Networking imac with powe mac 604e - ethenet?

Hi i have an older power mac 604e computer
and i want to network it with a new
imac. Im trying to get my old files transferred onto my new computer. The old power mac has an old fashion scii connection and it does not have usb nor firewire so i thought the ethernet connection would be the best way.
this is just a one time transfer of data and i already have an ethernet cable. How do i set this up?
thanks for the advice
steven

The 604e computer has to be running Mac OS 9 or OS X to be able to talk to your iMac running Tiger. You can try to connect the two computers via an ethernet cable and then configure things as follows here:
http://homepage.mac.com/car1son/os9xnet_nfilesharing.html
That page indicates that you can also get this to work with system 8.5 and 8.6 but I found those systems to drop connections alot. It may work without a crossover cable if the autosensing features of the ethernet ports work correctly. Lastly if you have an ethernet hub you can use that (with regular cables) instead of a crossover cable. Good luck and keep an eye on things as you may get drops anyway!
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