Hooking Up Old Apple (and other old) serial Printers to Modern OS X Networks
Where can I find or would someone care to share with me all the techniques possible to hook up the Laser Writer 360, 320, the old Color Style Writer 2400, old Style Writer dot-matrix printers, and some old HP printers like the 4L, etc.? I am curious and interested in what gear I need, where I can get the gear, what drivers to use and where I can get the drivers, and if I need to use (or have the option of using) an OS 9 computer to run it, how do I do that? My set up includes a Macbook Pro, several PB-G4¹s, a MDD dual G4 tower, sometimes a PB-G3 and sometimes an old 1400 jacked up to G3 and sometimes a Wallstreet. I use a modern Motorola V.3 Cable Modem, a current Dual Band Apple Airport Extreme N Router, and a networked multi-port ethernet, Firewire and USB2 hub. I also have a Netgear WiFi G Print Server and I am curious if there is something interesting I can do with that. Can I use it as a repeater? A bridge? Or does it need to be hooked up directly to the modem instead of the Extreme to work? Sorry if I am asking dumb questions, but I am new to OSX networking due to having been sidelined these last 6 years by serious illness. Now that I am recovering, I am anxious to make use of and exploit both the new tech and the old gear available to me. Thanks, Run in Seattle -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
