Curious as to what everyone uses to get software from the internet down to their classic Macs. I have worked a bit over the years to have a setup that works. Below is what I do:
2010 iMac w/ 6TB mirrored RAID drive: I store all my family's stuff on it, but also disk images/stuffit archives of all of my System 6 - OS 9 stuff. 2002 iMac G4: Runs Mac OS X 10.4, connects to the iMac RAID drive over the network via AFP/SMB. Can easily move things back and forth. Also modern enough to connect to Macintosh Garden, etc, to download things directly. 1996 PowerTower Pro: What I call my "Swiss Army Computer." Has multiple internal HDs. Dual start OS 8.6/7.5.5. PCI cards with USB and Firewire. Internal Jaz/Zip drives. SCSI port. Can basically interface with anything. I use an Airport express to connect the iMac G4 and this to my main house network. 8.6 can either connect to the iMac G4 via AppleTalk, or skipping a step directly to the 2010 iMac using FTP. Once the software is here, anything is possible: disseminate via printer port AppleTalk, floppy, external SCSI drive, you name it. What do you guys do? As more time goes by, it seems like more steps are needed... -- -- ----- 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 vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
