Re: Transfer from Powermac G4 to apple GS?

[Bob <bobbazley@mac.com>]

in article PvQ26.36109$Z33.3988679@news0.telusplanet.net, Henry Broekhuyse
at broekh@unixg.ubc.ca wrote on 12/28/00 7:01 PM:

> Bob <bobbazley@mac.com> wrote in message
> B671042D.867B%bobbazley@mac.com">news:B671042D.867B%bobbazley@mac.com...
>> Hi, Is there anyway I can transfer from a powermac G4 Dual 450mhz to a
> Apple
>> 2gs? and what software can i use do it that makes it easy to do? all help
> is
>> very welcome.
> 
> If your IIGS is running GS/OS and you don't mind spending around $90 for an
> excellent solution to this problem, buy the AsanteTalk package. This comes
> with all the required cables and an ethernet-to-Localtalk adapter. You can
> then network these two computers using Appletalk, with the ability
> (depending how you set up file sharing on your G4) to access the G4's hard
> drive from the GS/OS desktop.
> 
> 
Sounds like a good idea, but for now I would like to keep it relatively
cheap so I have a keyspan USB to Serial adaptar which allows me to connect
old Printers and modems to the G4 but it says its not Appletalk compatible
so is there a cable that i could make that would in effect give me a null
modem connection? this would be the cheapest option for me I would think?
any suggestions on the software I could use and then how can i get that
software onto my GS if all I have is the 3 1/2 and 5 1/4 drives?

My understanding is that these drives only read/write 800 (for the 3 1/2 at
least!) but I dont have such a drive available on my G4 only a HD 1.44
superdisk from imation which reads and writes 1.44 disks as well as 120MB
disks. all help is most welcome as I would really like to get some use out
of my GS and let my son use it as hes main computer.

also please could someone direct me to where the FAQ's are for the Apple
IIgs

thankyou.

regards Bob