Re: laser writer ii

["don" <don@schrank.us>]

"Greg Buchner" <null@none.invalid> wrote in message 
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> In article <gfQKk.5736$ys6.1625@newsfe02.iad>, "don" <don@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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Thanks for all the info!  Time to drag that thing up here, send me cards and 
flowers for my upcoming hernia surgery, heh.  Thanks to all again!