Subject: Re:[netatalk-admins] Personal LaserWriter II at Linux Box
From: Stefan Bethke (stefan@promo.de)
Date: Fri Aug 01 1997 - 12:09:13 EDT
At 17:40 Uhr +0200 01.08.1997, Michael Stone wrote:
>Quoting Patrik Schindler (poc@poc.pingnet.de):
>> >NO! The DB25 connector is SCSI, it is NOT serial.
Yes, it is serial. The IINTX and IIg use a standard Centronix 50 for SCSI.
And, yes, I'm sure, I just looked at our IINTX.
Btw, the Pro 630 uses a PowerBook-style connector.
>> Not at the original LaserWriter II. The Only II-Series LaserWriter with
>>SCSI was the IINTX and the IIg, AFAIK.
>
>Two questions: First, why does a printer need a scsi interface?
To store ressources like fonts, procedures and patterns.
Also,
>why did apple have to use DB25 for scsi? :-)
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