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Subject: sr9.2.3 changes in /com/prsvr (plus my 2 cents worth on 6250 drives)
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Date: Thu, 10-Jul-86 11:44:00 EDT
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	I was wondering if anybody else noticed any
  changes/new problems with the sr9.2.3 /com/prsvr
  (print server).  I just recently updated our net from
  9.0 and had been using a qms ps-800 laser printer with
  absolutely no problems, by telling the print server that
  I was using APPLE as a driver. (BTW, the qms ps800 is
  Laserwriter/Appletalk compatible if used with a 9 pin cable)
  I had just put the printer in standard 9600 baud... postscript
  mode, which is not the apple compatible mode, and started
  the server.  I was able to print '-plot' files and '-text'
  files without problems.  Now here's the problem.  With the
  new print server, they (apollo) have added a check at startup
  time to see if the printer is a Laserwriter, which inevitably
  causes the server to die, since the qms isn't in Laserwriter
  compatibility mode. (I'm using plain postscript mode instead of
  Appletalk mode, because Appletalk needs a 9pin connector,whereas
  Postscript mode can use the standard 25 pin serial line).  Why
  would apollo change a working utility and make it less
  compatible/usable? (I got around the problem by saving a copy
  of the sr9.0 prsvr under a different name).
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	We (U. of Lowell) have been using a Cipher 6250 tape drive
  with Ciprico controller for about 6 months with absolutely no
  problems.  I don't have the info right now, but I believe that
  the drive is much faster (and less expensive) than the supported
  CDC drive (I'm not sure about the Kennedy drive).

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Michael Burati
University of Lowell
Computer Science Dept.

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