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From: dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Comm Toolbox questions
Keywords: APDA Communications Toolbox Ethernet Macintosh UNIX
Message-ID: <1989Sep15.135231.3726@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 15 Sep 89 13:52:31 GMT
References: <627@daitc.daitc.mil> <34737@apple.Apple.COM>
Reply-To: dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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In article <34737@apple.Apple.COM> kazim@Apple.COM (Alex Kazim) writes:
>In article <627@daitc.daitc.mil> sdussin@daitc.daitc.mil (Steve Dussinger) writes:
>>First,  is the comm toolbox capable of communicating over ethernet
>>cable to a UNIX box?? 
>
>Yes, as long as someone writes the connection tool to do it.  For instance,
>a tool that sits on top of MacTCP would be neat.  Hopefully we'll see
>a lot of 3rd party tools soon. 

In other words, No, you can't use the Communications Toolbox to
talk TCP/IP over ethernet.

I find it disappointing (not to mention ironic) that both the Communications
Toolbox and MacTCP are Apple products, but Apple thinks that third parties
should provide the software necessary to tie them together.

If it's just a matter of Apple's product not being ready, that's one thing.
But I've heard this "third party" business from more than one source,
so I'm wondering if Apple is punting on this issue.
-- 
Steve Dorner, U of Illinois Computing Services Office
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