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From: karches@utdallas.edu (Tom Karches)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: MacIntercomm (finally a real comm program)
Date: 8 Oct 92 16:03:36 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Texas at Dallas

In article <1CE00001.fji3pf@tbomb.ice.com> time@ice.com (Tim Endres) writes:
>
>In article <6130.2ad1735d@hayes.com> (comp.sys.mac.comm), bcoleman@hayes.com (Bill Coleman) writes:
>> > That's laughable.  They use the Multifinder HACK that is Apple's sorry 
>> > excuse for multitasking which clearly doesn't work for things like comm 
>> > programs.   
>> 
>> Funny, it has been working fine (and without change) for 5 years with
>> Smartcom. That's through three major releases of the OS (System 5,6 and 7).
>> 
>
 some stuff deleted...

>Case in point: the INIT problems with MacIntercomm, you don't have
>*any* INIT problems with termy. And I will bet termy works with EVERY
>future MacOS released by Apple. Do you think MacIntercomm will? Does
>MI work under A/UX? Does it use the CTB?
>
>I think the unique feature that MI provides is great for those who
>*must* have it, but for me I want compatible and simple.
>

My experience with MacIntercomm is that I have not been able to make it
work on a PowerBook 100, 170 or my accelerated Mac Plus.

Snazzy features aren't worth much if the program locks up your Mac.

Regards,
Tom Karches
karches@utdallas.edu
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From: andyl@sail.LABS.TEK.COM (Andy Lau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: macTCP
Date: 7 Oct 92 17:55:18 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.

Is macTCP shareware?  If so, what's the best way to locate it?
Please help.  Thanks.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: jam@jupiter.claremont.edu (Jay Margolis)
Subject: Re: MacIntercomm (finally a real comm program)
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 18:27:58 GMT

In article <1992Oct8.160336.20315@utdallas.edu> karches@utdallas.edu (Tom  
Karches) writes:
> My experience with MacIntercomm is that I have not been able to make it
> work on a PowerBook 100, 170 or my accelerated Mac Plus.

Well, I have used it on a heavily init loaded Plus and use it most  
frequently on a PowerBook 170.  Don't know what your problem is, but I  
couldn't possibly go back to any other program after using the SmartDial  
feature on my PowerBook.  It automatically changes the area code and any  
other things for every single phone number whenever you change location.

-Jay
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: doug@cos.com (Doug Whitehead)
Subject: MacX, Who do I buy it from now?
Keywords: MacX
Organization: Corporation for Open Systems
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 19:55:54 GMT

Who now sells MacX ?  
Long ago when my previous company was a developer,
it was a product of Apple.  Now Apple denies ownership, and 
APDA denies ownership.

Does anybody know where I can get it?

Thanks,

doug@cos.com
Doug Whitehead
Corp. for Open Systems Int.L
fax# (703) 846-8590
From: eyles@vax.oxford.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Versaterm HELP!
Date: 15 Oct 92 09:18:56 GMT
Organization: Oxford University VAX 6620

I have a question about a modem connection for a group of networked Macs
running Versaterm-Pro 3.6.1

Using Versaterm Server it is possible in theory to connect to remote machines
via modem, from any Mac on a Localtalk network using only one modem, connected
to the server Mac. Unfortunately I can't seem to get on to the modem.
The problem I think is getting a hardware break sent down the network to
the modem.
Does anyone out there have any experience of using Versaterm with Connection
Tools on a Localtalk net. HELP!!
Any useful info would be greatly appreciated. Please reply to me personally
if possible, 'cos I don't access the news very often.

Steve



Steve Eyles
University of Oxford
+44 865 272622          e-mail: eyles@vax.oxford.ac.uk  eyles@bioch.ox.ac.uk
From: Conrad_Nobili@Harvard.EDU (Conrad C. Nobili)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: TALK on Macintosh ? Which programs ?
Date: 9 Oct 92 21:50:03 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm
Organization: Harvard University Office for Information Technology

In article <kepJ=LK00WA100zcNZ@andrew.cmu.edu>, sk4i+@andrew.cmu.edu
(Samuel John Kass) wrote:

> 	Talk won't work with many variations of UNIX talk, unless you're in a
> "name table."  That means a fixed IP address, which is just about
> impossible to assure using LocalTalk.

