29 Mar
2001
29 Mar
'01
3:39 a.m.
Hi,
Marion.Bates(a)dartmouth.edu (Marion Bates) said:
Hi all,
My mom has the following setup:
- Beige G3 minitower
- Apple LaserWriter Pro 600
- OS 9.1
The printer and Mac are connected via LocalTalk. (This printer requires
AppleTalk.)
She is afraid that the next upgrade (OS X) will make the printer unuseable,
since Apple is phasing out LocalTalk (this Mac is the last model that still
comes with a damn serial port).
The printer has no Ethernet capability, but it does have a parallel port in
addition to the LocalTalk port.
The questions are: Is there any sort of hardware/software conversion kit that
would allow the Mac to use that parallel port if LocalTalk becomes unavailable
in the future?
There are Mac USB to _serial_ adapters which let you use your old printers.
Whether these work in OSX I can't say...I've not scraped enough money
together yet to afford a modern enough Mac to run OSX ;-(
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Cheers,
Stan Barr stanb(a)dial.pipex.com
The future was never like this!