The way I see it, she would be better off with a
powerbook that can do ethernet.
IIRC (but you'll need to check yourself) the 5x0
series Powerbooks have built-in ethernet and they
should cost less than any of the other listed
solutions. Not to mention the fact that they are way
faster than the PB180.
HTH
Cheers
Andrea
> From: James Dwyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: How to transfer files from a PB180 to a
> G4
> Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 08:57:56 +0200
> Message-Id:
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> >
> >--
> >Hi,
> >I have a problem I hope you can help with.
> >A friends daughter has a G4/400 and is going off to
> university. She
> >wants an ultra cheap laptop for note taking in
> class and I have an
> >old PB180 she could use. Problem is how to transfer
> files from the PB
> >to the G4?
> >She would like to do this without using a floppy
> disk.
> >Ideas...
> >Thanks in advance.
> >Ray
>
> I read others' responses after writing my own.
> Since there are more,
> I'll post them anyway!
>
> You could use a localtalk bridge (a hardware device)
> to make a localtalk
> to ethernet connection. This would be easy if you
> had the bridge. The
> cost about $100 new, but perhaps you could borrow
> one for the occasion!
> [I have one here in Munich, but that's probably not
> convenient!]
> (AsanteTalk is one; there have been others.)
>
> You could e-mail the files in question. Could be
> slow and expensive.
>
> If the G-4 has a SCSI card, you could start the
> PowerBook in SCSI slave
> mode and use the G-4 to place the files she wants on
> the PB.
>
> If someone knows how, you could use a "null modem
> cable" [in lieu of
> modems and a real online connection] and transfer
> the files by a
> communications program. I've never done this, so
> cannot describe details.
>
> Or you could install the PB harddrive in the G-4 for
> purposes of
> transferring files! (But I must admit this seems
> like true overkill!)
>
> You could use a Zip drive or drives which could
> connect to both computers.
>
> -- Jim Dwyer, Munich, Germany
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