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  1. Free to a good home: A LocalTalk card for an HP LaserJet . . . II? Maybe III. Model 33416A. It's been far too long. I can't blame forgetting that on COVID brain fog. 😅

    #Macintosh #HP #LocalTalk #LaserJet #LaserPrinter #FreeToAGoodHome #RetroComputing #VintageComputers #Networking #HewlettPackard

  2. I was staring at my walls this weekend and thought... I have ethernet in place of my phone cable in the house - can I use them for something? Most newer homes have their wires in a star hub pattern but when I popped off a plate, I noticed it was 2 sets throughout the house until it got to the end of the run in the master bedroom. This told me that it was probably a wire run in serial so.. what do with it? Setup Localtalk obviously! #appleii #mac #apple #localtalk

  3. EDIT: They have found a home.
    #Free to a good home: A bunch of Digital Ocean Grouper wireless LocalTalk networking units. Three 100LT units with four batteries and AC adaptors. Includes manuals, warranty cards, and software on floppies. :apple_inc: 💾 📶
    #Macintosh #RetroComputing #VintageComputers #LocalTalk #AppleTalk #Wireless

  4. @arroz 1. Open up chooser. 2. “Command” double click on the share name. A dialog will come up. 3. Type your message, send and it will appear as a dialog on the screen of machine with the share.

    It may be “option” instead of “command”.

    #globaltalk #appletalk #localtalk

  5. EDIT: All gone!

    #Free to a good home: Twenty Farallon PhoneNET Plus transceivers. I'm giving these away in fives, shipped via USPS flat rate. :apple_inc:

    #Macintosh #RetroComputing #VintageComputers #Network #LocalTalk #Farallon #PhoneNET #RJ11

  6. EDIT: All gone.
    #Free to a good home: I have 40 Farallon PhoneNET transceivers. For my own sanity, I'd like to give them away in fives, shipped USPS flat rate. :apple_inc:
    #Macintosh #RetroComputing #VintageComputers #Network #LocalTalk #Farallon #PhoneNET #RJ11

  7. EDIT: They have found a home!
    #Free to a good home: A pair of LocalTalk transceivers that use a mini-DIN connector instead of a telephone cord. Two transceivers, two cables, and two gender changers. :apple_inc:
    #Macintosh #RetroComputing #VintageComputers #Network #LocalTalk #miniDIN

  8. ETA: THE PRINTER IS GONE DON'T BOOST THIS ANYMORE

    Thanks!

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    okay I'm not sure how to get the attention of any #Seattle local people involved with the #LocalTalk #RetroComputing network BUT

    a localtalk-talking laserjet just showed up on Free Stuff on Seattle craigslist and I thought maybe someone might be interested:

    seattle.craigslist.org/est/zip

    #VintageMac #Accessories

  9. The way it works is this:

    1. A print is initiated from a device to the CUPS-PDF driver on my #netatalk Raspberry Pi.
    2. The resulting PDF is placed in the AFP share of netatalk/afpd.
    3. An emulated PPC Mac 9.2.2 running the #AppleScript below is watching for new files in that folder and will print them using Acrobat Reader to the #ImageWriterII via #LocalTalk using the MacPalette II driver.

    It works, but crashes with dialog that I can't auto-dismiss.

    #RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac

  10. With netatalk, a TashTalk hat, TashRouter, and CUPS on the Raspberry Pi, we can do clever things like share a #ImageWriter II printer over #LocalTalk with an iPhone using AirPrint!

    This screenshot was printed from my phone to the ImageWriter II.

    Interestingly, this was just fixed in the latest netatalk 2.3.2!

    #LiveLaughLocalTalk #RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac