[WinMac] Re: mini din 8 to db9 cable
Daniel L. Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Wed, 25 Aug 1999 09:25:59 -0500
Good morning!
] I'll reply inline...
At 09:36 PM 8/24/99 -0500, Tom wrote:
>Darron Spohn wrote:
>> I used to work in the Peripherals Support Group at Apple, so I knew
>> where to look. I think there is a way to make one of these cables. Try
>> searching Apple's TIL for Peripheral 8 and pinout. If the article is
>> still there it will give you the pin configuration of the Peripheral 8
>> cable.
>
>I'll have to search for that.
No need: Just go to eBay and pay the $30 for an ethernet-LocalTalk box;
then use standard wiring. You don't need to worry about the pinout in this
(recommended) case.
>> The problem you are running into is that Apple never intended the PLW
>> 320 to work with Windows. That's one reason it was so cheap (for its
>> day). As the TIL article states, you must connect this printer to an
>> Ethernet network and use a bridge to get it to work with Windows. If you
>> connect it directly via a custom DIN 8 to DB 9 cable, it will expect a
>> LocalTalk header for each print job. Windows will not do that.
>
>That may be a problem. We've got an LaserWriter 4/600 in the office now
>which is practically the same printer as the Personal LaserWriter 320
>and it's got an Asante etherprint connecting it to the network. I then
>setup a print queue for it on our NT Server that communicates with it
>via AppleTalk. Works like a charm but like I said earlier, the
>etherprint is $200. In this scenario, does the Asante etherprint
>provide the LocalTalk header?
No, the AppleTalk header is provided by the NT Server running
Services for
Macintosh's Print Spooler For Macintosh service.
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