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From: sarge@thirdi.UUCP (Sarge Gerbode)
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Subject: Re: laser writer - macs and ibms at the same time.
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Date: Wed, 8-Jul-87 22:11:58 EDT
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In article <8707081857.AA07603@brillig.umd.edu> Weinstein@HI-MULTICS.ARPA writes:
>I remember reading some time ago that someone had a laser writer with
>both macs on the appletalk net and an ibm on the rs232 port both using
>the laser writer.
>
>Is this possible?
>
>What needs to be done to accomplish this.

I don't know about IBM's, but we have a mini computer with Berkeley 4.2 on the
9600 baud port and a mac on the appletalk one, and they work fine.  You just
turn the switch from one to the other, depending on what you need.  Don't need
to reboot the printer, in our experience.


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Sarge Gerbode
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