[G4] G4 MDD HD ?

[Johns Maillist]

On Jul 17, 2005, at 5:16 PM, Daniel Brieck Jr. wrote:

> So all you really need is a  ethernet cable, you can get one for  
> less than $5.00. It may be a little slower than the firewire  
> method, but it will get done what you want done and you will not  
> have to add any PCI firewire cards to your G3(which are not exactly  
> cheap) for a one time file transfer. In general all you need to do  
> is plug in the ethernet cable (looks like a wide telephone cord  
> jack) into the G3 and the other end into the G4. Turn on file  
> sharing and you are all set to transfer files.

BUT......
Either plug them both into a hub, or use a cross-over cable!
J