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From: stuart@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (S. D. Ericson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MacLayers or System V uw server??
Summary: Sys V version available?
Message-ID: <2856@cbnewsc.ATT.COM>
Date: 31 Aug 89 17:36:47 GMT
References: <458@amanue.UUCP> <2810@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> <2364@oakhill.UUCP>
Organization: The Sage Hovel, Wheaton, IL
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In article <2364@oakhill.UUCP>, davet@oakhill.UUCP (David Trissel) writes:
> 
> There is another software package (unfortunately with the same MacLayers name)
> which has just started beta testing by some USEnet volunteers for release 
> in probably a few weeks. This MacLayers was initially coded to run with
> System V and the AT&T xt protocol but due to non-portable AT&T code was
> abandoned only to be resurrected with a BSD socket interface. Since
> Release 4 of System V will support sockets this software package should
> run with System V starting with Release 4.
> 
> An announcement will be made in this newsgroup when the package is posted
> to the net.
> 
>  -- Dave Trissel  Austin

[SORRY guys,I tried mail, but I cant reach oakhill.UUCP!]

Dave, did the SysV version work?  Is the problem with porting to non-AT&T
systems?  If so, I would *really* like a copy of your xt-protocol version
of MacLayers.  I'm sure there are more of us who will be on SysV machines
forever, and we probably won't get SVR4 for a least a year.  After all,
you have to allow for the release (next year) plus some vendor hacking
(to a vax, for example), then our computer center will have to evaluate,
then add local mods, then....

If you could make the old version available....  There would be a 
greatly appreciative audience!

Of course, if non-portable means proprietary, that's another thing

Thanks,

Stuart


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