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From: wmd@kran.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: MacWorkStation Protocol
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Date: Thu, 26-Jun-86 11:12:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 26 11:12:00 1986
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Nf-From: kran.UUCP!wmd    Jun 26 11:12:00 1986


yes, we have it, what do you want to know about it?

It's a library that you link in with your C program on a UNIX host.
You run your program on the UNIX host and another program on the Mac.
The Mac program is sort of a super intelligent terminal driver that
accepts packet instructing it to do things like use Quickdraw to draw
on the screen, call up or construct a dialog, etc. Generally get at most
of the tool box rom.  The Mac side also generated event packets to the
host side for mouse down, menu item select, dialog item select, etc.
File Transfer is also supported.  The source code for the libraries
comes with it so its easily extensible.

It's really interesting.  I beleive you'll see a lot of stuff coming
out that uses this.  We are building a BBS/comm system much like Applelink
that the users will never know they've left their Macintosh except for
the sound of their modems beeping at connect time...

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Purdue University
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