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From: johnsone@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: What does Responder INIT do?
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Date: 20 Aug 90 04:45:00 GMT
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In article <95300005@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu> johnsone@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>What does the Apple INIT "Responder" do?  I've looked in the manuals I have
>that came with my SE/30, but seem unable to find a reference to this INIT.
>
>Thanks.

Thanks to all who answered my question.  Responder allows information to
be sent over AppleTalk about the Mac (such as what type of machine, what
version of system software it's running, etc.), used in part for network
management (network troubleshooting?).  If a Mac is not hooked up to any
network, then Responder is unneeded.


Erik A. Johnson, Graduate Student        \ Internet:  johnsone@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu
Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering  \
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign \