Re: LocalTalk Cable

[dmiller@xc4systm.com (Dave Miller)]

In article <6b9601$rq$1@darla.visi.com>, nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates) wrote:

> In article <gblack.190.00C2FFE4@vnet.net>, Gary Black <gblack@vnet.net> wrote:
> >Could someone enlighten me on what a LocalTalk cable looks like?  I came 
> >across a Personal LaserWriter NT which, according to www.apple.com, is 
> >supposed to be compatible with the IIGS and the Mac.  I have a IIGS and
a Mac 
> >Power PC 6100/66 and I would like to be able to share the printer between 
> >these two machines.
> >I've tried the cable that can connect either of these to an
> >Imagewriter II but it doesn't seem to work.
> 
>    Very odd; that cable's supposed to work great for a 2-machine
> Appletalk network.

Gary:  do you have your GS and Mac set up to print over AppleTalk?  I don't
believe the LaserWriter is a direct-serial printer.  You have to set up a
network (two machine network with a GS/Mac-to-ImageWriter cable should work
fine, or PhoneNet connectors for a three-machine network) and print that
way (Should be in the Chooser on the Mac, and either the Network Printer or
DC Printer Control Panel [I don't remember for sure] on the IIgs)
-- 
Dave Miller          | Antimatter BBS root@antimatter.ecore.xfnet.org
dmiller@xc4systm.com | (517) 263-8384            root@ecore.xfnet.org
Assistant Chief Sysop, A2Pro on Genie & Delphi   just.dave@xgenie.com
http://www2.c4systm.com/~dmiller                 justdave@xdelphi.com
                                                Remove the X to reply