Using OS 9 on PowerBook G4 running OSX 10.5.8
I have a PowerBook G4 in good working order running OS 10.5.8.
I am trying to migrate upward Pagemaker 7 files from a MacPlus running OS 6. I have Adobe InDesign 2 on my PowerBook and this should open Pagemaker 7 files. I can put my Pagemaker 7 files onto a 1.4 diskette on the OS 6 system. Now I need to connect a 1.4 disk USB drive to my PowerBook to bring the Pagemaker 7 files into InDesign.
I have bought an Imation SuperDisk complete with its original installation disk. I have installed on my PowerBook G4 the Mac OS 9 support files from the original G4 installation disc. However, when I try to run the installation file, I get what I believe is an Apple message (not an Imation install message) that says: "You can't open this application because the classic environment is not longer supported." I suppose this is because I have upgraded from the original G4 OSX installation.
I suppose I could wipe the G4 clean and start over by installing the original OS that came with it with the OS 9 support files. However, even if I then get the Imagion disk drive working, I probably won''t be able to run InDesign in that original OS. Can you guide me?
Perhaps there is another way to move the Pagemaker 7 files from my MacPlus to my Powerbook G4? At the moment it is not connected to the internet and I do not know how to set that up. Or perhaps there is a computer to computer file transfer option?
Help greatly appreciated. I really want to move these old elaborate Pagemaker 7 files up into InDesign 2, thence to 3, 4 etc.that I have on my iMac and MacMini.
Thank you thank you!