On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 9:39 AM John-Robert La Porta <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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... > > > I use a Mac IIci with an Asante Ethernet card and ftp via fetch whatever over to it from the built-in FTP server on my MacBook. -- -- ----- 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/d/optout.
