Yes, that's why I suggested a floppy as the way to transfer FTPd to your Power Mac. I looked at USB floppy options a while back but didn't bite because it sounded like a very limited option. DOS-formatted 1.44 floppies - yeah, does not sound great! Maybe if I get desperate!Ībout 15 years ago I used to use DOS-formatted floppies to transfer files between old Macs and newer computers on a regular basis. The Power Mac 7200 should have Apple File Exchange, so you format a DOS floppy on the Mac, then you should be able to read it in a USB floppy drive on your MacBook. It is really unfortunate how the older tech gets abandoned and harder and harder to work with. #MOJAVE SCROLL REVERSER HOW TO#Įvery couple of years it seems I need to re-learn how to do this file tranfer stuff. I have a USB-to-serial adapter and I use it to send files to even older Macs than your Power Mac! The one standard that seems to have remained unchanged is RS232 serial. Since writing that article, I've switched to using a Keyspan USB to serial adapter. I think that every conventional computer that Apple Computer has ever produced, except for perhaps the Apple-I, can be connected to via RS232 serial. Quote: Interesting! I have considered getting a serial adapter to talk to an old IIgs I also have, but since I can read the 3.5" floppies on the old Mac and then (well, formerly could) transfer them to my modern MacBook Pro, I have not gone there, either. Also I have done MacADT using an AppleTalk cable as a null modem, again from IIgs to PM7200. I would just continue using AppleTalk to transfer files from an AppleShare volume on the Power Mac 7200 to the Apple IIgs.
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