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From: perl@pbseps.UUCP (Richard Perlman)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Printer port with EtherTalk
Message-ID: <835@pbseps.UUCP>
Date: 7 Apr 90 17:15:49 GMT
Reply-To: perl@pbseps.PacBell.COM (Richard Perlman)
Organization: Pacific Bell Separations, San Francisco, CA
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I am sure this must have come up before, but I missed it.

Using EtherTalk (3COM EtherLink board) on a IIcx I have found that I
cannot use the printer port for my ImageWriter and have AppleTalk up at
the same time.  Whenever I choose "ImageWriter" from the chooser the
system turns off AppleTalk (including "EtherTalk"), hello printer,
good-bye network.

I could get an AppleTalk board for the ImageWriter, but I do not have
LocalTalk in my office.  Of course, if I could run both LocalTalk and
EtherTalk at the same time I could then connect the "AppleTalk'ed"
ImageWriter to the cx "LocalTalk" (aka printer) port).

Does anyone have a utility to "free-up" the printer port when using
"ETherTalk" or ????

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