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- From: day@thrain.vancouver.wsu.edu (Steve Day)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: ImageWriter II LocalTalk Option
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.183919.8874@clark.edu>
- Date: 6 Jan 93 18:39:19 GMT
- Article-I.D.: clark.1993Jan6.183919.8874
- References: <Dec.30.15.05.21.1992.26281@remus.rutgers.edu> <1993Jan4.220234.4359@lmt.mn.org>
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- In article <1993Jan4.220234.4359@lmt.mn.org> ChazL@county.lmt.mn.org (Chaz Larson) writes:
- >In article <Dec.30.15.05.21.1992.26281@remus.rutgers.edu>,
- >ficara@remus.rutgers.edu (ken ficara) writes:
- >> Two questions: (1) is there an easy way to tell if the option has
- >> been installed or not?
- >
- >Given that I can't recall what the option looks like or where it's installed,
- >here's what I would do:
- >
- >1. attach the printer using a standard Imagewriter cable to the printer
- > port on a Mac.
-
- The card fits into the printer above and to the right of the dip switches.
- It is under a plastic shelf at the base of the ribbon cartridge. Find the
- dip switches and feel in the hold to the right, if there is a card there
- it is the LocalTalk card.
-
- >
- >3. open the Chooser and see where the printer shows up. [installing the
- > option disables direct-connect mode]
- >
-
- NO. Installing the card does NOT disable the direct-connect mode. The mode
- is selected by the dip switches. (I don't remember which)
-
-
- >I think the board goes under the ribbon carriage in the front of the printer,
- >but I haven't installed one for about 6 years.
- >
-