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re FireWire: 
If you follow the instructions sent in another reply for starting the 
iMac in FireWire Target mode it will behave like an external firewire 
hard disk. You don't need any networking protocols at all.

Scott


In article <42bca625@clear.net.nz>, thing <thing@nospam.com> wrote:

> Ron Hawker wrote:
> > Hi there. Got an iMac running Mac OS 9.2
> > And a new eMac running OS X 10.4
> > 
> > Ive been trying all morning trying to link the two using a ethernet
> > cable. 
> > 
> > I was able to use the cable earlier in the week to transfer files from
> > my windows pc to the 10.4
> > 
> > No matter what I try I can get Mac OS 10.4 to see the 9.2 Hard Disk
> > Ive tried apple talk and tcip
> > 
> > I get and "incompatible version AFP Protocol error" or it just doesnt
> > work
> > 
> > Is their an easy way to do this? Or to get a firewire cable and try that
> > way.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Dane
> >  
> 
> 
> The speed negoitiation on iMacs is crap (TM).
> 
> I have a 500Mhz one and in 9.2.2 its 10 half and in 10.3 its 100 half, 
> those are my only options....full duplex does not work, neither does 
> speed negoitiation......so I have a hub for when I want 9.2 and a 100 
> switch when I want 10.3 and swap the cable as neither will work on the 
> others network hardware! ffs and this is a good OS?
> 
> So your connection issue is almost certainly that of speed followed by 
> duplex mode. You could transfer to the pc from 9.2 then from the pc to 
> 10.4.......
> 
> A Firewire network I think needs ethernet over firewire....I dont know 
> if 9.2.2 will do that I assume 10.x will.
> 
> regards
> 
> Thing