Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.apps:3075 comp.sys.mac.comm:1956 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!mrsvr.UUCP From: walkerl@mrsvr.UUCP (Larry Walker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.comm Subject: Re: Ever heard of Mac Nix? Message-ID: <3275@mrsvr.UUCP> Date: 18 Dec 90 17:56:42 GMT References: Sender: news@mrsvr.UUCP Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps Distribution: comp Lines: 53 From article , by mmcintos@sirius.UVic.CA (Mark McIntosh): > > Does anyone have any information on a product called "Mac Nix"? It > is supposed to be a file transfer and communication program for Macs > talking to UNIX machines. I'm interested in a source for it and > opinions as to its worth compared to other communications > applications. I just happen to have a brochure for MacNIX sitting next to my workstation as I read this: MacNIX UniPress Software 2025 Lincoln Highway Edison, NJ 08817 (800) 222-0550 (201) 985-8000 Fax: (201) 287-4929 "MacNIX does for UNIX what Finder does for the Macintosh O.S. "All UNIX files appear as icons. "MacNIX lets you upload or download files from the UNIX file system. "The embedded local text editor gives opportunity of editing UNIX and local files using a Macintosh text editor. The UNIX files are automatically uploaded and downloaded between the UNIX host and the Macintosh. Local editing frees completely [sic] the CPU host from the editing work. "When you need terminal emulation you simply select it from the MacNIX menu. Multi-tasking, multi-window VT100 or VT220 are available. "Complex UNIX commands requiring options and arguments can be created using Macintosh style input. [Well, sort of: the accompanying figure shows an lpr command dialog-box with a bunch of check-boxes for some -switches, plus a lot of text-entry boxes to type in arguments.] "MacNIX consists of a UNIX-based server and a Macintosh application. The(y) ... may communicate over dial-up and local RS-232 lines up to 19200 baud. "MacNIX is developed on top of MacTCP. "MacNIX /TCPsupports connections over Ethernet using Apple or Kinetics controllers or Ethernet gateways. MacNIX/TCP supports both the Kinetics FastPath device and the Gatorbox TCP/IP gateway from Catman Systems. [I've never used used it or heard of it anywhere besides the MacUser reader service card I sent in...] Larry Walker GE Medical Systems (414) 521-6076 Waukesha, WI