How To Transfer Files From Panther to Snow Leopard

I have a new MacBook with Snow Leopard.
G4 Powerbook with Panther.
Migration assistant does not recognize Panther.
Does anyone know the best way to get files (music, pictures, some docs) off of the Panther and into the Snow Leopard?
THANK YOU!

you can boot the powerbook in target mode. reboot and hold "t" at the chime. then connect it by a firewire cable to the macbook. the PB should show up as a mounted external drive on the MB. in Migration Assistant select to migrate from a hard drive or TM backup, not from another computer. see if migration assistant recognizes PB then. if it doesn't at least you have it mounted as an external and can copy what you need by hand. also be aware that using Migration Assistant to migrate from PPC to intel may lead to some problems even though it works well for most people
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=435350&tstart=0
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