Wichit Sirichote, kswichit@kmitl.ac.th
Connect the iBook G3 notebook with Windows XP by using LAN cable, and share the file easily.
I like MacDraw running on Macintosh in 1984 .Today I got the iBook G3 processor running Mac OS X 10.3.9. The nice tool for picture drawing comes with AppleWorks 6. It is very similar to MacDraw, now I use it for drawing many digrams. However for homepage preparation, I use PC. Thus I will need to transfer picture files from iBook to PC. I found the iBook has provided file sharing capablity by using ethernet. I got the ADSL router. I can use it as the HUB and the ADSL will provide IP for each computer. Figure 1 shows the example of network that connects PC to the iBook by using ethernet. The iBook gets IP, 192.168.1.6 and Windows XP gets 192.168.1.7.
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| Figure 1: Connect iBook with PC using ethernet. |
On the iBook we must select the services for files sharing beforhand. I tested it with Windows Sharing and FTP access services.
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| Figure 2: Select services, Windows Sharing and FTP Access on the iBook. |
Now, on the PC browse the files using My Computer window, enter the IP and user name of your iBook, e.g.
\\192.168.1.6\wichitsirichote
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| Figure 3: Use My computer to connect the iBook. |
The login window will popup, enter user name and password of your iBook's account.
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| Figure 4: Login window, enter user name and password. |
We will get the files on iBook as shown below. Now we can explore the folder and copy the selected files easily.
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| Figure 5: Folders of the iBook. |
Another connecting channel is via FTP, we can run from DOS command with ftp 192.168.1.6.
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| Figure 6: DOS command line. |
Enter the user name and password. The OS X will response with Welcome to Darwin!
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| Figure 7: Using FTP commands to get the file. |
We can then use commands under FTP for file transfer easily.
Note: 1. If you do not have the router, you can use cross cable tie between PC and iBook directly.