Desperate transfer struggle from OS9 to OSX

I posted this before but, here is a better more clear update.
I have an PPC 8600 (with G3 upgrade card - but that doesn't make any difference) running OS9.
I have 15 years of mostly Pagemaker, Freehand, Illustrator, and Photoshop work on it.
I recently needed some of that work for display. Simple, I did this a few years ago when I moved to OSX. Plug in an ethernet cable and turn on file sharing (either with the old Mac or my MacPro) Then, on the old Mac, open up files, make EPS/PDF/Etc. versions, copy them to the new Mac.
But I could *not get the ethernet connection to work*. Either via an Apple Airport router or crossover ethernet cable. I finally thought, it has to be the old Mac built in ethernet. It was fried. After much searching, and help from here (thanks) I found an ethernet card I could put in the old Mac.
Well, it was not the built in ethernet hardware. The new card shows up but, the lack of any network connection remains. Making sharing on the old Mac = nothing on the MacPro. Make sharing on the MacPro, and when I enter the afp, the old Mac says it is not working. Check my settings, TCP/IP, etc. Which I have, a million times.
Earlier I had tried copying EPS and other files over to a USB card BUT I think because these old Macs have limits on drive size (plus, it was a USB 1.0 card I added to the old Mac - which might have limits), it would not fully work. The copy process would bomb part way through on certain files. Even a little bit at a time.
At this point, I thought I would work with the old files on the old Mac. Convert many to EPS, etc (formats OSX can read). Then, remove one of the ATA drives I have in the old Mac, remove it (hassle) and plug it into an adaptor to transfer the files to the new Mac. Will that work or will OSX reject an OS9 formated drive?
The basic networking of the two Macs was the easiest way to deal with this and it just won't work. Any other ideas?
Really worried now my stuff is trapped on OS9 forever. If I could just get EPS and other archival and cross platform files copied over…

The basic networking of the two Macs was the easiest way to deal with this and it just won't work.
It still is, but if you have advanced beyond 10.3, support for Appletalk File Sharing has been removed.
7.5.3 and later File Sharing:
Any Mac running 7.5.3 or later (with at least OpenTransport 1.1.2 and AppleShare Chooser extension 3.7.4) can share the files of any Mac running OS 9 or later using built-in File Sharing using IP. What is not supported beyond 10.3 is File Sharing via AppleTalk. In addition, Sharing initiated from your 10.4 or 10.5 Mac to a Mac before OS 9 is not supported directly. So you will have to make the connection from the Older Mac end. Alternatively, you could install "Shareway IP" (a low-cost utility) on the older Mac and connect from the newer Mac.
You need an appropriate Ethernet connection, and each Mac must have a similar (but not identical) IP Address. On the 10.4 or 10.5 Mac: You must turn on File Sharing in your 10.4 or later Mac:
System Preferences > Sharing > Services pane > \[X] Personal File Sharing
and click ( Start )
Look up the 10.4 or 10.5 Mac's IPv4 Address in System Profiler OR Network Preferences, and write it down for later. It may resemble 192.168.0.6
On the Older Mac: open the Chooser and select AppleShare. Your 10.4 or 10.5 Mac will NOT appear in the right-hand pane, because it does not speak AppleTalk File Sharing protocol. But do not despair!
It can speak IP protocol, if you ask it nicely. So click on the "Server IP Address" button on the bottom of the right pane, and enter the IPv4 Address of the 10.4 or 10.5 Mac.
The login screen that appears is sent to you from the 10.4 or 10.5 Mac. Enter a Username and password that is valid on the 10.4 or 10.5 Mac. Choose the drive(s) you want to mount, if there is a choice, and they will appear on the desktop of the Older Mac as shared Network Drives (Drive Icon with a cable coming out the bottom).
Drag whatever you like to the newly-mounted drive. It will appear on the 10.4 or later Mac. Try to resist the temptation to drag your whole drive all at once. Move smaller batches in a thoughtful way, and you should have no problems.
TA23008- Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger: "Connection failed" error when connecting to an AFP server
http://homepage.mac.com/car1son/os9xnet_nfilesharing.html
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