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From: olson@harvard.UUCP (Eric Olson)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Where did my LW go?
Message-ID: <711@harvard.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 13-Feb-86 18:21:01 EST
Article-I.D.: harvard.711
Posted: Thu Feb 13 18:21:01 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 15-Feb-86 02:21:14 EST
References: <318@gould9.UUCP>
Reply-To: olson@harvard.UUCP (Eric olson)
Organization: Aiken Comp Lab, Harvard
Lines: 18
Keywords: Appletalk, no response

In article <318@gould9.UUCP> joel@gould9.UUCP (Joel West) writes:
>I have the following set up:
>   Mac----100' appletalk cable----LW --- IBM AT
>The LW spends much of the day in "Special" (diablo emulation)
>mode, and every so often I reward it by flicking the switch
>to "AppleTalk".
>
>However, the printer isn't there most of the time!  I put up Choose
>Printer, and ... nothing!  I toggle the "AppleTalk" setting on C.P.
>a few times, and still, no report of any LaserWriters.

The laserwriter's DB9 and DB25 connectors are permanently hardwired
together-- changing the switch setting does not switch connectors.  So,
if the AT is on, it is stomping on the appletalk.

Remove the AT cable for the laserwriter to work.

-Eric