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From: istr@brtph19.BNR.CA (Tommy Robbins P015)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Dumb question about EtherTalk!
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Date: 29 Jan 91 19:22:18 GMT
References: <1991Jan28.132019.1@mee.tcd.ie>
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In article <1991Jan28.132019.1@mee.tcd.ie>, cnolan@mee.tcd.ie writes:
|> This is probably FAQ 1, but anyway ...
|> 
|> We have Mac IIs on E/net, one of the Macs has a LaserWriter connected to the
|> printer port, there are also a couple of other Macs on the LocalTalk.
How do
|> I get the Macs on EtherTalk to see the printer on the LocalTalk.
|> 
|> Do I need a FatstPath bridge?
|> 
|> Do I need Apple's Internet Router product?
|> Is the above a program that can run as a background task on one of the
|> machines?
|> 
|> Please forgive my ignorance but we're really PC people.
|> 
|>
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|> 
|>              
|>        	 	Conor Nolan			Phone:	772941 (X1741)
|>            	Snr. Technician			Fax:	772442
|>             	Microelectronics Dept.
|> 		Trinity College			
|> 	      	Dublin 2			cnolan@mee.tcd.ie
|>   	     	IRELAND				ampere::cnolan
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Conar, You can put the l/w on the localtalk with the other Mac's and a
Kinetics Fastpath bridge would allow the Macs on the ethernet as well as
the Mac's on the LocalTalk to share the l/w's.. For that matter you
would open a great number of doors by bridging the local to the ether. 
This would allow to use a large number of products available for
improving workgroup productivity.