I've updated my Classic Mac Support blog post with info on how to create a Print to PDF printer that's shared over AppleTalk with netatalk!

https://biosrhythm.com/?p=2791

#RetroComputing #VintageMac #VintageApple #netatalk #MacIPRpi #MacipGW #LaserWriter

» Building a Classic Mac Support Server

As promised, I wrote a blog post about creating my own classic Mac support server using a Raspberry Pi Zero, a TashTalk 2 hat, netatalk, and a few other tools. It's very much like MacIPRpi with everything current.

https://biosrhythm.com/?p=2791

Boosts appreciated!

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» Building a Classic Mac Support Server

If you run a #MacIPRpi on a Pi or VM and are using an AppleTalk router (AIR, tashrouter, etc) you can use the following command on the Pi to scan all zones for devices.

getzones | while read line ; do echo "$line zone:" ; nbplkup "@$line" ;done

Better still, put this in your .bash_aliases file as

alias scan='getzones | while read line ; do echo "$line zone:" ; nbplkup "@$line" ;done'

After logging back in, type just type scan. 😎

#GlobalTalk #MARCHintosh #VintageApple #VintageMac

@paulrickards tweets:

Printing to a LaserWriter II from Pages on an iPhone over AirPrint 🙃

1991 🤝 2022

Here’s how I did it:

https://twitter.com/paulrickards/status/1558103641432768513

#Apple #LaserWriterII #MacIPRpi #NetATalk #CUPS #AirPrint

Paul Rickards on Twitter

“Here’s how I did it. The LaserWriter IIg is connected to Ethernet. Install MacIPRpi on a Raspberry PI which gives you netatalk and CUPS. https://t.co/PhFTdybzB1”

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