Re: laser writer ii

[Silicon Sam <SiliconSam@gmail.com>]

On Oct 20, 7:16 am, Greg Buchner <n...@none.invalid> wrote:
> In article <gfQKk.5736$ys6.1...@newsfe02.iad>, "don" <d...@schrank.us>
> wrote:
>
> > Can someone tell me if my laserwriter II Nt will work natively with GSOS 6?
> > I have SCSI and Fallon Phonenet appletalk adapters as well as os6,7,8 and 9
> > macs I could localtalk through.
>
> Yes, it will. I used a LaserWriter IIg with my IIGS until the power
> supply went out in the IIg.
>
> > I don't see a specific LW II driver on the
> > install disks, will I need to track down an appropriate driver?
>
> The LaserWriter driver that Bill mentions will work.
>
> > Also, how
> > would this connect to scsi?  I have a cd300 on id 0, will the printer need a
> > lower id or will this work at all... I haven't tried connecting it yet
> > because it weighs a ton and I don't have the motivation to lug it up from
> > the basement until I am sure it will work.  Thanks
>
> There is no SCSI on a LaserWriter IINT. There's two different serial
> ports, but no SCSI. SCSI was available on some of the other LW II
> models, but that was for hooking up external hard drives for font
> storage.  I believe that the only Apple LaserWriter that hooked up via
> SCSI was the Personal LaserWriter SC. And I'm not certain if that would
> have worked on a IIGS.
>
> Greg B.
>
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  The Lowest end Laserwriter II was SCSI, the IISC.    The IINT was
far more common.  There was 5 motherboards for the Laserwriter II.
SC, NT, NTX, f and g.