At 11:42 -0700 5/25/12, Bruce Johnson wrote, and I snipped: > >They did support it, for 4 versions of OS X...you just have the one where they >dropped support. >
I run OS 10.3.9 on my G4. 10.4 was installed and I was shocked when it absolutely would not talk to my SE/30 file server. No warning provided. Getting back to OS 10.3 was painful. 10.4 did support Ethertalk for use with printers. The necessary code was there but Apple deliberately disabled it for computer to computer use. Open Door software is available for OS 7 and I thought about it but one needs to put it on every machine and the cost was prohibitive. Apple purchased rights to Open Door's stuff with OS 8.6 or so. OS 9 has it installed by default. Manually assigning local 192.168.*.* addresses to your machines makes the missing names tolerable. Host files still work for assigning names but you have to manage them manually. I actually run BIND, a domain name server, on a Linux box with db files for the local machines but you probably don't want to go there. Your modem that connects you to the internet via cable or telephone lines may allow you to enter machine names for local IP addresses. An option is netpresenz from Stairways. It will allow things like OS 7 SE/30's to become ftp servers with provisions for Apple style resource forks. Your OS 10 box will be able to connect for receive only using Finder's GO menu. To pass files to the classic machine you can use something like curl from terminal or a third party ftp client that is GUI based. -- -->A flashlight: is a metal tube used to store dead dry cells. <-- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
