On Saturday, March 30, 2002, at 10:08 AM, Claudio DiCenzo wrote:
> Problem 1: I have an old 7200/120 Power Mac and a new iMac 600. I
> have a
> lot of old files on the 7200 that I want to access and still be able to
> use
> the computer itself. I set up a network (using cable) with an SMC
> Barricade
> router, but the old Mac is so slow the pages on the internet and my
> email
> won't finish loading.
"Finish loading" seems like a memory condition. I mean, eventually
they should finish loading. Turn off file sharing on the old machine.
When you want to transfer files do it from the old machine. That should
speed things up a bit. A 7200/120 should surf the net fine if you have
enough memory. Try iCab for an addictive speed hit on those old
machines. Likely, if your email is slow, you are using Netscape. The
biggest speed boost you can get is to stop using Netscape. Switch your
email to something lighter weight. Lowendmac's site can give you the
low down here. Eudora light 3, Emailer, and Green are all much faster.
> Problem 2: Although I have the network set up, I can't access one
> computer
> from the other. I'm running OS X on the new machine and OS 8.1 on the
> older
> one. Do you think this might be causing the problem?
> I would appreciate any guidance. Thanks, Claudio
Under the network panel in OS X make certain that AppleTalk is on
(it is not on by default). BTW, I believe that you can be an afp client
on OS 8.1 but you need an AppleShare update.
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