I'm pretty sure a Null modem cable won't work on those 2 macs. They need a PC type serial port, and mac's used a different type till usb.
You could probably network boot the computer over appletalk/ethernet though. But i couldn't tell you how. Look for a local classic mac usergroup in your area, most likely still some around, and someone can get your se booting again. On Aug 13, 4:32 pm, Alexander Krause <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, the drive in the SE actually works and the G3 _has_ a floppy > drive. But I asked whether that cable is able to connect the two Macs, > especially for installing System 7.5.x. > > -- Alex > > Am 14.08.2009 um 01:05 schrieb nyder: > > > > > I'm a little lost here. > > > Does the floppy not work in the SE? Or no floppy in the G3? > > > Seems a bit complicated for what could be done very easy. > > > On Aug 12, 4:49 pm, Doug McNutt <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 1) If you get far enough a source of 25 pin D style SCSI cables is > >> someone who still has a Zip drive. They were delivered with such a > >> cable. Anything wired for RS232 serial or peecee parallel port is > >> doomed to failure. > > >> 2) Some Macs - all portables I'm afraid - had a way to start them > >> up in "target" mode. That way a machine could become what you want > >> with its disk being available to a desktop box. A target machine > >> had to be sure that it didn't respond to requests on SCSI 7. Device > >> 7 is always the computer if there is only one SCSI bus and that > >> would surely be a conflict with two fully operating motherboards. > >> This 8500 has two SCSI busses and might connect the way you want on > >> the second - external - bus where the target disk could remain ID-0 > >> without opening the box. > > >> -- > >> --> As a citizen of the USA if you see a federal outlay expressed > >> in $billion then multiply it by 4 to approximate your share > >> expressed in dollars. <-- > > > > > > > smime.p7s > 4KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
