PaulM Posted June 7, 2019 Report Share Posted June 7, 2019 Hi folks, I have an SE and an SE/30 and I want to use peer-to-peer AppleTalk (printer port to printer port) for file sharing.... should be simple and I think I did everything I'm supposed to do, but no luck yet. The SE/30 has system 7.1 (and/or 6.0.8) and the SE has 6.0.8. I have file-sharing turned on and Guest user access etc. But when the SE Chooser comes up and I select, AppleTalk, there are no File Servers listed to choose from. Not sure how to troublehshoot further (other than replace the cable?) Also wondering if there is a step-by-step guide for simple file sharing.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dog Cow Posted June 7, 2019 Report Share Posted June 7, 2019 I would verify your cabling first. What are you using? For a two-machine connection, I use an Apple StyleWriter cable, mini DIN 8 on both ends. That one pictured has the crossing arrows of LocalTalk, but other versions of the cable have an Apple logo on both ends instead. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PaulM Posted June 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2019 My cable looks just like that one, mini DIN 8 on both ends (I think it has the arrows). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lowlytech Posted June 8, 2019 Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 I know my SE/30 had about 4 bad traces from capacitor goo that went to the printer ports. I was looking for some kind of loopback tester hardware for the printer/modem port but didn't come up with anything. Since then I connected up another mac and tried the file sharing between two macs and it just worked without doing anything special. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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