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From: jiro@shaman.com (Jiro Nakamura)
Subject: Re: Mac-II <-------> NeXT ----> NeXT Laser Printer
Message-ID: <1991May13.142707.1489@shaman.com>
Sender: jiro@shaman.com (Jiro Nakamura)
Organization: Shaman Consulting
References: <1991May13.034039.4152@cs.umn.edu>
Date: Mon, 13 May 1991 14:27:07 GMT

In article <1991May13.034039.4152@cs.umn.edu> rohigarg@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (Rohit  
Garg) writes:
> I currently own a Mac-II and am thinking of buying a NeXTStation along 
> with a NeXT laser printer. 
> 
> I would like to be able to use the NeXT laser printer to print Mac stuff
> also. (Both the machines will be sitting in the same room side-by-side.)
> 

Rohit -
	Why don't you use SneakerNet (TM) rather than Ethernet? I mean, since the Mac  
II can write out to a MS-DOS disk and the NeXT floppy can read MS-DOS, why  
don't you save your output to a PostScript file, then SneakerNet it over to the  
NeXT and print it from there using lpr. Sure, it's a pain, but a small pain  
compared to $500 worth of Ethernet equipment.
   Rumour has it that NeXT may soon have AppleTalk compatibility. Or then  
again, Apple might have Ethernet capability. Who knows? I don't.


    - jiro nakamura
      jiro@shaman.com
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