you are absolutely right, andrew. i remember trying it and it was a complete disaster.
Op 12-aug-09, om 23:22 heeft Andrew Jung het volgende geschreven: > > Hello Alex, > I don't think that you can connect two Macs together using SCSI as > both computers would have the same ID and cause a conflict of some > sort. > > Why not just make a boot floppy for your SE... unless you don't have a > floppy on your Power Macintosh. > Anyhow, I think you are asking for problems if you connect the two > together. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. > > Cheers, Andrew. > > On 12-Aug-09, at 1:46 PM, Alex wrote: > >> >> Hello there, >> >> I've recently bought a Power Macintosh G3 to solve the problem >> reviving my Macintosh SE. >> >> I'd like to format the drive of the Macintosh SE without putting the >> drive out of the Macintosh. >> >> Both the SE and the G3 have female D-SUB 25 connectors for external >> SCSI devices. I have read that someone connected the both using a >> SCSI >> cable (D-SUB 25 to D-SUB 25). After having turned on both the Macs he >> formatted the drive of the SE with his G3. >> >> I have a "Null-Modem cable" (I don't know the right expression in >> Englisch, in German it is "Nullmodemkabel", if that helps :-D). This >> cable has also two male D-SUB 25 connectors and was used to connect >> two PCs using their parallel port to transfer files. >> >> So the question is: Can I use that cable to connect the both >> computers? I think the cable is not exactly connected pin-by-pin. >> >> It's been a long time since I have been using PCs, so I don't know >> whether it's possible or not. >> >> Kind regards from Germany, >> >> -- Alex >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
