sanjay@IPCSG1.ECE.DREXEL.EDU (Sanjay Bhasin) (03/16/91)
Here are the responses to IBM - Mac Connectivity > Is there a way of connecting an IBM running DOS to an Appletalk network. The > purpose is to be able to print on a LaserWriter attached to the network. From jbm@apple.com Thu Mar 7 17:08:34 1991 Subject: Re: IBM - Mac Connectivity Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk One of the ways of connecting an IBM PC or compatable to a Macintosh network would be to use AppleShare PC. AppleShare PC supports the Apple LocalTalk card (AT bus only - no MCA card), Daystar Digital LocalTalk card (AT & MCA versions), IBM Tokenring cards (AT & MCA) and 3Com Ethernet card (models 505 and 525). If your Macs on a LocalTalk card, the simpliest solution would be to get either the Apple LocalTalk card or the Daystar card. You would then connect the PC to the network just like you would a Mac. The AppleShare software redirects any printing to the lpt port and to the network. Most PC programs (ie Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, Lotus) have postscript printer drivers for the Apple LaserWriter. If your application does not have a driver for the Apple printer then you can select the Epson emulation in AppleShare. This will print output as if it were going to an Epson printer. Not as nice as the laserwriter but could do the trick. Jennifer Minge Network System Engineer Apple's Technical Answerline =============================================================================== From: tony@phys.hawaii.edu (Antonio Querubin) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk Organization: University of Hawaii, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy The easiest way is to install an appletalk card into the PC and use TOPS Netprint. You can also use an ethernet card instead if your network runs ethernet and the LaserWriters are on localtalk behind an ethernet/localtalk router. TOPS provides ethernet drivers for Netprint for a variety of ethernet boards.