Hey all, I picked up a LaserWriter Pro 600 this weekend. (Localtalk, Postscript 2, 8mb ram, born in 1993) I've been around Macs for a few years, but I've never had the opportunity to set up a Laserwriter before. I set it up on a PM 7500/XLR8 G3 266 running OS 8.6. I currently just use a crossover ethernet cable to network the 7500 to my G4 tower. After experimenting and checking out some info on the internet, I downloaded the "LaserWriter Bridge" control panel so I can use the printer and still communicate between machines via ethernet. Everything seems to work ok, but I'm asking those of you more experienced with this than I, if this setup will work OK or am I heading into some headaches? Some of the information I came across mentioned hardware solutions to make the LW available to an ethernet network. They mentioned cost was a deterrent, but the web pages I looked at appeared to be a few years old so I'm not sure about the cost issues. ******* Now, just for being curious on my part. Is there a workable solution to get the LW to work with the G4 directly? (It's a G4/400 "Gigabit" machine.) I currently have OS 9.2.1/OS X installed on it. I'm thinking that if I could, it would have to be through ethernet. I'm also thinking what would really be cool is if a person could use a USB-to-Parallel port adapter to attach to the LW parallel port. I have an Epson Stylus 850 that I bought such and adapter kit for. (Too bad Epson isn't making this printer OS X compatible.) The LW also has a localtalk port and a pc-style serial port. I am guessing it would be possible to write drivers that would allow the LW to be used over a USB-to-parallel adapter. Even though there would be no financial motivation to develop such a driver on Apple's part, it would be fun to prove it could be done. That said, I'm also a practical person. I have a setup that appears to work. Heck, I can even call up the LW over my little ethernet network now and print from the G4. I just get curious about these things. Thanks for any info. Rich -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
