Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!husc6!stech!sysop
From: sysop@stech.UUCP (Jan Harrington)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: TOPS, PCs & MACs
Message-ID: <914@stech.UUCP>
Date: 12 Feb 89 14:07:47 GMT
References: <1765@cps3xx.UUCP>
Distribution: usa
Organization: Scholastech, Inc., Waltham, Mass.
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in article <1765@cps3xx.UUCP>, usenet@cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner) says:
> 
> One of our research groups would like to use one Apple LaserWriter
> from 2 MAC SE's and one IBM-PCXT. They would like to use TOPS.
> What is needed at a mimimum to do this? All we want to do is print.
> No shared file systems or print spooling.
> 
One copy of TOPS for each machine (PC or Mac); one card for each
PC. Appletalk connectors for each and necessary cabling. 

 How does the PC TOPS Flash Card compare to a PC/Appletalk card?

Use either one. Both support the TOPS software. Flash Card may be
cheaper.
> 
> What is NETPRINT? Do you really have to have this to get at the
> printer?
 
NETPRINT will take non-postscript output and make it postscript before
sending it to the printer. If you've got an application that generates
its own postscript (e.g., PageMaker, Word, Works, Word Perfect), then you
don't need it. Just substitute the port on the Appletalk board for the
printer port. However, for applications that don't generate postscritp,
you will need it.
> Can MS-Word and a fully configured TOPS network node reside in 640K?
> 
 Yes.

Jan Harrington, sysop
Scholastech Telecommunications
UUCP: husc6!stech!sysop or allegra!stech!sysop

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