From: Ethan Dicks <ethan_dicks(a)yahoo.com> Subject: Mac haul and print server questions The March winds have been unsurpassed at depositing Macintosh parts at my feet. Last week, at my new job, a new co-worker gave me a pair of AAUI 10BaseT transceivers; the show at Dayton disgorged a Quadra 660AV; and the university surplus turned out to be a gold mine. For $5 each, I picked up a 15" Mac monitor, two LC IIIs, two IIsis, an external 170Mb disk, and an Apple external 80Mb disk. I got for free from the cable bin, some LocalTalk cables, three LocalTalk dongles, one PhoneNet dongle (w/terminator) and three data- center-grade AUI cables, including a DEC-branded one (perfect for my VAX8200) Most of these accessories I've been looking for with some intensity of late.

Finally, now that I have an abundance of Ethernet-capable Macs, I want to turn to a long-standing project - turning a Mac into an Ethernet<->LocalTalk print server. I don't care if I have to sacrifice one of my larger Macs and run a variety of UNIX, but what I want is to be able to print from other machines, UNIX, Windoze, Amiga, etc., over whatever protocol I can manage to universally support, and print to this HP Deskwriter 660 that is sitting here, lonely. Additionally, I could drive an HP LaserJet 4/ML over the LocalTalk port from the same print server. Are there any packages for the Mac that will let me share the printer with non-Apple-based machines? Is there something like CAP (Columbua AppleTalk Protocol?) for Windoze? (I've used it with Linux)