Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!rice!sun-spots-request From: mpatnode@polyslo.calpoly.edu (Mike Patnode) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Re: Connecting a Sun to Appletalk Message-ID: <8812050326.AA24518@polyslo.calpoly.edu> Date: 15 Dec 88 05:23:28 GMT References: <8811230950.AA01360@ee.UCLA.EDU> Sender: usenet@rice.edu Organization: Rice University, Houston, Texas Lines: 36 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu Original-Date: Sun, 4 Dec 88 19:26:06 PST X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 55, message 1 of 14 chan@ee.ucla.edu (Kevin T. Chan) writes: > Is there a way that we can connect a Sun to an Appletalk line so that a > Macintosh and Sun can share the same Laserwriter? > [[ There is a piece of hardware that we call a "Kinetics box"....--wnl ]] What you really want is CAP (Columbia Appletalk Software) which not only allows for printer sharing over a Kinetics FastPath gateway, but also allows the UNIX machine to act as a Appletalk File server You can get more information by sending mail to rtc@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu or just FTP the README file and see for yourself. FTP : cunixc.cc.columbia.edu [128.59.40.130] Directory: cap Files: INFO README MODIFICATIONS cap50.tar.Z shar/cap50.1shar shar/cap50.2shar cpr.* - problem reports or FTP: sumex.stanford.edu Directory: ps: Files: at-cap5.modifications at-cap5.readme at-cap5.tarz Good Luck. -- Mike "Dodger" Patnode | (n) ..csustan!polyslo!mpatnode Yitbos Innovations Inc. | (s) ..sdsu!polyslo!mpatnode 244 California Blvd | mpatnode@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU San Luis Obispo, Ca 92630 | (805) 541-2048 / 543-9818 / 756-2516