Good! Yeah, you are right: all you need is a barebones machine able to
run the (undemanding) LaserWriter Bridge. The IIci with System 7.6
would work, if you add an Ethernet-card, though printing could be slow
if that's only a 10BaseT (10 Mbit) card.
More realistic is to use a stripped down 7300. I have run such setups
at several smallscale networks in poor idealistic organizations.
But even that one is to old and feeble to be an AppleShare server.
Apple says it's OK, but it's not in the real world: neither I nor the
list could ever solve the instability problems of running OS 9 on the
server with OSX machines as clients. Appearently it is a well-known
issue (see the net), that noone have found a solution for. And of
course Apple isn't gonna lift a finger to rectify that (reasonably
enough)
That's why I strongly recommended you to let an OSX machine be the
server, so that both OS9 and OSX clients can connect without problems.
But until then, use the stripped down 7300 as a LaserWriter bridge
This LocalTalk Bridge software is working to make my arrangement of
using the 4/600 LocalTalk printer via the 7300 unexpectedly good -
perhaps I am easily surprised?
* File sharing can be off
* It is not necessary to touch the 7300 controls (except to start and
shutdown)
* It is not necessary to have a screen connected or turned on.
* The printer works from the 7300 controls (its keyboard and mouse)
also, this a big surprise to me: no need for AppleTalk to be set to
"Printer", it is on "Ethernet" and I guess the LT Bridge software
lets it know where the printer is...
I hardly need my fancily fitted out 7300 (lotsa hds, usb, ram, G3/4
upgrade cpu etc...). Must prepare a minimised 7300 with a 200 cpu I
have kicking about... This has given me thoughts: what about dusting
off a beaut iici I have sitting doing nothing (ah, forget if I have
an ethernet card for it around?)...
( I will probably want a bit of file sharing as well at some stage if
only to access the zips attached to the older Powermacs, then I look
more closely at other instructions, e.g., Bruce's. In the meantime, I
like that there is less likely any slowdown when fs is off)
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