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From: naftoli@alsys1.aecom.yu.edu (Robert N. Berlinger)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: A LaserWriter LocalTalk Zone
Message-ID: <364@alsys1.aecom.yu.edu>
Date: 21 Oct 90 23:12:35 GMT
References: <5868559@AppleLink.Apple.COM> <1990Oct4.213900.25338@Shiva.COM> <2711FEFA.9028@orion.oac.uci.edu>
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In article <2711FEFA.9028@orion.oac.uci.edu> mposton@uci.edu (Michael Poston) writes:
>In article <1990Oct4.213900.25338@Shiva.COM> phil@Shiva.COM (Phil Budne) 
>writes:
>> This is indeed a "known problem" with LaserWriter II NT's.  The bug is
>> in the LAP driver, located in the PROM and therefore difficult to rev.

>Is this a problem only with the Shiva Fastpath, and not the old Kinetics 
>Fastpaths?
>...it's been working perfectly for more than a year.
>Numbers are about 35-40 Macs, 1 Laserwriter NTX, 5 Laserwriter NTs.

It has happened to me with older Kinetics FastPaths.

With my experience of this problem, having any type printer other than
LaserWriter II NTs connected to the LocalTalk segement would mask the problem.
It only occured when there were only LW IINTs.

Your NTX probably saved you.
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