Re: [WinMac] Re: macs without Appletalk

thorstadj(thorstadj[at]macconnect.com)
Tue, 12 Jan 1999 00:40:37 -0700

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>
> Actually, Alex nailed a stability weak point with the MacOS; Desktop
>Printing. In general, I trash the three Desktop Printing Extensions for the
>sake of stability. System 7.1's Print Monitor worked well for many years...
>
>>Or you could also setup Laserwriter 8.5 and up to a (as a) TCP/IP only
>>printer with the new desktop printer utility. You could actually turn
>>Appletalk off in your Mac and it will still print via TCP/IP. The only
>>donwside to this is you HAVE to use Desktop printing which causes a lot
>>of problems in my experience.

Very true. The only crashes I get these days on the Mac are related to
Desktop Printing and M$ products, but mostly DP. Well, except for the
ones I create myself. :)

Jeff T
thorstadj@macconnect.com

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