em@ihuxm.UUCP (Ed Moskowitz) (11/07/85)
Does anyone know of a manufacturer for an appletalk board that plugs into IBM compatible PC's. I'd like to justify buying an Apple Laserprinter for my MAC. My boss and others in the office have AT&T 6300's. If I can connect them to the Laser printer, it'd be easier to justify the purchase of one. Ed Moskowitz ihnp4!ihuxm!em
roy@nlm-vax.ARPA (Roy Standing) (11/09/85)
> Does anyone know of a manufacturer for an appletalk > board that plugs into IBM compatible PC's. > > Ed Moskowitz > ihnp4!ihuxm!em For those of you who get fa.info-mac, this message is redundant. I am using PC MacBridge from Tangent Technologies, Ltd. of Norcross, Georgia. It is an AppleTalk interface board which plugs into the IBM PC/XT or AT plus software. The software a) converts and sends files from 1. WordStar 2. MultiMate 3. Word 4. Lotus 123 b) converts and sends files setup to print on a Diablo 630 c) converts and sends ASCII files d) sends PostScript files e) provides a standalone graphing capability providing bar charts and pie charts The suggested retail price is $495.00. It is available now. The current release of the software is 2.10. They have been quite responsive to reports of bugs (I've found several in the standalone graphing utility). They have listened to suggestions about improving the feedback from their software but declined to say whether they will implement them. The product works well. The company is obviously small but trying hard. I have 8 of the boards. Presently I am using the boards in IBM PC/XTs but will shortly be using them in ATs as well. The boards queues you for the LaserWriter properl; I have not put multiple LaserWriters on the AppleTalk LAN and tried that. My LaserWriter name is the default. The complete data is: Tangent Technologies, Ltd. 5720 Peachtree Parkway, Suite 100 Norcross, Georgia 30092 (404) 662-0366 I am not connected with Tangent beyond being a customer. I did arrange to be treated like an OEM because of the number of units I intend to buy. The opinions expressed are exclusively my own, God help me.