> > question, how do I know the different between a printer cable and a 
> > localTalk cable.
> > 
> >     Tom

LocalTalk is a really slow networking physical link for small 
networks (i.e., four or five Macs and a printer or two, though it can 
get bigger than this.) Since LocalTalk is built to scale to larger 
sizes, it has a box with a cable attached to it and two ports. The 
cable ends in a standard Mac DIN-8 serial cable, while the two ports 
are either RJ-11 (Telephone/PhoneNet style) or DIN-3 (AppleTalk 
style.) A printer cable is just straight cable with DIN-8 jacks on 
either end.

Probably much more than you wanted to know, but oh well!
 
 
Teague Clare
tclare@lan.tjhsst.edu