hard-sector 5 1/4 disk

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>
Date: Thu Nov 8 17:24:31 2001

>> Mac -> Asante SCSI to ethernet adapter -> Farallon Etherwave
>>ethernet to Localtalk adapter -> Laserwriter

>Yeah, I would have gone Mac to Ethernet (if the mac needed the ethernet),
>and LaserWriter to Mac via localtalk, run Apple's local talk bridge
>software, and the whole ethernet network (including the local mac) will
>see the laserwriter on the ethernet network.

What confused me for a long time, and is currently scheduled for again this
evening, is that Apple printers in many cases are NOT TCP/IP, but ethertalk
(same physical layer, different protocol). Some of the bridges and routers
pass TCP/IP or EtherTalk, but not both, then add to that the native network
blind character of a Wintel box and I am walking in a foggy forest.

Tonights fun, Apple Laserwriter 16/600 vs W98se, film at 11.
Received on Thu Nov 08 2001 - 17:24:31 GMT