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From: houlejm@ireq.hydro.qc.ca (Jean-Marie Houle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Mac IISi vs. HP DeskWriter = Fried Mac??
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Date: 10 Dec 90 17:53:37 GMT
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In article <989@dvnspc1.Dev.Unisys.COM> frank@dvnspc1.Dev.Unisys.COM 
(Frank Piper) writes:
> - A possible workaround might be to run the DeskWriter via AppleTalk
> from day one.  I understand this would involve two AppleTalk boxes and a
> cable between them; total cost ~$100.  Question is: would this run
> faster or slower than a straight serial port?

If you need only a two nodes Appletalk network You can go without 
AppleTalk boxes. Just connect the two nodes with a printer cable.


Jean-Marie Houle                                  houlejm@ireq.hydro.qc.ca
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