old performa OS8

[norde]

was havin problems today in a customers with an OLD mac

performa running 0s8
and a G3 on 8.6

problem being filesharing...... the performa can see the G3 ok in the chooser, but when connected to it it sloooooows way down

also the g3 is unable to see the performa in the chooser

file sharing is enabled on both machines ok but i aint seen os8 in such a long time i cant remember whats missing !!?!!

any ideas folks.......
any input much appreciated

 

[PowerBook User]

Make sure the hard drive on the Performa is being shared. I think you go to the File menu, then Sharing.... Make sure "Share this item and its contents" is checked. I can't guarantee that will work, but it might.