Hi all: I'm a brand new member of this group, and an old PowerComputing mac user.
This may be completely out of topic, but maybe you folks can help me out here. I have to hook up an old Xante 8100, a Postscript 1200 dpi 11 x 17 workhorse (worth as much as a GMC Tracker when it was new) that even has an OSX printer driver available that I've downloaded. My problem is that the printer is serial/local talk only, no ethernet, and of course no USB... I have firewire, USB, ethernet, etc. on my G4 that seriously wants to talk to this printer... Asante makes a ethernet to serial bridge that does not support this printer. As far as I know there is NO bridge that does, which leaves me to using the Powermac... I have 2 old mac boxes, a Power Computing 120 and an old Apple thing of about the same speed, both of which have ethernet that I can use as bridges, that is, I can use them as connectors to the Xante. I also have an Apple monitor that I can use dedicated to configure either of these. The Power Mac is the one I would rather use because it was the last one I used in that era.. (it even has 64 megs of RAM!). I don't know which of the latest systems are available for this box, and not even sure which system is on it... I haven't fired it up yet. If I fire either one of these boxes up to use as a bridge what kind of problems will I encounter, particularly if I'm using an OSX driver from my main computer which is running OSX 10.2.8? Some of the problems I'm expecting are are OSX/system 7 or 8 connections, compatibility with higher protocol ethernet vs. the old stuff, etc. The ethernet to the box shouldn't be an issue, but how do I use the connection to actually print from my main computer? Has anyone done anything like this? Any suggestions re: where I should post the same questions perhaps on a different forum? Any comments or suggestions besides trashing this old beloved printer are welcome!!! Best and Warmest Regards, Ray ===== -- 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> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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 Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
