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From: svc@well.UUCP (Leonard Rosenthol)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: 11 New Features
Summary: CommToolbox vs. Comm Programs!
Keywords: 11's,New,Features,Update
Message-ID: <14138@well.UUCP>
Date: 18 Oct 89 17:50:17 GMT
References: <969@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM> <25744@santra.UUCP> <974@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM>
Reply-To: svc@well.UUCP (Leonard Rosenthol)
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA
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In article <974@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM> ngg@bridge2.3Com.com (Norman Goodger) writes:
>In article <25744@santra.UUCP> jmunkki@kampi.hut.fi (Juri Munkki) writes:
>>I couldn't find the magic words "Communication Toolbox" anywhere in the
>>announcement. I guess version 11 will be obsolete when it ships... Every
>>decent communications application should support the Comm Toolbox. Of
>>course it should be an option, but it should be there.
>>
	Why would ANY program become obsolete once the ComToolbox ships?? 
White Knight 11.0, MicroPhone II v3.0, SmartCom II 3.1, etc. all are very nice
software packages for doing telecommunications and just because Apple has put
otu this thing for making telecom easier to program CERTAINLY does NOT
obsolete it!  
	Is my program obsolete because I ddid my own tear off menus, but System
7.0 will have it built in??  Actually for many people they will find the above
mentioned products MUCH better than the intial CTB compatible p9roducts since
they features things that are not yet avail fo the CTB such as ZMODEM, QuickB,
VT102 print logging, and SCRIPTING!!
	Also there are some parts of the CTB which programs such as these will
support early one and there are others which may never see support - but you
must understand the CTB to understand why a commercial developer would or 
wouldnot care to support it - and what it would take to FULLY integrate it
into an existing product.

>
>Interesting you should mention something yet unreleased. Scott is
>well aware of the comm toolbox..(has had betas for months) and if
>he were really concerned about compatability with it when its finally
>released (if ever) then I am sure that version 11 already supports it,
>even if not mentioned..
>
	Although I am sure you did nto mean to spread false information, I can
say VERY factually that White Knight 11.0 DOES NOT support the CTB.  You have
to specially recode for that support and had Scott done it - he would have
said something.  
	Remember folks - things don't break under that CTB - it just adds
funcationality!

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