Hi John,
Your beige G3 can communicate quite easily with your TiBook, and the different OS's are simply not a problem. There are any number of options (some of which have been discussed already):
1) Connect them directly with an Ethernet crossover cable, then connect via AppleTalk or TCP/IP.
2) Connect them each to an Ethernet hub or router, then connect via AppleTalk or TCP/IP.
3) If the computers are already hooked up via Ethernet to your university network (which I assume they are), you can skip (1) or (2) because they are already connected to the same network, and you can just mount your G3's HD on you PB via AppleTalk or TCP/IP.
4) If you can't figure out how to get AppleTalk or TCP/IP working, there are probably public folders on your university's server that you can copy your files to, and access from both computers.
5) Assuming both computers have Ethernet access, email the files to yourself as attachments.
6) Buy an inexpensive FireWire PCI card for the beige G3, get an external FireWire HD, and transfer the files using that.
7) Buy an inexpensive USB card for the beige G3, and use USB flash cards. Or an external USB CD burner. Or a USB ZIP. Or even (not recommended, but possible) a USB floppy drive. Any USB device, really.
Good luck,
- Darcy
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On 13 Jul, 2004, at 02:31 PM, John Howell wrote:
You're right, if anyone can help you, it's probably someone here. I find myself in the same kind of predicament, unfortunately. Our university upgrades our computers on a 4-year cycle, which isn't quite short enough. I have a lot of files on a 1998 G3, and I'm trying to keep it alive and working because it can't communicate with my 2002 PowerBook Titanium G4. The problem is partly operating systems--OS 8.1 vs. OS X/Classic. But even more frustrating is the impossibility of connecting them directly. The G3 has only serial (or parallel--whatever) ports, while the G4 has only USB ports. The G3 can save to floppy, but the G4 has no floppy drive. The G3 can read CDs, but not burn them. Etc. Lots of luck, and I'll be watching for suggestions that might help me as well.
John
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