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From: elliott@itsgw.rpi.edu (Jim Elliott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: How can I network our Imagewriter 2?
Keywords: Localtalk, cabling, DIP switches? no manuals...
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Date: 3 Sep 89 23:45:36 GMT
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I just moved into an apartment with a friend who has an SE and an
Imagewriter 2 printer. I have an SE myself, and no printer. We'd like
to share the printer, and for maximum convenience, to do so by making
a small localtalk network consisting of just our two macs and the
printer.

I have several questions about how to do this. First, what needs to be
done to tell the Imagewriter 2 to use Appletalk? She no longer has any
documentation that came with the printer. Is there something we have
to do with the DIP switches?

Secondly, apart from shelling out $100 or so to get PhoneNet cabling
from Farallon (which is certainly a wonderful product, but seems to me
like overkill for our simple needs and small budgets), how can I wire
up the network? Does anyone have documentation on the pinouts and
where I need to put termination resistors, and their values? For the
very short distances involved, twisted pair ought to be fine, if I
just knew what to connect to what!

Thanks in advance for any help!
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Jim Elliott		      "Like a bridge he'll come between us, not a wall"
elliott@netserv2.its.rpi.edu