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From: puklich@plains.UUCP (Blayne Puklich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Networking 2 Macs cheaply:  How do I?
Message-ID: <3023@plains.UUCP>
Date: 22 Dec 89 02:16:08 GMT
References: <|^'XC@rpi.edu> <3016@plains.UUCP> <314@unizh.UUCP>
Reply-To: puklich@plains.UUCP (Blayne Puklich)
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Organization: North Dakota State University, Fargo
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In article <314@unizh.UUCP> schaerer@gorgo.UUCP (Daniel Schaerer) writes:
>> > My roommate and I each have Mac II's.  They are 50 feet apart from each
>> > other in the same apartment.  What are the various ways we can network
>> > them together?  Our objectives are:
>> > ...
>> >       3) share my LaserWriter IISC (if possible).
>> > ...
>> ...
>> You connect them using a bus topology like:
>> 
>>   Mac        Mac        LW
>>    ^----------^----------^
>
>The LaserWriter IISC connects through the SCSI port and can't be networked.

You're absolutely right.  I wasn't paying attention to that part!  Sorry,
guys.  It should be possible, however, to still share the SC using software.
I can't remember any offhand, but I'm sure that if the SC was hung off
the modem port it could be shared.  Of course, the other alternative is to
move the file to the Mac with the SC, and print it from there.  But that's
too ugly!

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