Re: AppleTalk to Ethernet bridge software for Mac?

[Greg Buchner <nobody@wavetech.net>]

In article <pb14-120720011002257556@mac180.cc.le.ac.uk>,
 Phil Beesley <pb14@le.ac.uk> wrote:

> There are three main versions of MacLan -- for Win 3.x, Win 95/98/Me
> and Win NT4/2000. They share core functionality but there are subtle
> differences.

Had used the version for Win 98 at the time.

> According to the docs, MacLAN (any) should print to any AppleTalk
> printer for which there is a suitable Windows driver. It shouldn't
> matter whether the printer is on an ethernet or LocalTalk network
> segment. Was a LocalTalk interface an option for the DW 550c ?

Yes, the serial port on the Deskwriters was autosensing.  If you
plugged it into a serial port, it would run as a serial printer,
if you plugged it into a localtalk network, it would be a network
printer.  (Now if I could only figure out what doesn't work on my
Deskwriter 680C.)

> As far as Macs and Apple IIs are concerned, printers shared by MacLAN
> should be PostScript devices or ones which have a suitable Apple
> driver. Can IIgs drivers such as Harmonie access network printers or do
> they require a directly connected printer ?

As I remember, PC Maclan couldn't see anything past the router...
It didn't ever come up with an option for Ethertalk or Localtalk
(which is what I had my network segments named).  It would only
find the Ethertalk section of my network.  Of course, the software
wasn't a purchased version, it was used on their 3 week demo
license.  Seeing as how my friend with the Win98 PC was only visiting
for 2 weeks, that worked out pretty good.  But he never picked up a
router or an older Mac so he could get his GS sharing files with his
PC.  And, naturally for a Windows machine, he's had to reinstall
Windows since we did this so the software and all the pain of setting
it up disappeared.

Greg B.
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