Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!uarthur!rpcfod
From: rpcfod@uarthur.UUCP (Robert Patt-Corner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: CTB Tools
Summary: List of CTB Tools, Partial
Message-ID: <23@uarthur.UUCP>
Date: 29 Oct 90 15:28:14 GMT
References: <13521@june.cs.washington.edu> <1990Oct26.213109.21131@cpsc.ucalgary.ca>
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>     In addition, could someone summarize the tools/terminal/protocols
> that you can get for CTB.
>
Well, as best I can recall ...

Source          Tool            Type
=============   ==============  =================
Apple APDA      Serial          Connection
                Modem           Connection
                MacTCP          Connection (Raw TCP only, no Telnet except
                                in some old Beta's.  For MacX)

                VT102           Terminal        (No Print Passthru!)
                VT320                           (No Print Passthru!)
                TTY                                     "

                XMODEM          File Transfer
                TEXT            File Transfer (Works surprisingly well)

Digital         All of above, plus:
LANWorks
                DECNet Tool     Connection      For MacX
                CTERM Tool      Connection      For MacTerminal
                AppleTalk/DECNt Connection      For MacX
                LAT Tool        Connection      For Macterminal.  Great!

Advanced        TCPack          Connection      Full TELNET, FTP Server
Concepts
(on AppleLink,
 French Co.)

InterConn       TCP Tools       Connection      Not seen.  Reputedly very
                                                good Full TELNET, TCP, etc.
Reston VA


That's all I know of.  There's a KERMIT tool under development, mention
on Applelink.  Hope this helps.

If anyone hears of a decent terminal tool with print passthru, please post
or mail!  Sure would ease my users' minds.