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From: rolfe@w3vh.UU.NET (Rolfe Tessem)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Apple LaserWriter and EtherTalk
Keywords: LaserWriter, EtherTalk, FastPath.
Message-ID: <451@w3vh.UU.NET>
Date: 30 Jul 89 15:20:25 GMT
References: <852@cgch.UUCP>
Reply-To: rolfe@w3vh.UUCP (Rolfe Tessem)
Organization: W3VH Packet Radio, Great Barrington, MA.
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In article <852@cgch.UUCP> whna@cgch.UUCP (Heinz Naef) writes:
>Hello MacTalkers,
>
>I'm wondering if there would be a more elegant way to connect an Apple
>LaserWriter to an Ethernet running EtherTalk than the following:

(various examples of hardware bridges deleted)

Get yourself a copy of Liaison from Infosphere, which is a software bridge
that will run on any Mac containing both Localtalk and Ethernet interfaces.
I run it on my Mac II and notice no degradation on foreground tasks at all.
Price is under $200, if memory serves.

Like you, I have several Macs all on their own Ethernet, and this is
definitely the most cost-effective solution.

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