Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usenet From: gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu (Garance A. Drosehn) Subject: Re: System 7 Compatible MacTCP available yet? Message-ID: Nntp-Posting-Host: eclipse.its.rpi.edu References: <1991Jun20.165241.18740@pslu1.psl.wisc.edu> Date: 20 Jun 91 18:58:45 GMT Lines: 24 In article <1991Jun20.165241.18740@pslu1.psl.wisc.edu> dhoyman@fammed.wisc.edu (Dirk Herr-Hoyman) writes: > In article <1991Jun19.175928.15835@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> > brian@krakatoa.jsc.nasa.gov (Brian Donnell [PT4]) writes: > >Does anyone know if MacTCP (version 1.1 I think) that runs with System > >7.0 is available yet? > > > Version 1.0 will work under 7. You must move MacTCP from the Control Panel > folder and into the top level of the System Folder. Make an alias for it in > the Control Panel so that it shows up there (although you can launch it > directly under 7). > > I would note this caviat. Pluses die with MacTCP access under 7 if you are > using a GatorBox. I can't even Telnet, times out before I even login. Other > Mac (LC, SE/30, Si, Ci, Cx) all appear to be ok. I'm pretty sure that we have a Mac Plus running system 7 and MacTCP without any problems (other than the font problem in NCSA Telnet, as noted elsewhere). We're using version 1.0.1, perhaps that fixes whatever problem you're seeing? - - - - - - - - Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@rpi.edu or gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA