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phpabdel
Jan 2, 2004, 07:42 AM
Hi dear Macers :)
I'm a native Mac user, and I need to connect a Mac OS8.5 with a PC windows98, to share the printer connected to the PC, as well as some files.
I tryed to configure the mac without success, let me know what should I do to reach my small objectif :confused:
thank you before.
kindly.


MoparShaha
Jan 2, 2004, 09:51 PM
It can't be done. OS 8.5 does not have any Windows network connectivity built in. There were some 3rd party software companies that did provide Windows networking capability, but I'm sure they're long gone since that ability is now integrated into OS X.
tjwett
Jan 2, 2004, 10:38 PM
Well, if you had OS 8.6 you could use Thursby's Dave:

http://www.thursby.com/products/dave.html)
Nermal
Jan 3, 2004, 03:59 AM
8.6 is a free upgrade IIRC.
MoparShaha
Jan 3, 2004, 04:12 AM
It'd probably be cheaper and easier to just buy another printer.
junior
Jan 3, 2004, 09:58 AM
Originally posted by MoparShaha
It'd probably be cheaper and easier to just buy another printer.



Not necessaraly. It costs $99 to buy Dave on the internet, so unless he buys a low quality printer, software would be the cheaper solution.:)