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Sharing LaserWriter with Sun

#990
From: Yasuyuki Tau
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1989 05:39
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This is my first posting to comp.sys.mac.
I have a problem how Mac and Sun share the LaserWriter II NTX-J.
LaserWriter II NTX-J is a modified version of NTX.
(If someone need output, I may send it.)
Its spec is as follows:

Input:	Kanji PostScript(superset of PS) only
Font:	2 Kanji fonts(in 40MB HD directly connected to NTX-J!)
Interface: RS232C/AppleTalk

I think the easyest way to share LW with Mac and SUN is:
	Connect LW and Mac via LocalTalk
	Use FastPath as gateway between Ethernet and LocalTalk
	Use TOPS for sharing resources.

But FastPath is very expensive(in Japan 850,000yen=$5,700).
Maybe we have at most 10 macs, initially 2 or 3 macs.
EtherTalk is more reasonable in this case.

My question is that the following ways can be
realized:

1)	Connect LW to SUN serial port
	Connect Mac to Ethernet
	And share LW with Mac and SUN.

              +--LW
             Sun      Mac
Ethernet======+========+===========

2)	Connect LW to one Mac(connected to Ethernet) via LocalTalk
	Connect other Macs to Ethernet or LocalTalk

                          Mac     LW
                       +--+---\\--+
             Sun      Mac              Mac   Mac 
Ethernet======+========+================+=====+====


Please give me its answers, another solutions or 
recommendations.

Thank you.
--
Yasuyuki TAUCHI
SECOM Intelligent Systems Laboratory
6-11-23 Shimo-Renjaku, Mitaka, Tokyo 181
JUNET:	tau%secom.jp@uunet.UU.NET	UUCP:	uunet!kddlab!titcca!secisl!tau
PHONE:	+81-422-44-9912			FAX:	+81-422-48-6841
--
Yasuyuki TAUCHI
SECOM Intelligent Systems Laboratory
6-11-23 Shimo-Renjaku, Mitaka, Tokyo 181
JUNET:	tau@secom.jp		UUCP:	titcca!secisl!tau
PHONE:	+81-422-44-9912		FAX:	+81-422-48-6841
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Subject: Sharing LaserWriter with Sun
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Date: 27 Jun 89 05:39:31 GMT
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