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From: jay@mitisft.Convergent.COM (Jay O'Conor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Acknowledge (long) (was Re: RedRyder Question)
Summary: Acknowledge & comm manager
Message-ID: <539@mitisft.Convergent.COM>
Date: 15 Dec 88 22:35:25 GMT
References: <423@motbos.UUCP> <1254@cps3xx.UUCP> <211@bridge2.3Com.Com> <61@microsoft.UUCP>
Organization: Convergent Technologies, San Jose, CA
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In article <61@microsoft.UUCP>, stuartb@microsoft.UUCP (Stuart Burden) writes:
> 
> Text, XMODEM and MacBinary are supported.  YMODEM and Kermit are not
> supported, but am told that Kermit will be a plug in module supplied by
> Apple with the comms manager. YMODEM, I don't know when we are likely to
> see this.
> 
Acknowledge will only be truly useful (to me) when it allows the creation of
other communication protocols.  My immediate need is for the UUCP 'g' protocol.
After that, It would be desirable to have it deal with UUCP over Ethernet
via AppleTalk connected to a Kinetics Fastpath or equivalent.
Other protocols would be nice, too.  It would be interesting to attempt to
duplicate the AppleLink or MacNET protocols to allow the creation of a custom
front end to these services using Acknowledge.  At the August MacWorld Expo I
asked SuperMac what their plans were for being able to support other protocols,
and of course their answer was "wait for Apple to release the comm manager".
Anybody know anything about the comm manager?  The only knowledge I have is
it's ability to handle more communications ports on a board in an SE or II.
What will it's relationship be with a program like Acknowledge?

Jay O'Conor
Convergent Technologies