Re: OpenVMS spld output to netwrkd Apple Laserwriter?

[harris@zk3.dec.com (Bob Harris)]

In article <1996Apr16.185452.1@dymaxion.ns.ca>, rr@dymaxion.ns.ca (Rod
Regier) wrote:

> We are looking for a way to support spooled output from a networked
> OpenVMS (V6.2) platform to a networked Apple Laserwriter.
> 
> The OpenVMS system is licensed for DECnet and TCP/IP
> Services for Open VMS.
> 
> (1) Digital's recommended supported solution is to use DCPS Open,
>     which apparently requires Pathworks for OpenVMS (Macintosh)
>     to provide Ethertalk or Localtalk transport.
> 
>     Because of the additional licensing costs,
>     and the fact that Pathworks is involved, this is *not*
>     a very attractive solution.

PATHWORKS for OpenVMS (Macintosh) is _NOT_ all that evil :-)  Besides the
only thing you are going to use is the AppleTalk stack.  Period.  You
don't have to install any of the other PATHWORKS bits.  And the AppleTalk
stack is very low maintenance.  Doesn't require a lot of house keeping (in
fact for the most part it is an install it and forget it protocol stack).

I hope you are not confusing the Mac product with the PC product.  The
level of administration support for the 2 products are worlds apart.  The
Mac product is very simple to administer and once it is setup it tends to
just work.

-- 
                                      Bob Harris

I don't get to tell me what to do, I only get to tell me how to do it.
The opinions expressed are my own and do not represent Digital Equipment Corporation