Send files from a Power Macintosh 7600 to a PowerBook 180

Hi,

Yes, you could use a direct MiniDIN-8M to MiniDIN-8M Macintosh printer cable connection for file sharing. For only two Macintosh computers, this would be equivalent to a "normal" LocalTalk or PhoneNET network. Please check the settings.

http://www.applefool.com/se30/#serialdata (LocalTalk Networks).

Alternatively, you could use the same kind of cable for a plain serial null-modem transfer, provided that you have an appropriate terminal emulator with file transfer capabiities (such as Terminal 2.2) on both computers.

https://www.nic.funet.fi/index/mac/info-mac/comm/_Terminal/

http://manuals.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Manuals/desktops/0340013APM7600UMRV1.PDF

http://manuals.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Manuals/powerbooks/0302674APB160180UG.PDF

(also, SCSI disk mode, pp 230-235).

LocalTalk. Think of it as 1/4 M bits/sec Ethernet. It plugs into the serial port. The easiest to use is farallon PhoneNet boxes, literally connected with telephone cords. These readily available on eBay and similar.

The ONE rule you need is to "plug every outlet" -- ether with a cable that connects another device, or with an RJ-11 mounted termination resistor, often sold with the little boxes.

Once connected, turning it on may require terms like AppleShare.

https://archive.org/details/1987-farallon-phonenet

https://wiki.preterhuman.net/Farallon_PhoneNET

https://archive.org/details/1987-farallon-phonenet

that requires a special magical cable. do you have that cable?

There was also a third-party dark gray cable around that era that had a switch in it, RegularDisk/TargetDisk mode.

https://lowendmac.com/2000/scsi-and-firewire-disk-modes/

you might also need s terminator.

https://tinkerdifferent.com/resources/connecting-scsi-devices-and-using-scsi-target-mode-for-powerbooks.76/

if you have additional older Macs, the PhoneNet connection solution is multi-drop, and can support a whole flock of computers and a thousand feet of phone wire easily. You could connect everything.

It also deliberately dodges the wires in 4-wire phone jacks most likely to carry telephone conversations, so it can co-exist on regular phone wiring in the walls.

oops, I had trouble with the links, and left out the most obvious one:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhoneNET

Thank you for posting your results. Glad to hear that the cable between the printer ports worked with a fresh operating system.