BURATI@ulowell.CSNET.UUCP (07/10/86)
I was wondering if anybody else noticed any
changes/new problems with the sr9.2.3 /com/prsvr
(print server). I just recently updated our net from
9.0 and had been using a qms ps-800 laser printer with
absolutely no problems, by telling the print server that
I was using APPLE as a driver. (BTW, the qms ps800 is
Laserwriter/Appletalk compatible if used with a 9 pin cable)
I had just put the printer in standard 9600 baud... postscript
mode, which is not the apple compatible mode, and started
the server. I was able to print '-plot' files and '-text'
files without problems. Now here's the problem. With the
new print server, they (apollo) have added a check at startup
time to see if the printer is a Laserwriter, which inevitably
causes the server to die, since the qms isn't in Laserwriter
compatibility mode. (I'm using plain postscript mode instead of
Appletalk mode, because Appletalk needs a 9pin connector,whereas
Postscript mode can use the standard 25 pin serial line). Why
would apollo change a working utility and make it less
compatible/usable? (I got around the problem by saving a copy
of the sr9.0 prsvr under a different name).
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We (U. of Lowell) have been using a Cipher 6250 tape drive
with Ciprico controller for about 6 months with absolutely no
problems. I don't have the info right now, but I believe that
the drive is much faster (and less expensive) than the supported
CDC drive (I'm not sure about the Kennedy drive).
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Michael Burati
University of Lowell
Computer Science Dept.
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