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Article #296Re: Ethernet/Appletalk Communications
From: liam
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 1990 13:06
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 1990 13:06
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You can have a UNIX host pretend to be a LaserWriter using the lwsrv program which is part of the CAP software. See the comp.protocols.appletalk newsgroup for endless discussion of CAP. If you have Suns the you can use a related thing called UAB to provide direct support for EtherTalk (i.e. AppleTalk as spoken through Ethernet interfaces). There is NO WAY to share a LaserWriter between the APpleTalk and serial ports because some of the lines are physically wired together, so the AppleTalk traffic corrupts the serial line stuff. You should look at the EtherPrint box being sold by Dayna Systems Inc (Salt Lake City) which allows you to speak EtherTalk to a LaserWriter via their $400 interface adaptor. -- William Roberts ARPA: liam@cs.qmw.ac.uk Queen Mary & Westfield College UUCP: liam@qmw-cs.UUCP Mile End Road AppleLink: UK0087 LONDON, E1 4NS, UK Tel: 071-975 5250 (Fax: 081-980 6533)
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