Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!gatech!mcnc!decvax!dartvax!eleazar.dartmouth.edu!earleh From: earleh@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Earle R. Horton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Direct Mac to LaserWriter connectio Message-ID: <15007@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> Date: 13 Aug 89 20:35:19 GMT References: <4251@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> <141200071@cdp> Sender: news@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU Reply-To: earleh@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Earle R. Horton) Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 29 Summary: Expires: Sender: Followup-To: Distribution: Keywords: In article <141200071@cdp> sklein@cdp.UUCP writes: > >>It is possible to connect a LaserWriter directly to a Mac using a round >>8 pin to round 8 pin cable, thereby avoiding the extra cost of two LocalTalk > >Since this seems to be widely known, and easy to do, why does APDA sell >an Asynchronous LaserWriter driver for the Mac? What possible use does >this product have? > -shabtai Here is one possible use: |-----| | MAC |-------\ |-----| \ |----------| \----| | |----| | SWITCH |--------| LW | /----| | |----| |---------| / |----------| | BRAND X |-------/ |---------| Switches that will connect two or more computers, one at a time, to the same peripheral can be an economical solution in some situations. If the cost of outfitting BRAND X with a LocalTalk interface is several times that of the serial line switch, then the Asynchronous LaserWriter driver might be just the ticket. Earle R. Horton