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Tallgeese
Full Member
USA
523 Posts |
 Posted - 08 Feb 2002 : 08:02:32
Does anyone know how I can connect my PB165 to my QS G4?In the old days, I would've just used a serial cable and AppleTalk, but the new Macs lack a serial port, and my PB lacks EtherNet. It does have an internal modem, if that helps... And no, I'm not getting a USB-to-serial box. Too expensive.
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cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 08 Feb 2002 : 09:25:39
You can either get a PCI card with serial ports for the QS, a SCSI-to-ethernet adapter for the PB (they suck), or a SCSI PCI card for the QS and a HDI-30 to DB-25 cable and set the PB up in external disk mode.666th poster to the
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FireWire is fast
General, 4 star
USA
1559 Posts |
Posted - 08 Feb 2002 : 09:53:20
actually, you can do a modem to modem connection *scurries off to find KnowledgeBase arcticle*
here we go: article ID 22229
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FireWire is fast
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cinemafia
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USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 08 Feb 2002 : 10:05:15
Oh yeah, I forgot about that!!! Wow, that brings back memories of when I used to dial up my friend's Performa down on the beach from my Plus and we'd chat and send files back and form using ZTerm...it's slow as allmighty hell (much slower than AppleTalk), but it is free...666th poster to the
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alcoa
Full Member
Albania
543 Posts |
Posted - 08 Feb 2002 : 10:59:58
quote:
Oh yeah, I forgot about that!!!
great one! kinda like a null modem setup WITH modems! A really good investment, IMHO, would be a Localtalk-Ethernet bridge. Several 68k's/printers etc. could be phone-netted to the serially impaired mac. if you just need to transfer a few files in an emergency, sometimes e-mail attachments work well as a last-best-cheapest resort.jt2 <8-}
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