> Well, you're right, but it might work. And in the worst case it won't > work, I think.
Be careful; I had a Power Mac 7200 that stopped working a while after I tried this. Better to make boot disks. --Dave > > Am 12.08.2009 um 23:22 schrieb Andrew Jung: > >> >> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
