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From: jwright@cs.iastate.edu (Jim Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: CommToolBox
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Date: 22 Jan 90 02:56:10 GMT
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svc@well.UUCP (Leonard Rosenthol) writes:
| >5) My program works fine over serial lines.  I'd like it to work over
| >ethernet, and maybe AppleTalk.
|
| 	Welcome to the CommToolbox!  This is probably the most important of
| the functions of the CTB and that is to make the transport mechanism of data
| more transparent to applications.  This means that given the proper tools, you
| app could speak serial, ADSP, Telnet, LAT, etc. and now care!
| 	It will require you to change many parts of your code and there all
| new routines and new calling conventions.  I would suggest that you get
| yourself a copy of the CTB from ADPA and get playing!

How?  Is this "privileged information" or can mere mortals get it?
How much?

Is CTB for developers, or do users have to install something extra to use
programs which use CTB?

I want to delve a little deeper into networking.  I thought that writing a
network chat type program would be a good way to learn.  Is the CTB a good
place to start?  My testbed is a mixed LocalTalk and Ethernet net running
AppleShare.

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Jim Wright
jwright@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu