[MacDV] Re: Question about FireWire external HD

[Filipp Lepalaan]

In case somone's still interested:
http://kaja.org.ee/ip_over_FW.dmg

If your browser tries to render it, paste this in your terminal:
curl http://kaja.org.ee/ip_over_FW.dmg -o ~/Desktop/ipoverfw.dmg

I checked, it also works with AppleTalk.

filipp

>This is out of date now.  Apple pulled it
>
>on 2/14/03 1:55 AM, Filipp Lepalaan at filipp at mac.ee wrote:
>
>>  Don't do it!
>>  If you're under OS X and want to share stuff quickly,get this:
>>  http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=17262&db=macFolks
>>
>>  so you can have the one HD as a HD, and the two Macs in a FireWire network
>>
>>  cheers,
>>  filipp
>>>  One question that has probably nothing to do with the discussion
>>>  list, but there are probably quite a few people that can answer me
>>>  here.
>>>
>>>  If I take my firewire external hard drive and connect it to my
>>>  PowerBook and then use the second FW port in the external hard drive
>>>  and connect simultaneously to my iMac, what happens? Will both the
>>>  PB and the iMac motherboards go ballistic and even Steve Jobs will
>>>  not be able to recognize them after, or will I create a nice high
>>>  speed bridge in between my PB and my iMac?
>>>
>>>  Thanks guys,
>>>
>>>  Have a great evening,
>>>
>  >> Eric