On Jan 22, 2009, at 7:51 AM, Stephen E. Bodnar wrote:
> My memory is a bit foggy, but I believe the old HP > 4M (M = Macintosh compatible) has a real Adobe Postscript > ROM on the added LocalTalk card. We used ours in a > network with Macs running System 7, PC's running > NT and WFW 3.1, and Sun Solaris. The Suns used > Postscript too, and they absolutely loved the > Laserwriters and worked really well with the 4M. Based upon the indicia on the ROMs, the PS is indeed real Adobe PS. It is a relatively late version, too. 20xx.xxxx or something. The LJ4 comes with no JetDirect card and with no accessory RAM cards, but with 2 MB of on-motherboard RAM. The PS card takes one RAM slot, leaving three free RAM slots for expansion RAM. I believe 4 MB or 8 MB RAM cards are supported, for a maximum possible RAM of 14 MB (4 MB cards) or 26 MB (8 MB cards). The JetDirect card has a microprocessor, but it does not have PostScript on it. The microprocessor is there solely to manage the LocalTalk or Ethernet ports. I have both LocalTalk + Ethernet and Ethernet only JetDirects. I prefer the Ethernet only cards. The LJ4+ takes a different JetDirect card than the LJ4. Probably a different PS card, too. Not withstanding the fact that the 4M's PostScript is "true Adobe", it suffers a lot more PS failures (path overflows, etcetera) than does the Apple LaserWriter Pro 630 or 16/600. I run my LJ4M with 14 MB of RAM. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
