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From: bschmidt@bnr.ca (Ben Schmidt)
Subject: Re: What is the Responder for?
Message-ID: <1990Dec3.141035.5234@bwdls61.bnr.ca>
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Organization: Bell-Northern Research
References: <3513@uakari.primate.wisc.edu>
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 90 14:10:35 GMT

In article <3513@uakari.primate.wisc.edu> bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in 
Neutral) writes:
> What is the purpose/function of the Responder that's put in the
> System file when you do an AppleShare client installation?

Responder is an INIT which NBP registers the Mac's ChooserName on the 
AppleTalk network, as well as supports Apple InterPoll s/w's System 
Information query packets.  These queries allow a Network Administrator 
using InterPoll s/w to verify the version number of the system, 
laserwriter driver and appleshare client software on each mac which has 
Responder in the Sytem Folder.  ...Very handy if you don't like re-PREPing 
a shared laserwriter everytime you print.  

The current version is Responder 1.1.1.  I know of no incompatibilites 
with any software, so it's best if you keep it in your System Folder so 
your network administrator can best do his or her job.  (I had heard, 
early reports that initial versions of Responder and NCSA Telnet did not 
interoperate well - but nothing since NCSA Telnet 2.3 and Responder 1.1.1)

Ben Schmidt     Bell-Northern Research, Ltd.   Ph: (613) 763-3906
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