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From: amanda@intercon.com (Amanda Walker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Comm Toolbox questions
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Date: 15 Sep 89 20:45:47 GMT
References: <627@daitc.daitc.mil> <34737@apple.Apple.COM> <1989Sep15.135231.3726@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <4192@internal.Apple.COM>
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In article <4192@internal.Apple.COM>, alan@Apple.COM (Alan Mimms) writes:
> It is a matter of public record that a product called MacX is under
> development at Apple which (a) uses the Comm Toolbox, and (b) works with
> MacTCP and with ADSP.  You'd sortof imagine that some connection tools
> might come out of that effort, wouldn't you?

Only if we're lucky :-).  A telnet stream is not the same as a vanilla TCP
stream (which is what X wants, as I remember).  In particular, handling
option negotiation and doing stuff like mapping a request for a break
signal to a Telnet "Interrupt Process" IAC sequence are needed for a Telnet
tool, but not for something like X.

If Apple doesn't release a Telnet tool, though, there are probably third
parties that are looking very closely at the issue...

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Amanda Walker
amanda@intercon.com