At 23:00 -0400 8/26/05, Allan Rube' wrote: >I haven't tried to connect with either of them in several weeks. Meanwhile, >I have updated to 10.4.2 from 10.4 on both Macs. It isn't the answer unless you haven't connected since the 10.4.0 installation. But. . . Apple deliberately disabled AppleTalk over Ethernet with the introduction of Tiger. That messed up some SMB connections too. I believe SMB was quickly fixed but the disconnect of any Macintoshes running less than OS 8.5 was deliberate and permanent. You must connect over IP with other Macs. -- Applescript syntax is like English spelling: Roughly, but not thoroughly, thought through.