Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!jarthur!usc!apple!claris!outpost.UUCP!peirce From: peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Simple Appletalk Communication Message-ID: Date: 27 Sep 90 05:38:28 GMT Reply-To: peirce@outpost.UUCP Organization: Peirce Software Lines: 28 X-Mailer: uMail - Mac Release: 0.1.4 In article <1990Sep26.193156.1919@Neon.Stanford.EDU>, commons@Sunburn.Stanford.EDU (Peter Commons) writes: > > > I am currently working on a Macintosh application that I would like to run over > Appletalk. The goal is to have one "host" application which registers itself > on the network and which can then receive and send data packets to other > versions of the application running on other machines on the network. > > I have perused Inside Mac and Inside Appletalk, but what I'd really love is > maybe a little sample code someone may have or a recommendation as to where > to start to best understand what needs to be done. > > Thanks for any thoughts, suggestions... How much data do you expect to be sending around? If it's small, look at using ATP. ATP is fairly simple and provides a straightforward ask-for-data/get-data-back model. If you're sending more data look at ADSP. It provides a very nice data pipeline between two programs, but does require a little more overhead (more buffer space). [You'll need to get the latest docs on this found in Inside Mac Vol VI] Good luck! -- michael -- Michael Peirce -- {apple,decwrl}!claris!outpost!peirce -- Peirce Software -- Suite 301, 719 Hibiscus Place -- Macintosh Programming -- San Jose, California 95117 -- and Consulting -- (408) 244-6554