Taking info off an old Imac dv

I am upgrading someones old imacdv to a nice macbook. Trouble is, it's been so long I can't remember the OS9 way of doing things.
How can I get information(i.e. word docs, addresses, etc.) off of that computer?
I tried putting a cd in and the box just spit it out.
thanks for any assistance.

Hi, bialy -
Welcome to Apple's Discussions.
There's several ways to get the data transferred, even if the optical drive won't work.
One way is by using Firewire Target Disk Mode. With the old iMac as the Target machine, its hard drive will appear as if it were an external firewire hard drive to the Host machine.
Article #58583 - Firewire Target Disk Mode
Another is to set up an ethernet connection between the two machines, then use File Sharing.
Article #43015 - How to Connect Two Computers With Ethernet
Article #106658 - How to Create a Small Ethernet Network
Car1son's OS 9 to OS X.3 FileSharing Setup
Another way would be to acquire a firewire hard drive as transfer media.
The preceding work best for transferring large amounts of data.
For smaller amounts, using a USB flash card device or Zip drive may be suitable.

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