Possible to connect MacPro to os9.2 on G3 (BW G3-400) ?

I just spent 1.5 hours on the phone with Apple support trying to network my old G3 with my new MacPro. Why was it so difficult? I don't know...but it may have something to do with the techs not being born when the G3 came out ;0) The final word from the second tech —who spent most of his time checking documents online vs. actual knowledge: "We consider os9 an obsolete os and no longer support it."
My aim is to have a mounted os9 HD/Desktop on my MacPro so that I can copy files. What I have now is the G3 booted up in OS 10.3.9—the latest system it can run—and I'm able to share ONLY the items in OSx, with the exception of the os9 Applications folder. I cannot access the G3's OS9 desktop from the MacPro. Of course the os9 classic desktop is easily available from the G3's os10 desktop.
What's frustrating is that from the MacPro, I can even SEE the os9 desktop alias, it just won't connect:
Users
System Folder
System
Library
Image
FONTS
Documents
Desktop (Mac OS 9)
Applications (Mac OS 9)
Applications
When I click the Desktop (Mac OS 9) icon, it just gives info. When I try to fix the alias, it can't find the os9 desktop, no matter where i look.
I CAN access the Applications (Mac OS 9) folder though and get get files out of it. (I made an alias of the os9 HD and put it in the Apps folder and have a temp. solution) Why can't I share the os9 desktop?
On my old computer: I still have programs I like to use in os9 and can't afford to update all of them. I like to keep my G3 booted in os9 because these apps work too slowly when using Classic out of osX. I know its possible to share the os9 desktop from a MacPro because at work, we have a scan station running os9 that we can share on our osX network, but know one can tell me how.

It's possible this document will help you: Mac OS- How to Connect to File Sharing or Apple File Services (AFP). With Panther running also see, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger- 'Connection failed' error when connecting to an AFP server.
In the long run, however, either update the OS on this G3 to Tiger if possible or replace it.

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