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Source ForumGetting files onto old compact Macs — #47
CategoryNetworking
Post DateWed, 4 Jul 2012 - 05:34
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/getting-files-onto-old-compact-macs.25365/
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BACK ON TOPIC boys and girls

The best success I've had is using an external SCSI drive. My 8600 (tri-boot 10.2.8, 9.2.2 or 7.5.5) and my iMac (10.6.8 ) are on the Ethernet hub. So I hook the external SCSI to the 8600, copy from iMac to 8600 and then onto the external drive. Once I've copied what I want, I connect the external SCSI to the SE.

The only complication I ran into is if I have too large of a SCSI drive in the external case. 2MB is about max. Sometimes the SE argues with the external drive, particularly if it is partitioned, but I have had success with single drives. I've configured this SE to dual-boot between 6.0.8 & 7.5.5. I managed to stuff two physical drives in the case.

For a few small files, there's always Appletalk as a backup.

Just my opinion.

mp.ls