Sharing a Personal LaserWriter 320

I know how to share the printer, but the support website here just has me going round and a round and a round in circles trying to download the LaserWriter Bridge CP. I can find the userguide and the installation instructions, but I have been searching the site for nigh on 8 hours now and havent found the download for LaserWriter Bridge Yet... If anyone has it, let me know.

That software is on the Older Software Downloads page, in the networking and communications section:
http://www.info.apple.com/support/oldersoftwarelist.html#netcom
The link is this one:
Macintosh/Networking-Communications/OtherN-C/LocalTalk_Bridge2.1.smi.bin

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