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From: sas1@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP
Newsgroups: mod.computers.laser-printers
Subject: Laserwiters shared by Mac's and Unix?
Message-ID: <8704102100.AA25670@brillig.umd.edu>
Date: Fri, 27-Mar-87 14:24:23 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 27 14:24:23 1987
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Keywords: MAC,LW,KINETICS,CAPS
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I have a group people who want to share Laserwriter(s) between Macintoshs
and UNIX systems (SUN's and IRIS's).  I have suggested the following
configuration:

        -a Kinetics Fastpath
        -Columbia University's CAPS code
        -Abode's TransScript

The object is to share the LaserWriters without having to physically switch
them back a forth between Special mode and Appletalk mode.  I am looking for
the answers to the following questions:

        Does the configuration work?
        Is manual switching necessary?
        Is this slower than seperate Laserwriters for the UNIX workstations
          and the Mac's?

My feeling is that it should work, but since I have not seen any success
stories I am not sure that it is "fool proof".  I'll summarize the answers
for the net if needed.

SaS

PS: Remember that nothing is fool proof, because fools are so ingenious.