I'm unsure if simply Zipping a file will work. If you download MacZip for your old Mac, you could try just zipping a file on your MacBook and see if it transfers OK. Click to e…

I'm unsure if simply Zipping a file will work. If you download MacZip for your old Mac, you could try just zipping a file on your MacBook and see if it transfers OK.

Drop Stuff will binhex a file.

Don't forget to binhex or Mac binary your files before transferring, or you'll lose the Resource Fork. Click to expand... I got a FTP connection between MacBook and vintage Mac…

I use Fetch 3.0.3 on my LC and turn on FTP on my OS X Mac. Don't forget to binhex or Mac binary your files before transferring, or you'll lose the Resource Fork.

Unfortunately, and somebody may swoop in to correct me on this, I think Mac OS 10.6 removes most of the old appletalk features. If you have a TCP/IP stack on the LC, your best bet…

Hi! I have 64 MB(3x?) ram sticks for PM 8500 and processor upgrades 604-233 MHz and G4-400MHz Click to expand... Excuse me for barging into this topic: Do you still have the R…

Tom's hit the nail on the head... just remember to pop in an "official" entry via the web site.

I believe that in previous years, this sort of set up has been acceptable. The main thing about the 'Challenge isn't the arbitrary rules, it's having some fun with old hardware tha…

I'm thinking of entering the Retrochallenge with a little project of my own: to not only get my LCIII (my very first computer) on the Internet for the first time, but also to use i…

Yeah, you can replace it with an ethernet card...the only other type of card ever made for the Comms Slot. Keep in mind, you'll need a CS2 card, rather than a CS1 card due to the s…

Yeah, you can replace it with an ethernet card...the only other type of card ever made for the Comms Slot. Keep in mind, you'll need a CS2 card, rather than a CS1 card due to the s…

Yep, since it's a card. You can replace it with a 10 Mbps Ethernet card.

My Performa 6360 has a internet by phone port that i have never used since the day i bought this mac as a used unit about 5 years ago. Can i remove it without too much labour and …

cable(s) / to connect the midiman to performa 6116(Serial: 2 Mini DIN- 8) Click to expand... Mac serial cable aka Mac printer or modem cable aka LocalTalk/AppleTalk cable. 8 p…

Now i have a macman midiman and a roland mt-32 but with no cables. What type of cable(s) do i need to connect the midiman to performa 6116(Serial: 2 Mini DIN- 8) and the roland mt…

This is really neat and geek way to connect computers, but now all I have is a: LC 475 with an Ethernet card, MacBook Pro and one Ethernet cable. How to connect this pieces of hard…

what I have done is I have a linux computer (any debian-based distribution that uses apt for package distribution will make this really easy) with netatalk installed. Here's what …

OS9 flies on a G4. The only thing that's slow is building the file system when it boots if you have a lot of files. I have one G4 with a couple of 1 TB drives and OS X installed al…

It's like reading a Linux manual, very nice Anyway I'm choosing option 3, "Best for arbitrary transfers at random times". Could you give me some practise advice in this topic?

Hello, what is the easiest way to transfer files between a LC 475 (7.5.3) and a MacBook Pro (10.6.2)? Click to expand... "Easiest"? USB floppy on the MacBook Pro. "Easiest i…

Hello, what is the easiest way to transfer files between a LC 475 (7.5.3) and a MacBook Pro (10.6.2)?

Try these: http://www.jellico.com/fwoodward/ http://www.jagshouse.com/GetYourCompactMacOnTheWeb.html http://support.apple.com/kb/TA29160?viewlocale=en_US

OS 9 on my 1.25GHz MDD dual G4 screams, even though it is effectively only using one CPU under OS 9.

I have a PowerBook 145B and I want to go online with the Modem. Is there a way to do this? Maybe a Dial-up server?