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From: svc@well.UUCP (Leonard Rosenthol)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Communications Toolbox questions
Summary: Some answers...
Message-ID: <14778@well.UUCP>
Date: 30 Nov 89 17:17:56 GMT
References: <9125@hoptoad.uucp>
Reply-To: svc@well.UUCP (Leonard Rosenthol)
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA
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In article <9125@hoptoad.uucp> tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney) writes:
>I sent these questions to Byron Han at Apple some time ago, and it's
>obvious I'm not going to get an answer, so I thought I'd throw them
>open to the net.  Any help greatly appreciated.
>
	I'm not Byron (which may or may not be a good thing ;-), but let me
see how I can do on these things...

>(1)  Is there a way to configure tools "off-line", that is, without an
>underlying connection?  The idea would be to save the configuration
>string in a session document, but not to start a connection.  
>
	As far as I have been able to determine, having worked with the CTB
for a while now, you can not do this.  You can most certainly save off the 
connection information, but you have to open the connection in order to get/set
the settings...I agree that this one could use work, as you point out, there
are a number of reason why not to do this.

>(2)  Are you going to make the installation process less painful for
>users who have 6.0.x?  This is pretty important for marketing reasons.
>Since the installation will be as part of the system installation on
>7.0, there's no need for a change there, but I trust you can see what
>the problems are with 6.0.x installation.  It should be a file that
>can be dragged into the system folder.
>
	The intent (last time I talked to people) was for it to be a standard
INIT (at least for System 6.x) - HOWEVER do NOT assume that it will be part of
System 7.0 (built in) as Apple has not yet decided how to distribute the CTB
with System 7.0.  Should it be an integral part of the System or an attachment
like Easy Access??  'The world may never know....'

>(4)  How does one sense a connection drop (carrier loss) on a Modem
>connection?
>
	I don't believe you can - at least not on Apple's Modem Tool.


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