On Jan 9, 2009, at 9:55 PM, Mullin9 wrote: > I own a iMac G4, and a beige Mac, > is there an external HDD casing, with Firewire and DB-25 SCSI, > so I hook it up to a DB25 on my Powermac 5300, and transfer my file to > an iMac, using the FW 400
No, there's no case with Firewire and SCSI. Firewire cases all use PATA or SATA HDs, while SCSI cases all use SCSI HDs. They are incompatible. You can use file sharing over any ethernet network to move files between these various Macs. This could be a tiny bit tricky if the files are large, but should be easily possible. The highest OS for the 5300 is OS 9.1, but you should be able to file share between 9.1 and OS X on the these. You could also attach the files to emails and mail them to yourself to transfer them. You can get a Firewire 400 PCI card for Beige if you need compatibility between the iMac and Beige. You can even boot the Beige from external FW400 HDs using XPostFacto's Helper Disk boot option, which also eliminates three big problems of the Beige: 1) the 1st 8 GB partition for OS X in not required for FW HDs 2) the 128 GB HD limit does not apply to FW HDs 3) FW400 bus is almost twice as fast as the internal Apple ATA33 bus, and a cheaper alternative to ATA133 PCI cards that can only run at ATA66 speed in the Beige. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
