mrgofor@mmm.UUCP (MKR) (02/26/86)
My brother has a 512K Mac with a MacBottom hard disk, which plugs into the printer port on his Mac. This means that he plugs his printer into the modem port, and he has to use a ChoosePrinter DA to switch the printer port. Does anybody out there know of a way to make the modem port come up as the printer connection by default upon booting? I told my brother that I suspected that there was a small patch that could be made to the printer driver that would do this, but I don't know what it is. Can anybody help me? Alternatively - can he hook the MacBottom to the modem port instead? I forgot to ask him that question, but I'm assuming he would have a good reason why that won't work. Thanks in advance - -- --MKR There is none so blind as he who cannot see.
her3@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Benjamin 'Drew' Herman) (02/27/86)
In article <563@mmm.UUCP> mrgofor@mmm.UUCP (MKR) writes: >My brother has a 512K Mac with a MacBottom hard disk, which plugs into >the printer port on his Mac. This means that he plugs his printer into >the modem port, and he has to use a ChoosePrinter DA to switch the >printer port. > >I told my brother that I suspected that there was a small patch that >could be made to the printer driver that would do this. There is, there is a very nice program available called PRAM that allows you to set the defaults on the system. Such as the time, the font used on your desktop and lots of other goodies including changing the printer and modem lines and baud. This information is 'kept alive' by the little battery at the back of the mac and if you change the defaults using PRAM it stays intact until you remove the battery. 'PRAM' is ?SHAREWARE? so if you get it !! PLEASE !! sent the author $$. d|:-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Disclaimer: I Have no Idea whose opinions I express But I feel free to express them furvently. Consequently, I take no responsibility for anything that I have said;or for how they are interperated, Nor Should anyone else be held for my inaine misnomers. If these seem like the ravings of a madman....... they probably are. ()-:}-\-/-\ ============================================================================= Drew Herman (-;b her3@UChicago.bitnet {arpa,uucp are never nice to me so I don't give their address}
mrh@Shasta.ARPA (Marc Hannah) (03/01/86)
> My brother has a 512K Mac with a MacBottom hard disk, which plugs into > the printer port on his Mac. This means that he plugs his printer into > the modem port, and he has to use a ChoosePrinter DA to switch the > printer port. > > Does anybody out there know of a way to make the modem port come > up as the printer connection by default upon booting? I told my brother > that I suspected that there was a small patch that could be made to the > printer driver that would do this, but I don't know what it is. Can > anybody help me? > > Alternatively - can he hook the MacBottom to the modem port instead? > I forgot to ask him that question, but I'm assuming he would have a good > reason why that won't work. > > Thanks in advance - > > -- > --MKR > > There is none so blind as he who cannot see. I use a MacBottom at work and use the MacBottom on each port depending. Since it has a print spooling facility, I don't see why you would want to plug in the printer to the free port. Instead plug the printer into the printer port provided on the MacBottom. When you print anything it will be spooled to disk and then printed. While it is printing the Mac is free for useful work. See the MacBottom manual for details about the print spooling feature of the device. As far as I know the choose printer desk accessory modifies parameter ram so that you can set the printer port and it is remembered from bootup to bootup. David Gelphman -> DAVEG@SLACVM.BITNET (from ARPANET) ...lindy!dbg ( from Usenet)
cralle@lll-crg.ARpA (Bob Cralle) (03/10/86)
In article <127@Shasta.ARPA> mrh@Shasta.ARPA (Marc Hannah) writes: >> My brother has a 512K Mac with a MacBottom hard disk, which plugs into >> the printer port on his Mac. This means that he plugs his printer into >> the modem port, and he has to use a ChoosePrinter DA to switch the >> printer port. >> >> Does anybody out there know of a way to make the modem port come >> up as the printer connection by default upon booting? I told my brother >> that I suspected that there was a small patch that could be made to the >> printer driver that would do this, but I don't know what it is. Can >> anybody help me? >> >> Alternatively - can he hook the MacBottom to the modem port instead? >> I forgot to ask him that question, but I'm assuming he would have a good >> reason why that won't work. >> >> Thanks in advance - >> >> -- >> --MKR >> >> There is none so blind as he who cannot see. > >I use a MacBottom at work and use the MacBottom on each port depending. >Since it has a print spooling facility, I don't see why you would want >to plug in the printer to the free port. Instead plug the printer into >the printer port provided on the MacBottom. When you print anything >it will be spooled to disk and then printed. While it is printing the >Mac is free for useful work. See the MacBottom manual for details about >the print spooling feature of the device. > As far as I know the choose printer desk accessory modifies parameter >ram so that you can set the printer port and it is remembered from bootup >to bootup. > David Gelphman -> DAVEG@SLACVM.BITNET (from ARPANET) > ...lindy!dbg ( from Usenet) the trouble is u can't use AppleTalk (AT) with MacBottom's printer port & therefore u can't print to the LaserWriter. Unless u run MacBottom on the modem port (the LaserWriter (AT) won't work on the modem port!?). -- Regards, &c., Bob cralle@lll-crg R. K. Cralle LLNL MS L-73 POX 808 Livermore, CA 94550 fone 415/422-4041 FTS 415/532-4041 <<< Facts are no match for belief >>>