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I think what you need is an Asante EtherPrint or Dayna EtherPrint. These devices basically make your older Apple printer a network printer by connecting the printer's serial cable up to this box and then the box connects to the network via ethernet. You can print to them from any computer on the network. Asante still sells these things new though I'm sure you could find one used on eBay or LEM Swap for $20-$30.
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Tom Roth * tel 336.716.4493
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Dept of Biomedical Communications
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> From: Steven M. Kemp
> Subject: [WinMac] help with LocalTalk Bridge
>
> Dear WinMac folk:
>
> I am a Mac guy with a WinNT machine for work at home. I am having
> trouble connecting my new G4 to my old LaserWriter, and was hoping
> you could help me. This past December (2002), I upgraded from an old
> Mac Duo 2400 running OS 7.6 to a brand new Titanium G4 running OS X
> (v.10.2.6). After looking through the archives, I found the emails
> (below) recommending LocalTalk bridge. I downloaded it and could not
> get it to work. I need to know how to make LocalTalk bridge work
> with my configuration or, if it can't work, what my next best
> alternative is. Details follow:
>
8><...snip...
> My overall plan is to get the G4 to talk to the LaserWriter Select
> and then to add an Ethernet card to the NT machine so that everything
> is linked together. Here are my questions: (1) Can someone tell me
> how to get LocalTalk Bridge to connect the G4 to the LaserWriter?
> (2) If not, what is my next best option? (3) If a hardware bridge is
> my next best option, what model, what brand and are there any tricks
> to hooking it up? (4) Another possibility is to add an Ethernet card
> to my NT machine (which I am planning on anyway) and then loading
> some software to the NT to make it a software bridge. Given that
> this is a workstation machine, which I don't usually use while I am
> printing from my Mac, is this a reasonable option? If so, how do I
> go about it and what software do I use? -- Please cc me at
> steve_kemp@unc.edu
>
> Thanks so much for your time,
>
> steve kemp
>
>
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