Ok, gottcha.
Probably, but you'd have to write software to drive the SCSI port that way. The DB25 connector on the back of the machine is a standard SCSI port using a non-standard connector (25 pins instead of 50). Arguably, it is a 26 pin connector, as I believe that the connector housing supplies the ground. I could be wrong about that though.
Speaking of writing software. Dos systems usually had a simple programming langauge called "BASIC". Did the Mac have something similar?
As I wrote, if you install the control panel Mode32, then it will support memory capacity above 8 MB.
I am assuming this is like a special piece of software? I remember back in the days of Windows 95 they had limitations on the hard drives too and you would have to install a utility that would allow you to go past the cap they had on the hard drives. It was called something like LBA conversion or what.
You've always had to deal with the same information, it's just that you never had to notice it before.
There are three components to printer compatibility for all computers and operating systems:1) Communications media -- You must be able to physically interface the computer and the printer. In the Windows world this was typically accomplished with a parallel port interface. Other examples are serial interfaces (RS232, RS422 (?)), network interfaces (localtalk, ethernet, token ring) and USB, which I guess is a fancier serial interface.
2) Communications protocol -- This is how the information is packaged for communication over the hardware media. I'm not sure direct connections such as parallel or serial have a communications protocol, but I guess they must have something analogous. On networks, examples of protocols are TCP/IP, AppleTalk or Ethertalk and IPX/SPX.
3) Printer Language -- The print driver on your computer translates the images to be printed into a code the printer can understand (if you're lucky) called the printer language. Windows machines were typically using PCL4 when I stopped paying attention. Some of them used postscript. Printers built specifically for older Macs which connect via the serial port will have QuickDraw support. But Postscript is a standard beyond the Macintosh world and the LaserWriter driver will create postscript output.
So, for example, when I bought a Color Laser Printer a year ago at Christmas I narrowed my choice to three models. They all had ethernet support, and because I have a LocalTalk to Ethernet bridge on my network, all my Macs would be able to communicate with the printer over the Media layer. All the printers had Postscript support, so all my Mac's printer drivers (extensions in Macs parlance) could create usable output for the printers. But only one of the printers supported the AppleTalk Communications Protocol (or listed it in the spec. I still suspect that the Xerox model had it but forgot to list it). So my older Macs were best served by getting the printer with AppleTalk support because Apple didn't add printing over TCP/IP until fairly late in the Classic OS and some of my older machines won't run an OS new enough to support TCP/IP printing, I think.
So then it probably would be best to find out what version of the MAC OS started using TCP/IP. I would assume then if the Mac computer had that capability then it should be able to communicate (share files) with a Windows machine?
Hmmm, no not really. If I have a monochrome display, it would be safe to say that a monochrome printer would be fine
.Wow! Looks like that printer is still readily available on Ebay. They have quite a few listed. Well, that is good news. How does the printer connect to the computer?
Yes, that is what I meant.
Ok, so if I have a 20gig HD I can set it up in 10-2gig partitions (this is on an SE/30 now).
Yeah, I would have to wait for a deal on it as I can't see spending that much on the book. Besides I am sure much of the info is on the internet anyway.
Really? Then what does the board like like that I SHOULD be looking for.
Thanx,
Geo