Try putting a router in between them. I had a my PowerBook 150 connect to my iMac G3 (9.2.1) instantly after the driver installed for the ENSC Mini and rebooted.

Good old "ZAP the PRAM", as the AppleTalk node is held in PRAM and may not be being negotiated properly. Click to expand... The AppleTalk client should negotiate a unique ID ev…

Is file sharing on? Are the file sharing extensions enabled? Confirm both have AppleTalk configured on ethernet. Confirm both machines only have one ethernet port. What zones d…

Thanks. I have Appletalk on and set to ethernet on both the PPC7600 and the G3. Still can't get them to connect using the chooser.

The PPC7600 is running OS 7.5 and the G3 is running OS 8.6 Click to expand... I would expect the 7.5 box to be using AppleTalk for AppleShare, not TCP/IP. Try setting up Apple…

The networking settings (particularly IP address and subnet mask) are correct? Click to expand... Those shouldn't matter if you're using the DHCP thing. Both Macs will just inv…

The networking settings (particularly IP address and subnet mask) are correct? Click to expand... Those shouldn't matter if you're using the DHCP thing. Both Macs will just inv…

The networking settings (particularly IP address and subnet mask) are correct?

I have two older Macs (PPC7600 and G3 B&W) that I want to network. The PPC7600 is running OS 7.5 and the G3 is running OS 8.6 I have both HD's named and set for sharing. I…

It needs a SWIM chip too doesn't it? Maybe that chip is gone, but the power is still hooked up, so the floppy drive powers on and starts to read the disk but then nothing is there …

I'm pretty sure that ROM support for those devices was removed after the Rev.A machines. Luckily you can drop a 333MHz CPU module into a Rev.A : - and a bare Rev.A board should no…

I am 99.99% certain these hacks will only work on a 233Mhz Rev A board. Click to expand... Make that 100% on the floppy drive. Maybe there are further hacks that can be done t…

Which reminds me..one of these days I've gotta find a Rev. A iMac somewhere...would be a neat machine to play around with, not to mention that if I keep it original and in good nic…

I am 99.99% certain these hacks will only work on a 233Mhz Rev A board.

From what I gather, 8.6 is the minimum that will run on this iMac, and you say it would need less than 8.6. Does that mean there's no way to get this to work?

Depends on the price really, I love mine and I've managed to pimp it hugely so I'd say yes.

^^digging around it looks like the floppy port will only run on systems below 8.6, if the iMac has had the firmware update applied for OS X then that too could be a factor.

Yep, booted into OS 9 and the drive didn't do much except spin and then stop. I also tried inserting a disk before booting and nothing much happened. You would think it would spi…

I am considering buying a MP 2000 off eBay. Would you guys recommend it?

I assume you're using OS 9 or earlier to try and read the floppy, being as there's no support in OS X

After playing with the drive for a while, I was unable to get it to actually read a disk. It is getting power because it spins for a moment after a disk is inserted, but it seems …

J12: It was actually a common hack back in the day to mount a 20 pin boxed header here and connect a surplus Mac floppy drive to it - worked out cheaper than buying a USB FDD, if y…

I just mounted a connector onto the floppy drive port and tried it. The drive is getting power, it spins when you insert a disk.

I have noticed on an old 333 MHz iMac logic board that there are traces for what appear to be: J12 = Mac floppy drive J11 = CD analog audio J4 = Serial port (Used for IrDA in or…

It has to do with a bad install disc. Thankfully I use only backups so I don't scratch my originals. Click to expand... Thats a very good idea, I have a 9.0 disc here that I go…