I would appreciate some tech advice
I have some Macs I use in system 7.6 and 8.1
I need to continue to use them and those system version due to legacy software
I use
But I also have an I Mac
It's blue and all-in-one Mac with screen integrated
I need to be able to have an external hard drive
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> I have some Macs I use in system 7.6 and 8.1
> I need to continue to use them and those system version due to legacy
> software I use
> But I also have an I Mac
> It's blue and all-in-one Mac with screen integrated
> I need to be able to have an external hard drive go back and forth between
>
Yes, what Ken said. Your 7200 should have an ethernet jack, you would
connect the iMac and 7200 together that way. You can keep the phonenet
connection between the old beige boxes, but if all have ethernet, use a hub
and do it all that way - it will be way faster for file transfers!
If you have
There are USB-SCSI adapters out there but 1) they're really expensive and
2) I have no idea how reliable they are. You'll still need an external SCSI
drive enclosure and power supplyas well, so based on eBay prices you're
talking at least $150-200.
I would also recommend networking for file
On 2 Jul 2016, at 10:34:51 AM PDT, bigclaim via Vintage Macs wrote:
OK - got it - so the older Macs use a gizmo that plugs into the back
of the Mac - called PhoneNet and then a phone cable inserts into the
PhoneNet and goes to the other older Mac. I didn't look yet - how
will I hook a
On 2 Jul 2016, at 10:45:06 AM PDT, bigclaim via Vintage Macs wrote:
I can't determine (as yet) how to have a PhoneNet cable situation
between the Mac 7200 and the IMAC
For this connection, I would use a "dumb hub" and cat5 ethernet
cables. Both computers have "standard" ethernet
OK - got it - so the older Macs use a gizmo that plugs into the back of the Mac
- called PhoneNet and then a phone cable inserts into the PhoneNet and goes to
the other older Mac. I didn't look yet - how will I hook a PhoneNet to the I
Mac - does that work. AS I said, I haven't looked yet -
