How do i share music libraries between an older Mac running iTunes 4 and a new one running iTunes 11?

I have an older G4 Mac laptop that I use exclusively for playing music.  Trouble is that it's limited to an older system and thus runs iTunes 4.  Much of my music is on my newer machine which runs iTunes 11.x.  I have made certain libraries available for sharing on my newer machine, but cannot see those libraries on the shared list on the older Mac.  How do I get both machines to see each other.  Note: they also do not see each other if I try to Go -> Connect to server -> Browse.  However, they will connect if I type in the address (e.g. afp...) of the machine that I'm trying to connect to.  Anyway, I'm hoping there's some soft of back compatability setting that I've overlooked.
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This article has the directions:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1203
The important steps for you are these
+To listen to another account's music files+
+Open iTunes.+
+From the iTunes menu, choose Preferences.+
+Click Advanced.+
+Deselect the "Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library file" option.+
+Click OK.+
+From the File menu, choose Add File to Library.+
+Note: Windows users can also choose Add Folder to Library to add a folder of songs.+
+Navigate in the Add File To Library window to the location where the other user's music is saved (the iTunes Music folder in the case above).+
+Click Open.+
+Repeat these steps for each account that is listening to shared music.+
+When another user of the computer has imported new music from CD, repeat steps 6 through 8 to add the music to your library.+

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