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From: peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Listening for a session with ASP/Appletalk
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Date: 21 Mar 91 05:15:46 GMT
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In article <2902@sparko.gwu.edu>, rjohnson@seas.gwu.edu (Ray Johnson) writes:
> 
> How do you configure a socket to listen for a session?  IM5 gives commands
> and information for opening sessions, however, it doesn't say much about
> how to listen for the OpenSession comand.
> 
> What I need to know how to first listen for the OpenSession command and then
> how to recieve subsequent comands from that session. 
> 
> Thanks for your help.  (But why is this information not in InsideMac?)

Apple never really documented AppleTalk Session Protocol (ASP) very well
- especially if you want to act as a server.  They don't provide access
to the server side of the protocol, some products use it, but do a
lot of the work themselves (FileMaker for example).

Have a look at AppleTalk Data Stream Protocol (ADSP).  Most things
that seem like a good fit for ASP can be done as well or better using
ADSP - and it's well documented.

-- michael

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