system file.  It seems that 3Com or something is modifying the<BR>
AppleTalk file so that the Macintosh bombs (usually ID 3).  Throwing out<BR>
the AppleTalk system file prevents the system crash, and my Macintosh seems<BR>
to run just fine without the file.<BR>
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What creates this file?  What does it do?  Why do I need it?<BR>
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The file contains AppleTalk protocol updates. &nbsp;AppleTalk is found in ROM,<BR>
but when an update is made to AppleTalk, these changes get put in a system<BR>
file. This could happen if you're doing a number of system-related<BR>
installations: &nbsp;3Com, EtherTalk, System, etc.<BR>
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The 3Com INIT is, unfortunately, not &quot;smart&quot; enough to say &quot;I'm not on,<BR>
EtherNet, so don't load yet.&quot; &nbsp; If you forget to disable the 3Com INIT and<BR>
you boot with LocalTalk selected, you will get a bomb and have to boot from<BR>
another disk to start up. <BR>
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