joe@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Joe Chung) (10/26/89)
Does anyone know why using Ethertalk (NuBus Ether card) should interfere with the MacII serial port B (printer port)? A serial driver that we wrote for MIDI cannot operate when Ethertalk is running (i.e. when Appletalk is enabled from the chooser and the Ethertalk network is selected from the control panel). Thanks, - Joe Chung joe@media-lab.mit.edu (617) 253-0621
phil@vaxphw.enet.dec.com (Phil Hunt) (10/26/89)
In article <891@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>, joe@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Joe Chung) writes... }Does anyone know why using Ethertalk (NuBus Ether card) should interfere }with the MacII serial port B (printer port)? A serial driver that we wrote }for MIDI cannot operate when Ethertalk is running (i.e. when Appletalk is }enabled from the chooser and the Ethertalk network is selected from the }control panel). } Yes, I know why, Apple did some hard coding of pointers to serial ports way back when Appletalk was developed. They are 'all over the place' in the code and supposidly hard to find. System 6.0.4 docs say this is (Finally) fixed, but I installed it and STILL CAN'T USE MY PRINTER PORT!!! ================================================================== Phil Hunt "Wherever you go, there you are!!!" Digital Equipment Corporation Phone: (508)486-2164 ENET: VAXPHW::PHIL USENET: phil@vaxphw.enet.dec.com MOREUSENET: phil%vaxphw.dec@decwrl.enet.dec.com EVENMORE: ....!decwrl!dec-vaxphw!phil
lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein) (10/27/89)
In article <5759@shlump.nac.dec.com> phil@vaxphw.enet.dec.com (Phil Hunt) writes: > System 6.0.4 docs say this is (Finally) fixed, but I installed it and > STILL CAN'T USE MY PRINTER PORT!!! I thought that you needed Ethertalk 2.0 in order to use your priner port and Ethertalk at the same time. I've got Ethertalk 2.0 and I was able to choose an Imagewriter connected to the printer port on my Mac II. Larry Rosenstein, Apple Computer, Inc. Object Specialist Internet: lsr@Apple.com UUCP: {nsc, sun}!apple!lsr AppleLink: Rosenstein1