[G4] Target Disk Mode ?

[Harry Freeman]

On Sep 19, 2006, at 9:18 AM, Al Poulin wrote:

> On Sep 19, 2006, at 10:13 AM, 
> g4-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com wrote:
>
>>
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>> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 09:08:04 -0400
>> From: Dale Hoffman <dhoff at margnat.com>
>> Subject: Re: [G4] Target Disk Mode ?
>> To: "A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers."
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>>> On 19/9/2006 3:18 PM, "SLarsonIH at aol.com" <SLarsonIH at aol.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  I have a QS in the living room, and a MDD in the den. Can I take 
>>>> the MDD to
>>>>  the living room, connect power to it, connect the two Macs via FW 
>>>> cable, but
>>>>  not hook up monitor, keyboard or mouse, etc. and see the drives in
>>>> the MDD on
>>>>  my
>>>>  Qs so I can transfer files back and forth? If so, what steps do I 
>>>> take? Both
>>>> machines have 9.2.2 and 10.3.9 on them.
>>
>> At 6:06 PM +1000 9/19/06, Tony Johansen wrote:
>>> Second thing is a simple ethernet cable should work. I have all my 
>>> computers
>>> networked via ethernet through a router, I don't see why it wouldn't 
>>> work
>>> without the router. Worth a try.
>>
>> If connecting via the ethernet ports (RJ45) between two computers
>> without a hub or router you need a special (though inexpensive and
>> easily found) "crossover" cable.
>
> The crossover cable is not required with the QS and MDD machines 
> running OS 9 and OS X.  Any ethernet cable will do.
>
> Al Poulin
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This is because most modern platforms have an ethernet port that 
detects if the other end is DTE or DTC and makes an adjustment to be 
what is necessary.



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