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From: soe@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Brad Soe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Init and DA...
Keywords: Init
Message-ID: <19709@ames.arc.nasa.gov>
Date: 19 Dec 88 16:18:50 GMT
Organization: NASA - Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
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	I want to implement a driver or INIT that will alert a user when 
he has received new mail. When a user recieves mail, a packet is
sent out to the macintosh, and if it is on, a message is displayed on
the screen.  I want to implement something like Tops, where a connction
is made when the system starts up, and then it runs while the mac
is doing other things.  I am not 100% sure how to implement it, 
nor what is the best way to do it. I want to write a piece of code, 
that will open a socket to the Appletalk when the system starts up,
then poll and wait for packets while the Mac is running
and doing other things. 

	I want it to be a DA, so that when the Mac gets a packet 
for it will use the Notification Manager to tell the user that 
there is something there for it. This is what I think I need. 
I need an INIT that will make a call to a drivers open command, 
to start the connection, and register the connection to be closed 
when the system shutsdown.  Is there a way to create a driver to 
be started (opened) when the system starts up, or do I need an 
INIT that will start it for me. Also, I am not that handy with 
assembly language, so I would like to write as much C code as 
possible. 

	I am just looking for the best possible solution to the
problem.

Thanks 

Brad Soe
soe@ames.arc.nasa.gov