On Monday, August 13, 2012 3:17:04 PM UTC-5, John Carmonne wrote: > > I have a G3 iMac 600 OS 9.2.2 and I need to connect it to a Quadra 650 OS > 7.5.5 via Ethernet. I only need to transfer text files to and from the desk > tops of the two machines, no internet or program sharing, only file > sharing. I've done this in the past but I'm at a block wall on it now. I > want a very simple one cable setup, anyone know how to do this? I've tried > to do it with Tiger on the G3 but I get nowhere so I'm going to install OS > 9 on it instead. > > In addition to all the other suggestions, make certain that the iMac is turned on and ethernet cable connected before you power up the Q650. If the ethernet circuitry in the Q650 doesn't see a connection fairly early in the power-on process the system won't activate the connection. This used to make getting a connection between two 68K machine with a cross-over cable loads of fun -- required booting three times between two machines.
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