On 3.7.2002 20:11, "Andrew Stiller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On 3.7.2002 14:15, "Andrew Stiller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I picked up an Apple LaserWriter Select 360 for $25 at a thrift >>> store, to use w. my old PowerMac running system 8.0. I have the right >>> driver and PDF for it, but I can't get the Chooser to see the printer. >>> >>> Whoever previously owned the thing had it connected via the serial >>> port, but I unplugged that and replaced it with a cable from the >>> computer's printer port to the printer's local-talk port. >>> >>> Any thoughts? >>> _______________________________________________ >> >> Have you got the right type of Apple Talk cable; network cable with >> connection boxes at both ends? >> >> Cortez > > What's a connection box? This is the same type of cable I used for > every printer and system I've had prior to my current one: a nice, > thick cable with a round connector that plugs into the Mac's printer > port, and another connector of the same type at the printer end, that > plugs into a port labled with a pair of arrows pointing in opposite > directions. > > It is the LocalTalk connector boxes I use as my 360 is connected to two computers. You obviously don't need those boxes if your printer is for only one computer, so you can use your nice, thick cable with a round connector if it has 8 pins which connect to the LocalTalk output and input. Cortez _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
