Path: utzoo!attcan!telly!lethe!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uunet!visix!amanda From: amanda@visix.com (Amanda Walker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm Subject: Re: SLIP support without MacTCP support Keywords: SLIP,MacTCP,MacWorkstation,Comm Toolbox,Macintosh,InterCon,Telnet Message-ID: Date: 19 Dec 90 22:11:26 GMT References: <1990Dec15.031953.24134@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <276D0C56.4004@intercon.com> <1990Dec19.071338.12636@xanadu.com> Organization: Visix Software Inc., Reston, VA Lines: 18 In article <1990Dec19.071338.12636@xanadu.com> kari@xanadu.com (Kari Dubbelman) writes: >I just wanted to point out that although you >provide many fine compatible network-capable programs for the Mac, in >no way do you provide them all, and living in harmony with the others >would benefit the customers. You should change your layering to >accommodate MacTCP. The problem isn't in InterCon's software, which already supports MacTCP, and has since MacTCP's initial release. The problem is MacTCP itself, the current version of which has some timing flaws which prevent it from working over low-speed links such as SLIP or PPP. -- Amanda Walker amanda@visix.com Visix Software Inc. ...!uunet!visix!amanda -- Speak softly and wear a loud shirt.