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From: mdapoz@hybrid.UUCP (Mark Dapoz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: CASIO 9000 (BOSS) and Mac/Sun usefulness
Message-ID: <1990Jul5.054430.24537@hybrid.UUCP>
Date: 5 Jul 90 05:44:30 GMT
References: <431@keele.keele.ac.uk>
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In article <431@keele.keele.ac.uk> phd11@.uk.ac.keele (Zipzoid) writes:
>I saw a few postings a while back about using one of these things to
>xfer data to/from PC's and Suns.

There seems to be enough interest in the BOSS communication protocol so 
I've posted the work I've done in implementing this protocol on UNIX.
There should be a two part posting in this newsgroup which contains all
the code and documentation which I've written for the BOSS.

>BUT, I do seem to remember the gist of a posting that seemed to imply
>that xfering data from machines other than a PC could be somewhat
>non-trivial...

Depends on what you consider non-trivial :-)  I've implemented it on UNIX
so it's not impossible to do (it is time consuming though).

>SO, can anyone enlighten me on this issue... I have about 100 pounds to
>spare to get the beast (and I'll have to shell out some more
>to get the interface too), but am loathe to do this if 9000-Mac xfers
>aren't possible (I'll be leaving my sun in a year, but not my mac - that
>stays!!).

Not knowing much about Mac's, I don't know how hard it would be to get my
unix program working on it.  Assuming the Mac has a robust C compiler and 
timer and i/o facilities available via the OS, then it shouldn't be too 
difficult to get running.

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