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From: erics@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Eric Schlegel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Macplus to Laser writer no Apple talk.
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Date: 28 Jul 88 00:41:45 GMT
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>In article <290@cmv.dsir.govt.nz> srchbgm@cmv.dsir.govt.nz writes:
>>HI, has anyone out there attached a Lazer writer directly to the printer
>>port of their MAC Plus? I do not wish to purchase the APPLE Talk hardware
>>but instead connect directly to the printer.
>
>> [stuff deleted about "if I can do this, what more info do I need..."]

I don't know about Mac->LaserWriter, but I do know that if you take an ordinary
ImageWriter printer cable and connect it between the two serial ports of two
Macs, the Macs are completely happy and can communicate using AppleTalk over
the printer cable. If the LaserWriter has the same kind of port as a serial
port on a Mac, I suspect you can do the same thing.
Hope this helps.

Eric
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