Um, I'm not *exactly* sure what you are saying here, but if you mean that
some machines will refuse connection attempts (be they talk or ftp or
telnet or whatever) from machines which are not registered at a name
server, then your second sentence doesn't follow.  (Standing alone of
course, your second sentence is also a bit misleading -- it isn't *that*
hard to get stable static IP addresses for Macs on LocalTalk....)

If that *is* the problem you are experiencing then simply call up your
local network services people and have them create entries for all of the
static (what MacTCP calls "manual") and all of the dynamic (what MacTCP
calls "server") IP addresses administered by your IP gateway (GatorBox,
FastPath, etc....) at your nameservers.  They can make up bogus names like
"Sales_Mac_1", "Sales_Mac_2", etc.....  If your local network services
people seem uneasy about this or don't think it will solve your problem,
ask them to humor you.  It worked for me....

Conrad C. Nobili  N1LPM  Conrad_Nobili@Harvard.EDU  Harvard University OIT
From: rthomas@terapin.com (Richard Thomas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: What is a .hqx file?
Date: 6 Oct 92 20:15:58 PST
Organization: BBS

Just how DO I get an FTP file?  I have no idea what to do.  Someone told me to
get an FTP of something,  and from the context of what you guys have been
talking about, it's a NETwork file X-fer,  using the BIN-HEX conversion to text
format... But how do I "order" a file that I want?  Say,  from a certain
address... if you would be so kind to help me out here,  could you reply
privately to this message?  It's only the difference of pressing one button, 
but it saves me a LOT of time,  and therefore phone bills... Thank you...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: squinlan@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Stephen V Quinlan)
Subject: Software recommendations
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 15:38:14 GMT

I'm posting this for a friend...please direct all responses, comments,
etc. to him (John Kilwein) at u54cb@wvnvm.wvnet.edu

John has a Mac Plus (1 meg of RAM, 2 800k floppies, and a "small" keyboard)...


His query: can you folks recommend any comm software that will let him
reconfigure his keyboard in order to emulate the function keys found on
the "large" keyboard?

On behalf of Dr. Kilwein,

Thanks
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: sdorner@qualcomm.com (Steven Dorner)
Subject: Eudora 1.3b92 Available
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 00:43:43 GMT

Eudora 1.3b92 is now available for anonymous ftp from ftp.qualcomm.com
(192.35.156.5).  It fixes quite a few small bugs in 1.3b90.  The most
serious of these were problems displaying dates for timezones >+9 and <-9,
and problems with the selection of default transliteration tables.

Those of you using 1.3b90 should get the new version.  The timid using
older versions may wish to wait for the brave to smooth the road a bit
more.

For a file listing, send mail to eudora-info@qualcomm.com.

Here are the (cryptic as usual) release notes.

1.3b92

+ aussie date problem
+ weird finger servers
+ type-to-select problem with one nickname as prefix of another
+ message windows slightly too narrow
+ uucp pathname length limit
+ don't allow 'STR ' overrides from system file
+ ' ' restored after colon in From:
+ turbo-mouse 2-click
+ shift-select upwards ok in mailboxes
+ option-space replaced with normal space on time in attribution
+ check time bug fixed
+ STR  overrides not allowed downstream of settings, either
+ Time zone resource (zon#)
+ balloon help for nickname list
+ illegal nickname character warning alert
+ catchup poll time after manual check
+ h-scroll losing pixels
+ Translit default bug fixed
+ arrow-key autoscroll not moving bars in scrollte's
+ comp shift-arrow autoscroll not working
+ maildrop path not added for UUPCIn
+ trim blank lines from replied sections
+ Mailbox size display erroneously obeying show_size
+ pw change failure not releasing connection
+ default outlines not being redrawn
+ next still hilited when "find" in bg
+ in not scrolling properly when last read and new mail comes
+ scrollte resize bug fixed (AGAIN)
+ balloon help for sort menu
+ Make nickname problems with Out messages
+ memory estimator problem
+ connection timeout not immediately dying in SMTP
--
Steve Dorner, Qualcomm, Inc.
Giving one of them new-fangled Mac newsreaders a try.
From: jbailey@world.std.com (james d bailey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: MacIntercomm (finally a real comm program)
Date: 9 Oct 92 01:23:23 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA

MacUserLabs@cup.portal.com (Stephan - Somogyi) writes:

>When I received my copy of MacIntercomm (1.0, got it from them at Macworld
>Boston), I removed the INITs they mention in their readme that cause
>problems (more on that later), installed it on my HD, and did a simple
>ZMODEM download at 2400. MacIntercomm crashed my Mac very thoroughly before
>the download was even 10% done.

