Q: Link a powerpc to an a mac mini with ethernet cable?
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Mar 31, 2013 11:11 PMby Kenichi Watanabe,What Mac OS X does the Mac mini run. I believe Snow Leopard (or maybe Leopard) is the last release of Mac OS X that can "talk" to a Mac running Mac OS 9 or earlier, over Ethernet. I know it works with Leopard, and it does NOT work with Lion.
These are instructions that will work, assuming the Mac mini's OS supports it.
http://main.system7today.com/articles/tutorials/osxfilesharing.html
This web site is about the older System 7, but the same procedure works for Mac OS 8.x (and even 9.x). In this setup, the Mac mini acts as the "server." You are connecting to the Mac mini from the old Mac. If you are successful, you will use the old Mac's Finder to copy those files onto the Mac mini's mounted network volume.
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Apr 1, 2013 12:14 AMby BelletteMac,Thanks Kenichi,
But no luck.
The Mini is on Lion so I switched to a MacBook with Snow Leopard and tried it, still no luck.
The PPC 7300/200 (8.1) wouldnt recognize either of them. Not to worry, thanks for your help.
I was just trying to get some PhotoCD images in 3,000 x 2,000 fornat off a disc with PhotoFlash, but I can live with the standard 7mb files instead tha iPhoto provides I guess..
Ross/.
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Apr 1, 2013 1:09 AMby Kenichi Watanabe,That's way to big for my idea involving floppy disks; you can get a cheap generic USB 3.5-inch floppy disk drive, connect it to your moderm Mac, and read 1.44mb floppy discs from the old Mac. 1.44mb...! Wow. I forgot how small that was, and the original Mac could boot from an even smaller floppy disc.
