tcr@mhuxi.UUCP (RUSSELL) (03/07/86)
We have an Apple Laserwriter connected to our Mac Plus over Appletalk and also an AT&T PC6300 connected to Appletalk using the PC MacBridge board and software (which works very well). We would also like to be able to connect our unix system (AT&T 3B2) to the laserwriter. For now, we connect the 3B2 to the RS232 port of the laserwriter and manually change the switch on the back panel from Appletalk back to RS232. If this switch could be done in software, this would be much better. If there was a bridge from RS232 or parallel port to Appletalk this would be even better. Another possibility is that the Mac could connect to the Laserwriter through the RS232 port and then we could use a printer multiplexing box to share one printer from several hosts. This does not seem easy to do since when one selects Laserwriter as the printer, Appletalk is enabled. Any help, suggestions, etc. would be greatly appreciated. Note: Some or all of the names above are trademarks. Tom Russell AT&T Bell Laboratories ihnp4!mhuxi!tcr tcr.mhuxi@btl.csnet (201) 582-7578