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From: klong@wilkins.bcm.tmc.edu (Kevin Long)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Mac Portable and Telnet
Summary: Telnet works fine for us--may be a serial port problem
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Date: 26 Feb 90 15:29:45 GMT
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In article <16384@oregon.uoregon.edu> RHALLER@oregon.uoregon.edu (Rich 
Haller) writes:
>We have been unable to get NCSA Telnet 2.3 (MacTCP) to work on a portable.
>1) if you have been successful, please clue us in on what to do.

Well, I can't offer much in the way of clues, but don't think that
NCSA Telnet 2.3 over MacTCP won't work on *any* portable--it's always
worked fine on ours.  We got a first-shipper too, complete with 
some serial port and LCD problems.  There is an INIT being
distributed by Apple (on AppleLink) to address the serial port problem.

The note they're distributing reads like this:
=======================================================================
Some Macintosh Portables may experience the following printer or modem
communication problems after being put to sleep for a few minutes:

  * The printer cannot establish communication or, if it does, garbage is
    printed.
  * The modem cannot establish communication.

If the above problems exist, download the Macintosh Portable INIT Version 1.0
to correct the situation:

  * Open the Software Updates icon in AppleLink
  * Locate the Macintosh Portable INIT folder
  * Download the INIT file
  * Place the INIT file in the System Folder
  * Restart the system

If the Mac Portable INIT does not correct the situation, refer to the
Macintosh Portable in the Macintosh Family Technical Procedures for technical
and troubleshooting information.

Future releases of the Macintosh System Software will also incorporate the
Macintosh Portable INIT Version 1.0 as a patch to the System file.

The Macintosh Portable INIT is copyrighted material supplied to Macintosh
users under the terms and conditions of their Macintosh System Software 
license.

Software Updates board
Macintosh Portable INIT folder
1/15/90
==========================================================================

Maybe someone from Apple would post this to apple.com for ftp retrieval?
I haven't seen it there, but I've not been looking specifically for it,
either. If netters want to look, I'd poke around in the dts/mac hierarchy.

    Kevin Long	
    Baylor College of Medicine
    Houston, TX