🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <16822@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> heberlei@cs.ucdavis.edu (Louis Todd  
Heberlei) writes:
> I have heard rumors that NS 3.0 will support Appletalk.  

NS 3.0 supports connections to Apple Macintoshes via EtherTalk an  
implementation of "AppleTalk" over the transport media of ethernet.

> If this is true, does anyone know if it would be possible to
> connect my Mac to my NeXT via an Appletalk network?  

This means then that you need an ethernet card on your Macintosh and the  
EtherTalk Phase 2 driver as well.

Furthermore,
> could I then print from the Macintosh to the NeXT printer?
Well,

You can print from the NeXT to the Macintosh Appletalk printer if you have  
LaserBridge from Sonic Systems. I just printed the 3.0 NeXTMail message from  
Mail to my LaserWriter II NT attached via LocalTalk to my Mac IIx. Yippee!

Of note, the national flags appeared only as grey boxes--I presume the  
PostScript code being used was NeXTSTEP proprietary extension based that just  
would not render on the LaserWriter. Bummer.

I would assume that to do the reverse (what you want) would entail the NeXT  
printer being published as an available Appletalk device. The cheapest and most  
elegant solution would be software based of course.

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Todd
An interesting note: Connecting the 2 machines up required MORE work on the  
Macintosh side in terms of the pieces of software required and the  
configuration needed to become operational. I found the NeXT implementation of  
this kind of Systems Integration to straightforward--kudos to the engineering  
team at NeXT responsible for the implementation.
--
David Williams -- dlw@atherton.com -- NeXTMail welcome
	          dlw@netcom.com   -- NeXTMail welcome