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From: matt@pacvax.UUCP (Matt Kingman)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: TCP/IP & Communication ToolBox
Message-ID: <186@pacvax.UUCP>
Date: 6 Aug 90 14:45:25 GMT
References: <2962@cui.unige.ch> <185@pacvax.UUCP> <26B9AB5A.6E1D@intercon.com>
Reply-To: matt@pacvax.UUCP (Matt Kingman)
Organization: Pacer Software, Inc.
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In article <26B9AB5A.6E1D@intercon.com> kdb@intercon.com (Kurt Baumann) writes:

>There is a French company which has a CTB product that allows telnet and
>FTP

Yes, the company is Advanced Software Concepts and the tool is called
TCPAck.  The Telnet part is good but the FTP implementation is pitiful
at best.  To access FTP, you pull down a menu that the connection tool
puts up and choose FTP.  What happens is it sends a "ftp mac.ip.number"
command to the host.  This in turn starts an FTP server on the Mac.  It
works ok, but you're using FTP on the host (I just love the look and
feel of Unix on my Mac ;-)  The other drawback is the cost of the tool,
it's something like $150 or $250, I forget which.  Pacer's TCP tool
offers equivalent Telnet functionality to TCPAck including support for
the Domain Name Resolver.  FTP is being implemented quite differently
from TCPAck as it will include a *real* Mac interface and it will fit
into the CommToolbox architecture much better.

There's only 1 other TCP tool I know of for the CTB and that's the one
that comes with MacX from Apple.  This tool offers just a simple TCP
connection to a host. (ie. no Telnet, it was designed strictly for
MacX).

>Question for the Pacer people.  Is your tool going to be sold seperatly,
>or do you have to buy the Whole Pacer package?

There will be 2 versions of the product, one stripped-down and one with
full scripting capabilities and some other stuff.  The tools will be
included with both versions.  Pricing has not been formalized yet, but I
expect both models will be priced competitively with similar products that
are on the market. (MicroPhone, VersaTerm, etc.)

Currently, there are no plans to sell the tools seperately.  This may
change.

/Matt
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Matt Kingman - Pacer Software Inc. - (508)898-3300
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