[muglo] Re: Data transfer between computers
- From: Jim Laycock <jim@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 22:50:32 -0400
Paul,
Congratulations on your new hot rod!
Just run an ethernet cable between the two Macs and turn on file sharing on
one of the machines. Connect from the other machine by selecting it in the
Chooser/AppleShare. No router is required, and a standard ethernet cable
will do.
-Jim
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on 7/18/03 10:33 PM, Paul Thomas at paul_thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I have just obtained a new computer [eMac] with OS X and OS9 - which I am
> sure will take a little learning!! Any helpful suggestions would be
> apreciated.
>
> In the meantime I want to transfer some files from the iBook; I am wondering
> if one can do this via a USB cable treating one computer as a peripheral to
> the other? If so can one have the desktop of the one appear on the second
> so that one can drag files from the one computer to the other? I remember
> in the distant past doing something like this using a modem to modem
> connection - it made life very convenient to transfer files from one
> computer to the other!!! The alternative is to use the zip drive as a
> transfer device - not quite as convenient!!
>
> Any comments would be apreciated.
>
> Paul
>
>
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