Re: laser writer ii

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

"Charlie Springer" <RAM@regnirps.com> wrote in message 
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> On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:53:50 -0700, Bill Garber wrote
> (in article <9IGdnbYCq8QFS2bVnZ2dnUVZ_i2dnZ2d@comcast.com>):
>
>>
>> "don" <don@schrank.us> wrote in message
>> news:gfQKk.5736$ys6.1625@newsfe02.iad...
>>> 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.  I don't see a specific LW II driver on 
>>> the
>>> install disks, will I need to track down an appropriate driver?  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 a LaserWriter driver on SystemTools2 disk.
>> It may work for the LaserWriter II, but I'm not sure.
>> Guess you can try it and see.
>>
>> Bill Garber from GS-Electronics
>> http://www.garberstreet.com
>>
>> "If you wish to forget anything on the
>> spot, make a note that this thing is to
>> be remembered."  (Edgar Allen Poe)
>>
>
> Don Lancaster used these things for ages with the GS and wrote tons of
> Postscript code to do everything from typesetting to drawing pictures. 
> There
> is probably still lots of code on his website. He was very big on "publish 
> on
> demand". I have not talked to him in a couple of years but I think he 
> still
> is.
>
> -- Charlie Springer
>
Oh wow, he must have been the guy who used to do the 'gonzo routines' in the 
old bigger-than-a-phonebook computer shopper magazine.  Thanks for the 
pointer, found his Guru's Lair website...oohhh, the wife is gonna hate me, 
heh.