My endorsment.  I've been using MacIntercomm at 14.4k since I bought
it at Macworld without a single problem on a Quadra 900.  I don't use a
very large collection of INITs though because they cause problems in 
general that I don't like to track down, very few are worth the trouble
IMHO.  I haven't tried it at 2400 but 9600 - 14.4k have worked flawlessly.
My guess is an INIT conflict.

>MacIntercomm is known to conflict with software hard-disk-indicators (such
>the ones that come with Norton Utilities and FWB's HDT); these indicators
>do their thing at interrupt time. The reason for the conflict is that
>MacIntercomm does all of its download processing at interrupt time as well.
>MI performs its own memory management (because, as we all know, one is not
>allowed to move memory at interrupt time) and this is probably one of the
>sources of problems.

>If you can get MacIntercomm to work reliably on your machine, good for you.
>I don't have the option of playing disable-INITs-until-I-find-the-one games
>on my machine. I have work to do.

When MacIntercomm performs as advertised, like it does for me, it allows
real work with almost no loss of transfer speed.  It might be worth
spending a little time tracking down the problem. 

>Sportsmanship has nothing to do with any of this. I, personally, am
>reserving judgement on MacIntercomm until the 1.1 upgrade ships. In the
>meantime, I use ZTerm 0.9 and merrily download in the background; whether
>it is a real background or not is for the hair-splitters to decide.

My guess is that at higher speeds you wont find ZTerm so usable.

>As always, my opinions, not MacUser's.

>___________________________________________________________________________
>Stephan Somogyi                 conspiracy theorist                 MacUser
Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.comm:9770 comp.sys.mac.apps:15424 comp.sys.mac.misc:17502
From: JNeedleman@MCIMail.com (Jeffrey L. Needleman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: bug in BinHex 4.0?
Date: 7 Oct 92 14:34:51 GMT
Organization: The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d12
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A6F86DC95002D102@via.dsf1.merit.edu>
X-Xxdate: Wed, 7 Oct 92 10:34:49 GMT

In article <1286@eplunix.UUCP> David Steffens, das@eplunix.UUCP writes:
>Recently I downloaded a number of binhexed files from various InterNet
>archive sites.  All but one can be converted just fine with BinHex 4.0.
>The file that fails, WHITE-KNIGHT-1114-UPDATER.HQX, gets a checksum error
>of $5190 after 32Kb.  BinHex 5.0 also fails in exactly the same way.
>However, this same file appears to convert correctly (at least no error
>is reported) with both DeHQX 2.0 and Compact Pro 1.33.
>
>The problem doesn't appear to be a bad copy of the binhexed file.  Just
>to be sure, I've downloaded copies from other archive sites.  In all
cases,
>the files are identical.  I know this isn't a definitive test since
archives
>copy from one another, but at least it proves my download wasn't messed
up.

I've wondered about this problem also, since I do some uploading to the
archives and in particular posted this file myself. I sometimes get
e-mail reporting such problems; when I download the posted file and
convert using dehqx 2.0 I have no problems.

Perhaps the answer is as simple as this: BinHex4.0/5.0 runs its checksum
over the entire file downloaded; dehqx and the others look for the ":"
that marks the beginning of the file first. Thus BinHex gets includes
part of the header information in its checksum and the other programs
don't. Why not strip the header (before the "This file must be converted
by..." line) on the "problem" file and see if BinHex4.0/5.0 works then?
Let us know the results! BinHex4.0/5.0 were both written by the same
fellow; odds are whatever the bug is, it occurs in both programs.

Jeff
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: mspace@netcom.com (Brian Hall)
Subject: Re: Two modems at the same time ?
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 08:01:34 GMT

mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner) writes:
>What I found that doesn't work well at all is calling from one modem to the
>other modem on the same computer.  I tried that when testing my BBS a few
>years ago.

