imagewriter II printer to emac?

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rbewer - 06 Feb 2004 03:41 GMT

i'd like to connect an imagewriter II printer and my g3 mouse and
keyboard to an emac. all were used prior on a g3 desktop. can someone
tell me if an adaptor/convertor is available and what it is and where i
might find it?

thanks.

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Jeff Walther - 25 Aug 2005 06:24 GMT

> i'd like to connect an imagewriter II printer and my g3 mouse and
> keyboard to an emac. all were used prior on a g3 desktop. can someone
> tell me if an adaptor/convertor is available and what it is and where i
> might find it?
>
> thanks.

Heh, heh, doubt he's still reading after 1.5 years...but in case someone
Dejanews it:

Get the AppleTalk Option for the IWII. This is actually LocalTalk
hardware which installs inside the IWII in the expansion slot (yes, the
IWII has an expansion slot). This gives the IWII AppleTalk over
LocalTalk.

Then get a LocalTalk to Ethernet Bridge such as the AsanteTalk,
MicroAsantePrint (older more capable version of AsanteTalk), or similar
products from Dayna or Farallon.

Use the Bridge to connect the LocalTalk port of the IWII to your ethernet
network. Use the AppleTalk ImageWriter 7.01 driver/extension in Chooser
to use the printer. This works great in OS9.1. I don't know if it would
work in Classic under OSX.

The color capable IWII driver from Microspot, AppleTalk MacPalette II,
also works fine in OS9.1.

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