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From: phri!roy@uunet.uu.net (Roy Smith)
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Subject: Re: Apple Laserwriter the same as Sun Laserwriter
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pyramid.com!leadsv!hart@cs.utexas.edu (Howard Hart) writes:
> will Transcript work with [a generic Apple LaserWriter], or does Transcript
> search for some Sun Laserwriter proprietary prom or set of fonts first.

To the best of my knowledge, a Sun LaserWriter is just the Apple product
with a new logo slapped on the side.  We have 4 Apple LaserWriters
(actually, one of them is a LW-Plus).  Over the years, we've had them
hooked up on serial lines using Transcript's pscomm driver and on
Appletalk using CAP's papif driver talking through a kbox.  We have driven
them with both a 4.3BSD Vax and SunOS-3.X suns.  I havn't seen any
problems at all with any of the various configurations.

Roy Smith, System Administrator
Public Health Research Institute
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