On Apr 21, 2:32 am, Helpful Harry <helpful_ha...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> In article <1177110800.704804.162...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
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> SallyP631 <bobbyv...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > Here's my question now.. I have someone who loan me a Mirror Drive
> > Door G4 dual 1.25 with 2 gigs of ram... and 2 hard drives.. More then
> > i'll ever need for this project... She says it boots into either OS X
> > 4.8 or OS 9.2.2.. I'm clueless.. I need to know if PM 6.5 will run on
> > this machine.. (I still have the original installation CD) and/or if I
> > can just hook up an ethernet crossover cable and drag my apps/fonts/
> > extentions/files over to it and go..? Or possibly install another hard
> > drive and copy/drag her OS 9.2.2, then my stuff over to that one, so
> > as not to use her drive..
>
> > As always, thanks in advance for any help or suggestions,
>
> PageMaker 6.5 should work when the computer is booted up using Mac OS
> 9.2.2 - there's no real difference between 9.1 and 9.2 (mostly tweaks
> for Mac OS X's "Classic"), so if it worked on your original Mac, it'll
> still work on the newer one.
>
> It should work under Mac OS X using "Classic" too, but there are some
> annoying bugs that tend show up, so it's best to stick with the normal
> old Mac OS instead when using PageMaker.
>
> It's also probably best to install the application fresh from the CD
> (plus downlaod and install any updaters). You might need to copy over
> some fonts that are used in your do***ent if they aren't already on the
> G4 computer ... although if you bought the fonts from a font maker you
> will legally need to delete them from the older Mac since you're almost
> certainly only allowed one copy of them.
>
> You could use an Ethernet crossover cable, but it's probably easier to
> simply use a CD-R or email them to yourself ... or if you really want
> to you could take the hard drive out of the 8500 and put it into the
> G4, or vice-versa (but you will have to know what "dip switch" settings
> are needed to get the drives working correctly as a pair).
>
> Helpful Harry
> Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hard****ps
;o)
Hi Harry,
So you're saying I could just pull my little 2 gig - 50 pin scsi hard
drive out of the old 8500 and plug it into the newer MDD G4 and
organize my files and apps that way.? :O OMG, if this is true I am one
happy camper..!!
sally~
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