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From: Stephen Withers
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 00:00

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In article <laughing-2004982104560001@user-37kb0fq.dialup.mindspring.com>,
laughing@R#M*VE_mindspring.com (swervie) wrote:

> > >printers
> > 
> > Much harder. If they're just parallel then forget it. If you have a printer
> > that's got ethernet or is Mac compatible (Appletalk) out of the box then
> > you can print to it.
> > 
> 
> 
> You should check out PowerPrint (available at most mac online stores and
> mag's) which is a cable / software to print to just about any pc printer
> (even dot matrix)

But by the time you've bought a PC printer and PowerPrint, an equivalent
Mac-capable printer would probably be cheaper. The original question
wasn't about using existing PC peripherals with a Mac (a good reason for
buying PowerPrint), it was about buying (supposedly) cheaper PC
peripherals to use with a Mac. 

Stephen Withers

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From: nospam.swithers@ozemail.com.au (Stephen Withers)
Subject: Re: PC-hardware for Mac?
Date: 1998/04/21
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