Firewire transfer G4 to Mac Pro

I've just purchased a Mac Pro and want to transfer photo and text documents from my G4. (I'm familiar with the procedure for booting the G4 in Target Mode, having done this in the past with an iBook and my G4.)
The G4 is still running OS 9.1 I will not be transfering any apps, plug-ins, downloads, libraries, fonts, etc. I only need to transfer AppleWorks documents and image files that are in tiff, jpeg, psd, or raw format.
Does it pose a problem that one machine is still on OS 9 and the other is a Mac Pro?
Thanks for your help.
Mac Pro 2.66 4GB RAM   Mac OS X (10.4.8)   G4 DP500; G3 iBook

Should be no problems for data only transfers.
There is no AppleWorks on the Mac Pro although if you own AppleWorks (OS X version) you can run AppleWorks on the Mac Pro. If you own the OS 9 version of AW you can upgrade to the OS X version (6.2.9) from Apple's download site.
Host computer requirements
Host computers must meet the following requirements:
Built-in FireWire port, or a FireWire port on a PC card
FireWire 2.3.3 or later
Mac OS 8.6 or later
Target computers
The following models can be used as target computers:
iMac (Slot Loading) with Firmware version 2.4 or later
iMac (Summer 2000) and all models introduced after July 2000
eMac (all models)
Mac mini (all models)
Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics) with ATA drive
Power Mac G4 Cube
Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet) and all models introduced after July 2000
Power Mac G5 (all models)
iBook (FireWire) and all models introduced after September 2000
MacBook (all models)
PowerBook G3 (FireWire)
PowerBook G4 (all models)
MacBook Pro (all models)
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