If anyone could sell me one, I would really appreciate it. I need to transfer files between my iMac G3 and Mac SE. I heard this is the easiest way. I recently got into mac collecting. Please help!
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2012, June 3 - 2:16am
#1
SCSI to Ethernet adapter needed
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2012, June 6 - 9:14pm
#2
You would be better off getting a serial cable (and/or phonenet) and setting up a localtalk network. It will be quicker to find, cheaper to buy, and probably more reliable.
2012, June 7 - 8:13am
#3
Or (similar) one of those Ethernet to LocalTalk adapters. Comes up in discussions here and in Apple Communities regularly. I have one of the old Farallon iPrint Adapters, but there were a number of similars at the time - from when Mac users bought the new iMac G3's and needed to connect to their old Macs and their old StyleWriter and LaserWriter printers - from an age where printers were expensive and heavy.
It was a lot of money at the time - in the UK - maybe £120 - but it worked perfectly. I'm sure others here had alternative brands. If you're in the US, you're laughing, one will turn up on eBay in a week or so, but it would be good here for the others to list their models to help your search. I still need mine, I still have an SE FD/HD and a Colour Classic and a few others.
Zip may be an option, it'll be cheap enough.
2012, June 7 - 8:28am
#4
@bertyboy: Yes I use a Farallon adapter too. See my recent post in
http://macintoshgarden.org/forum/pc-mac-se
2012, June 7 - 11:52am
#5
Thank you. I"ll look into those.