How do I connect/network my powerbook to my old power Mac?

I have an "old" Power Mac 500 MHZ G4, that I bought in 2000. It works okay aside from being slow.
I recently bought a new Power Book 1.67 GhZ.
I tried connecting the two computers via firewire, thinking I would be able to see each computer as an icon on the desktop the same way I see my external harddrives when I connect them up.
I'm hoping I would be able to manipulate things in my power mac using my keyboard on my laptop. I guess the main plan is to use the powermac as an external drive.
They don't seem to recognize each other. Is there anything I can do to make my computers get along? Did I pick the right category? Is this actually networking? Something tells me it should be easier than all this. Help appreciated!
Oh yeah! The Power Mac 500mhz, is running OS X 3.7, the Power Book is running OSX 4.8.

If you aren't already doing so, start up one computer with the T key held down, or use these instructions to set up a FireWire network.
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