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Subject: Re: Need info on talking from unix to LaserWriter through FastPath
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Date: 17 Feb 89 13:50:51 GMT
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m2c!wpi!tron@husc6.harvard.edu  (Richard G Brewer):

> As I recall, the switch in the back deactivates the AppleTalk port ...
> ... I imagine that this terminates the "chain" in the Appletalk network,
> dividing it into two parts. This is just a guess, though...

     Actually, it's worse than that.  Even if the LaserWriter is at the
end of the chain, deactivating its AppleTalk port causes transmission
errors on the rest of the network, completely disabling it.  Apparently,
a LaserWriter with a deactivated AppleTalk port is electrically
different from an unplugged AppleTalk connector.  What a pain.

					Steve Munson
					sbm@Purdue.EDU
					sbm@Purdue.CSNET
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