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From: reedp@horus.cem.msu.EDU (Paul Reed)
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Subject: Re: Laserwriter/Ethertalk box
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Date: 5 Sep 90 13:40:00 GMT
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From article <185@vtserf.cc.vt.edu>, by cohill@vtserf.cc.vt.edu (Andrew M. Cohill):
> About three weeks ago I saw a couple of ads for a new Ethertalk box that
> has just one Appletalk port.  You hook it up to an Ethernet on one side,
> and a Laserwriter on the other, and anybody using Ethertalk can send
> stuff to the printer.  It cost $500, a lot cheaper than full fledged
> routers.  I did not pay much attention to it at the time, but now I want
> one, and can't find the ad.  Does anybody remember this?  (Who makes it,
> etc.....

The box you are thinking of is the EtherPrint box from Dayna Communications,
and it does just what you said it does.  There is a review of it in the
August 7 issue of MacWEEK.  The phone number for Dayna Communications is
(801) 531-0600.


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