Network question iMac running 8.5.1

I have an iMac that runs system 8.5.1 that I am trying to retire for obvious reasons. Trouble is that there is a series of files on the machine that is vital to my business. The machine has a PowerPC G3 processor running @ 266 MHz, ethernet (which is running fine - I'm able to print). I can access the internet with Internet explorer 4.0.1 but can do very little. I cannot log into my mail program in order to mail copies of the file to myself. I cannot network the machine to other machines in my network, even though I have turned appletalk on and tried to find other hard drives in the chooser function. I have tried to burn a CD but the machine will not successfully format a disk. I have tried to back up copies of the files on to a flash drive, but the machine will not recognize the drive (won't pop up on the screen).
Any ideas?

I suggest you format the flash drive to Mac OS standard. Format on your new Mac. See disk utility on your new Mac.
Try getting iCab
http://icab.de/dl.php
you can set up an FTP server & client.
I wasn't able to get apple's share working with Mac OS X 10.4.
Jan Hedlund wrote:
You may want to have a look at what Grant Bennet-Alder writes under this topic.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1603898&tstart=0
Jan
I was able to upload files by using an FTP server. I used PureFTPd Manager 1.7 with Mac OS X 10.4. this download does include the server software. I did have to create a FTP user. I had to boot the classic machine after configuring.
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/networking_security/pureftpdmanager.html
I used fetch:
http://fetchsoftworks.com/downloads.html
I used version 3. Previously, I used version 4.
You can use any web browser to download from Mac OS X when you turn on Web sharing. This is how I downloaded fetch.
Robert
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