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From: carlc@hubcap.clemson.edu (Bobby Clark)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: System 7.0b4 and MacX
Message-ID: <1991Apr11.134731.2873@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Date: 11 Apr 91 13:47:31 GMT
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In article <1991Apr4.131901.27684@linus.mitre.org> jblue@mitre.org (Jason D.
Blue (Bilbo Baggins)) writes:
>Any one got MacX to work with System 7.0b4?  Any tricks I should know?
>
>I installed MacX, and placed the CTB MacTCP tool into the extension 
>folder.  MacX loaded, but I got a System error 15 every time I try to open 
>a connection to the UNIX system.
>
>Using MacTCP 1.0.1, located in the top level of the System Folder.  All 
>other MacTCP applications work fine, but I do not have any other 
>applications that use the CTB.
>
>MacX did work ONCE in 7.0b4, but only when I was running it from an AppleShare
server that did not provide me with write access.
>
>Thanks in advance for your reply,
>
>Jason
>
I haven't tried MacX with 7.0b6 yet, but dosen't MacX require that you are
using MacTCP 1.0.2? I believe it (1.0.2) fixes some speed problems MacTCP had
with MacX, MacTCP 1.0.1 is "offically supported" for everything else.

Anybody from Apple out there what to confirm that?

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