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From: fdm@WLV.IMSD.CONTEL.COM (Frank D. Malczewski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Personal LaserWriter NT questions
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Date: 1 Sep 90 02:46:58 GMT
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Given that the local dealer I finally got my NT from recommended this solution,
but given that the other two dealers I talked to came up with two different
solutions, I pose the following two questions:

1.  Why does Apple recommend in the manual the use of "LocalTalk Locking
    Connector Kits" (2) plus a DIN-8 2-meter cable for connecting the NT
    to the Mac, when just a single DIN-8 cable does just fine (obviously
    in a single-Mac configuration)?

2.  At what speed is the connection between the Mac and the NT supposed to
    run (I do not recall ever having seen such information).  I sent a
    postscript program of some sort to the NT and it indicates that the
    line is running at 9600 baud.  Is this the correct value?  [This seems
    somewhat slow to me, but given that other software may be running
    while the NT is receiving data I suppose this is a reasonable compromise.]

Any ideas?


--Frank Malczewski                        (fdm@wlv.imsd.contel.com)
					  (malczews@nunki.usc.edu)