Transferring files from OS9 to new iMac with OSX

Hi,
I'm one of the (very) slow ones to upgrade. Just got my new iMac G5, and want to move my data and files over from my iMac G3 400 hrz graphite. I've got an ethernet network set up, but looking thru various instructions, I'm told that OS 10.4 won't allow transfers using Appletalk and I think it's telling me I need to go thru tcp/ip. I"m not finding any info that tells me how to do this. Anyone have the know-how, or can point me to find it?
Thanks, I hope---
marshgoose

I do have the original Graphite, then.
Thanks for all the responses! I did do the transfer with a Firewire, and all is well (after freezing the G5 screen into a gray-chroma vertical line pattern--must have moved a corrupted file into it. Necessitated a nice little talk with India tech and several passes with Disk Doctor on the G3, but I think it's sorted out now. Just the usual New Computer Cakewalk.
Appreciate the help!
marshgoose
G3 imac   Mac OS 9.2.x  

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