AppleShare is part of the system software of both Macs. There should be no necessity to install it, and installing an inappropriate version may be producing the crash. Your aim is to set up the Performa as server and the Plus as client.
Connect the printer ports of the two Macs with a serial cable (DB-9/miniDIN- 8) . Switch on both Macs. Use Control Panels::AppleTalk to select Printer Port in both Macs. Save the settings when you are prompted. On the Performa, open Sharing Setup from Control Panels::Sharing Setup, enter the Mac's name, your name as Owner, and a password. Select Start to start up filesharing. If you have only one HDD in the Performa you will not need to go through setup of more than one HDD in File::Sharing... Activate the HDD in the checkbox, and adjust other permissions as you please. Check your permissions as owner to share files in Control Panels::Users and Groups by opening the file with your name.
Open Control Panels::Chooser on the Plus. Double-click on AppleShare in the left pane. The Plus should show the Performa's name in the right pane. Highlight the Performa's name, and then click on OK below the pane, enter your password in the next window, and choose the HDD or partition in the next window. A network AppleShare icon of the Performa's drive should appear on the Plus's desktop. You can open that (double-click) and navigate to whatever files you wish to copy (click/drag) to or from the HDD of the Plus. When you have finished copying, or at the end of a session, highlight the Performa's icon on the Plus's desktop and press command-y (eject) to disconnect the Plus from the Performa
I have a 512Ke (System 6.0. 8) and a Classic II (System 7.5) connected thus at the moment. (My black 5400 and 5500s were enjoying RDOs.) LocalTalk networking is very much slower than Ethernet networking, but it works.
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Connect the printer ports of the two Macs with a serial cable (DB-9/miniDIN- 8) . Switch on both Macs. Use Control Panels::AppleTalk to select Printer Port in both Macs. Save the settings when you are prompted. On the Performa, open Sharing Setup from Control Panels::Sharing Setup, enter the Mac's name, your name as Owner, and a password. Select Start to start up filesharing. If you have only one HDD in the Performa you will not need to go through setup of more than one HDD in File::Sharing... Activate the HDD in the checkbox, and adjust other permissions as you please. Check your permissions as owner to share files in Control Panels::Users and Groups by opening the file with your name.
Open Control Panels::Chooser on the Plus. Double-click on AppleShare in the left pane. The Plus should show the Performa's name in the right pane. Highlight the Performa's name, and then click on OK below the pane, enter your password in the next window, and choose the HDD or partition in the next window. A network AppleShare icon of the Performa's drive should appear on the Plus's desktop. You can open that (double-click) and navigate to whatever files you wish to copy (click/drag) to or from the HDD of the Plus. When you have finished copying, or at the end of a session, highlight the Performa's icon on the Plus's desktop and press command-y (eject) to disconnect the Plus from the Performa
I have a 512Ke (System 6.0. 8) and a Classic II (System 7.5) connected thus at the moment. (My black 5400 and 5500s were enjoying RDOs.) LocalTalk networking is very much slower than Ethernet networking, but it works.
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