Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!roundup.crhc.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.iastate.edu!kickapoo.cs.iastate.edu!hamilton From: hamilton@kickapoo.cs.iastate.edu (Jon Hamilton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Two unrelated questions (sideways monitors & appletalk cables) Keywords: monitor appletalk cables Message-ID: Date: 15 Jan 91 19:24:40 GMT References: <24966@dime.cs.umass.edu> <1991Jan12.213455.7162@svc.portal.com> Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA Lines: 35 daven@svc.portal.com writes: >In article <24966@dime.cs.umass.edu> leban@cs.umass.edu (Bruce Leban) writes: [monitor stuff deleted...] >>2. I have been told by a usually reliable source (MacConnection) that you >> can hook a single Mac up to a single AppleTalk device (e.g, a non-SC >> LaserWriter) with an ImageWriter cable, with the implication that >> somehow the wires are right for a two node AppleTalk network. Is this >> correct? Apple of course says to buy two AppleTalk connector kits. >Hmmm. Sounds a bit fishy to me. They might have meant that you can connect >to a LaserWriter's serial port using a ImageWriter cable. LaserWriter's >can be operated over a serial cable in this manner. I can't imagine an >ImageWriter cable would work on a Appletalk port a) becuase the connector >is physically different, b) because Localtalk electrical signals are very >different from RS-232 electrical signals. No, you can really use an ImageWriter II cable in a two node network. I have an Imagewriter 2 and an SE/30, and have an appletalk card in the printer for reasons that I'm sure you don't care about. I use a stock IW2 cable and it works fine (and has for quite some time now). >-- >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Dave Newman | daven@sv.portal.com | "Hacking only works so far before >Software Ventures | AOL: MicroPhone | the tree begins to fall." >Berkeley, CA | AppleLink: D0025 | - Rush Drake -- % Internet : hamilton@kickapoo.cs.iastate.edu | Insert cute and/or % % America Online : JonHam | deeply meaningful % % Elsewhere : ThatGeek@his.little.corner | musical quote here %