On 1/9/06 6:34 AM, "Nat Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As I indicated in my earlier message, my 68000 Macintosh 512k running > System 2.0 had no problems with my G4 running 10.2.8. > So Apple must've broken this support sometime during the 10.3.x era.
But all this aside, unless you are using a very new Mac that simply cannot boot OS 9, and assuming you have no access whatsoever to a copy of OS 9 (highly unlikely), then why not simply take a few seconds to boot into OS 9 and enjoy compatible Appletalk connections? Sure, I too would love to connect with my older Macs using Tiger running on my G4 Cube. I don't like to boot OS 9. But I'd rather do that than fire up Classic. And the fact is, my modern 1.7GHz G4 Cube can indeed connect to my older Macs with OS 9. I do that all the time to share files with my 40MHz Turbo 040 accelerated SE/30. Now, I have a related-but-slightly-different question about the 512k Mac mentioned above... I assume this is an original 512k with 64k ROMS, as opposed to the newer 512KE (with 128k Mac Plus ROMS)? If so, is there a limit to the number of files that the 512k can see on a new Mac connected to it on the network? For example, say I have a G4 Cube running OS 9 connected via Ethernet (and hub) to an SE/30 running some flavor of System 7. The SE/30 has the Apple Localtalk Bridge control panel installed. If I then connect a Mac512K to the SE/30 via PhoneNet (to the printer port), all 3 Macs are then linked. So the G4 Cube can see the HD of the SE/30 and the 512k, and the two old Macs can see the Cube. I know that the SE/30 can see all the files on the Cube, but is there a limitation to the number of files the 512k can see across the network? I've not tried it which is why I ask. But I was reading an old 1984 edition Macworld about the limit to the number of files that a 512k Mac can see when connected to a hard disk. That's why there was no real meaning to connect a hard disk larger than about 20MB to the original Mac512 because it couldn't deal with sizes larger than that. Therefore, my question is, if the Mac512k can't deal with even a 30MB hard disk, then how does it handle localtalk access to a modern Mac that has a multi-Gigabyte hard drive and 10's of thousands of files? Many thanks, James Wages -- System6 is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> System 6 Heaven <http://www.euronet.nl/users/mvdk/system_6_heaven.html> System6 info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/system6.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:system6@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/system6%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deals www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
