I'm trying to migrate data off of a Macintosh Performa 6115CD and a Power Macintosh 7300/180. The Performa is running System 7 and the 7300 is running Mac OS 9. I do not have an external SCSI adapter to attach the disks to for a raw copy.
What's the best way to get data off of these machines? I was looking into Appletalk over IP but I'm not sure how to proceed.
Best Answer
I presume both older Macs have working ethernet adaptors.
Control Panels
, and open theTCP/IP
control panel. SelectEthernet
for theConnect Via:
option, andUsing DHCP
for theConfigure
option. You didn't mention which version of System 7 the other computer had, 7.5+ should have the proper drivers installed, 7.0 or 7.1 may need drivers you can download here: http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/Networking-Communications/Network_Software_Installer/ZM-NSI_1.5.1.sea.binSharing
in System Preferences and check the box next toFile Sharing
(this is AFP protocol). In case that doesn't work, also enable FTP sharing.Chooser
option in the Apple Menu. Select this, and you should have an option calledAppleShare
. Select this, and hopefully your OSX computer will appear. If you cannot see the OSX system in the server list, enter its IP address manually. If that still doesn't work, you can try connecting from the OSX computer, or try using FTP. Fetch 4.0.3 for Mac OS 7-9 available here.If you can't connect from the older machines to the newer and "push" the files to the new machine (the way i recommend) you may have to set up file sharing on the older machines.
More information on setting up File Sharing on Mac OS 7-9 can be found on this Apple Support Page.
Good luck!