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heberlei@cs.ucdavis.edu (Louis Todd Heberlei) writes:

>I have heard rumors that NS 3.0 will support Appletalk.  If
>this is true, does anyone know if it would be possible to
>connect my Mac to my NeXT via an Appletalk network?  Furthermore,
>could I then print from the Macintosh to the NeXT printer?

1) NS 3.0 will support EtherTalk, not AppleTalk per se.  EtherTalk
is the kind of AppleTalk that runs over Ethernet (as opposed to
LocalTalk, which is lower speed and runs over a different kind of
cable).  Some people have rumored of drivers that let your NeXT talk
AppleTalk over the serial port (theoretically possible but I have
never heard of any REAL driver that did this).

2) NS 3.0 is just an AppleShare client, meaning that you can connect
to an AppleShare server elsewhere on the network (or a Novell
server, too).  It sounds like you want the Printing server package
that goes along with ushare, from IPT.  See the latest NeXTWORLD for
a review of that package.  (IPT's number is 800-233-9993)
People say that CAP6.0 does this for free, too.  (Although you may
need a GatorBox or some kind of LocalTalk->EtherTalk router
somewhere, because CAP only talks EtherTalk, and if you have some
LocalTalk-only Macs, then they will have to bridged onto your
EtherTalk network)
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