Re: AppleWorks GS 1.1, LocalTalk, and LaserWriter Questions

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Greg Anderson <nsforme@yahoo.com> wrote:

>    I've got a IIgs (ROM 1, 1 meg RAM card) running GS/OS 6.0.1, a SCSI
> card in slot 2 (booting from a SCSI drive), and a Zip card in slot 3.
>  
>    I'm trying to keep it hooked up to a LocalTalk network andstill use
> AWGS. The problem is, any time I have AppleTalk turned on, AWGS 
> complains that it can load any of the modules (ie. I try and open a WP
> document, and it says the Word Processing module can't be loaded).

This one has an easy explanation: you don't have enough RAM for what you
are trying to do.  AppleWorks GS requires a minimum of 1.25 MB of RAM
(preferably more).  The AppleTalk support code is tying up enough RAM
that you don't have sufficient memory left for AppleWorks GS.

You'll have to get a bigger RAM card (or a ROM 3 IIgs with the same
memory card) if you want to use this combination.

> If I put slot 1 back to "Printer" and slot 7 back to "Your Card", then it
> works fine.

This is because you are turning off AppleTalk by making these changes,
so the AppleTalk software isn't being loaded, freeing up some RAM.

>    Also, is it possible to print to a LaserWriter Pro 630 from a IIgs? I
> can select it as my printer in the Network Printer control panel, but
> when I go to print, I get an error that there was a problem printing,
> and that I should try again. Am I attempting the impossible?

Maybe.  The Apple IIgs LaserWriter driver is pretty old - it dates back
to Postscript Level 1.  I only had limited success using it with my HP
LaserJet 6P, which is Postscript Level 2.

-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz