Thanks for all the advice! I'm not sure I understand all of what everyone said but this gives me a couple of ideas to pursue. I'm sure I'll be back with more questions.
It sounds like the odds are low of getting it to work straight away with a crossover cable but it won't take much time to trying a local IP address and looking at the transceiver's status lights - so that's what I'll start with. If that fails then I suppose I'll try to find a small hub to avoid using a crossover cable and then try 7.5.3. By the way, am I overlooking an easier alternative for getting the files off of the Quadra? There's no gadget that makes a thumb drive recognizable to the Quadra, is there? Thanks! On Tuesday, November 12, 2013 6:05:32 PM UTC-5, Clark Martin wrote: > > > On Nov 12, 2013, at 12:39 PM, Quadet wrote: > > I'm trying to copy some files off of my old Quadra 700 to a Mac Mini and > am stuck. I have the Quadra running System 7.1 and MacTCP 2.0.5. It has an > AAUI-to-Ethernet transceiver connected to a crossover Ethernet cable that's > connected at the other end to my Mini. It also has a working CD-ROM drive. > > I read the networking guide at applefool.com/se30 and did my best to > follow its instructions. I played around with the Control Panel / Network, > MacTCP, File Sharing, etc. and thought I had succeeded in sharing the > Quadra's hard-drive but my Mini sees nothing. But I don't really know what > I'm doing and, to be specific, I don't know what to do on Mac Mini side > other than stare at a Finder window and hope a server icon magically > appears. On the Mini I tried pinging the IP address that I had specified in > MacTCP on the Quadra and it timed out. > > This has probably been done a hundred times so if someons could point me > to the right website page I would be immensely grateful. > > > Accessing your Quadra (server) from the Mini (client) will be difficult to > impossible. OS 7.1 doesn't support AppleShare over IP. Newer versions of > Mac OS X don't support using AppleShare over AppleTalk and there are > problems with the version that do support it, particularly with older > versions of Personal File Sharing such as on System 7.1. > > OS 7.1 doesn't support AppleShare over IP as a client. > > If you can upgrade the OS to 7.5.3 then you can install an AppleShare over > IP client. > > You could use an intermediate computer to accomplish the transfer. > > You could setup the Mini to serve FTP then run Anarchie or Fetch on the > Quadra to upload the files. > -- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
