OSX 10.5 Question

[jimbob200521]

Recently picked up a Powermac G5 dual core 2.3ghz machine for reasons (always wanted one and came across a good deal). Naturally, this Mac tops out at OSX 10.5. My problem is I cannot get it to connect to any of my network drives shared from my Windows 7 server. My El Capitan (now Sierra) laptop has no issues doing this but my Powermac cannot. I've done smb://999.555.44.2/sharename and it will not connect. I know it's old technology but being able to share files over the network with it would be great! Any ideas?

 

[Eug]

Could it have anything to do with SMB versions (1 vs 2)?

P.S. That Power Mac is slower than my iPhone.

 

[jimbob200521]

Could it have anything to do with SMB versions (1 vs 2)?

P.S. That Power Mac is slower than my iPhone.

It may, do you know of a way to update or use a different application to connect?

And yes, yes it is! But nostalgia plays a big role in my love for the tech. I currently have the dual G5, a G4, a G3 tower, a G3 iMac, a newer(ish, relatively speaking) C2D Macbook, a C2D Mac Mini, and umm...I think that's about it hahah

 

[manly]

From what I can tell, that should work. Leopard must use SMB1 to communicate with Windows 7. This thread might be a little useful:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2783817?start=0&tstart=0

A long time ago, there was a small company that shipped a better SMB stack than Apple. They're still around, although I wouldn't be able to justiy the price:
http://www.thursby.com/products/dave

 

[Eug]

And yes, yes it is! But nostalgia plays a big role in my love for the tech. I currently have the dual G5, a G4, a G3 tower, a G3 iMac, a newer(ish, relatively speaking) C2D Macbook, a C2D Mac Mini, and umm...I think that's about it hahah

I think I've got you beat.

My retired Mac wall
G4 Cube 450 MHz
G4 Cube 1.7 GHz
iBook G4 1.07 GHz
iMac 15" 800 MHz
iMac 20" 1.25 GHz
iMac 20" Core Duo 2.0 GHz <-- Still can be used for light browsing

In use
MacBook 13" Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
MacBook Pro 13" Core 2 Duo 2.26 GHz
iMac 27" Core i7 870

 

[jimbob200521]

I think I've got you beat.

My retired Mac wall
G4 Cube 450 MHz
G4 Cube 1.7 GHz
iBook G4 1.07 GHz
iMac 15" 800 MHz
iMac 20" 1.25 GHz
iMac 20" Core Duo 2.0 GHz <-- Still can be used for light browsing

In use
MacBook 13" Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
MacBook Pro 13" Core 2 Duo 2.26 GHz
iMac 27" Core i7 870

I want one of those iMac's on the top shelf and a cube, those are a couple that I want that I don't have. Jealous!!

Very nice setup, though; major compliments!

 

[Oyeve]

I still have L.A. Reid's lamp mac from when they booted him from Arista Records. I used to use it as a picture frame. Had pics streaming on it. Now it collects dust.