That works just fine with a properly written app.  I do that often to
test out file transfer protocols and such.  It helps to have something
like a QuadraLink, SeriLink, or other port expander.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: jsdonald@david.wheaton.edu (Joel S. Donaldson)
Subject: QuickMail 2.5.1, GaterMail-Q, and MacTCP
Organization: Wheaton College, IL
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 15:14:27 GMT

We have QuickMail set up with GaterMail-Q to shuffle mail back and forth
between SMTP and QuickMail.  To do this, GaterMail-Q need MacTCP.  Here is the
catch, it only seems to work with MacTCP 1.0.1 NOT MacTCP 1.1!  Our other
network utilities (NCSA Telnet, Fetch, etc..) need the newer version.  Is there
some trick to this?

Joel Donaldson
Microcomputer Help Center
Wheaton College
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: rcrispin@watarts.uwaterloo.ca (Richard Crispin)
Subject: Networkable Fax Modem
Originator: rcrispin@watarts.uwaterloo.ca
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 16:53:53 GMT

My department is interested in having a Fax modem up on its network.
I would like any information/exprience that anyone has. We have a server
that the modem will most likely be attached to. We would like to be
able to restrict availability to only certain users on our network.

I would rather not have to get something like a Netserial to attach
the Faxmodem too. Either the Fax modem would attach directly to
the network or the software could be accessed over the network with the
modem attached to the serial port.

Please email to the address below.

Thanks

Richard Crispin
Department of Psychology    email:rcrispin@watarts.uwaterloo.ca
Univeristy of Waterloo            psych@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca
Waterloo, Ontario           phone:(519)888-4781  or 885-1211 ext. 4781
Canada   N2L 3G1            fax:(519)746-8631
From: dsc@sys.uea.ac.uk (Dave Cartwright)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Ethernet identifier
Date: 14 Oct 92 08:56:52 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm
Organization: SYS, UEA, Norwich, UK

In article <3797@execu.execu.com>, kenm@execu.execu.com (Kenneth Morse)
wrote:
> 
> >I am looking for a program that will give me the Ethernet address (not IP
> >address) of a Mac. I want to run the program and determine the machine's
> >ethernet address (from the ethernet card) without having to open up the
> >case.
> >
> >Please respond via email if you know where I can locate a
> >freeware/shareware program that does this.
> >
> >Scott Allen Gruby
> >sgruby@jarthur.claremont.edu
> 
> You can get the Ethernet address by holding down the option key and clicking
> on the Ethernet icon in the MacTCP cdev.

... or also by running a prog called GetMyAddress (freebieware, telnet your
local Archie server) if you don't have MacTCP.

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From: srussell@cie.uoregon.edu (Steven Russell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Internal modems for the Mac?
Date: 8 Oct 92 18:12:01 GMT
Article-I.D.: nntp.1992Oct8.181201.20842
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Oregon Campus Information Exchange

Are there any internal modems available for the Mac?  A friend is
considering placing one in an SE/30.  He'd use an external, but he
lugs his machine around a lot and would like to keep it portable. 
Does such a beast exist?

--
Steven Russell
srussell@cie.uoregon.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: msbogd@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov (Michael S. Bogdanski)
Subject: Re: TALK to a VAX
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 16:55:08 GMT

In article <0101001C.fergak@twisty.eslvcr.wimsey.bc.ca>,
andyb@twisty.eslvcr.wimsey.bc.ca (Andy Babinszki) wrote:
> 
> 
> In article <1ao2h1INN21i@koh-sun1.usc.edu> (comp.sys.mac.comm), chaoyang@koh-sun1.usc.edu (Chao Yang) writes:
> > 
> > I know that UNIX system has a talk command which lets you talk to a friend. 
> > Does anybody know how to TALK to a host or whatever in a VAX system?  Thanks
> > a lot.
> > 
> 
> I presume you mean VAX-VMS; you might try the VMS phone utility. 
> At the VMS prompt type "HELP PHONE" for a breif description.
> 
> AB.
> 
> ---
> Andy Babinszki          andyb@twisty.eslvcr.wimsey.bc.ca
>                         "Hello?  Hello?"  (604) 664.4545

On our vax, the "talk" works the same way as it does on a unix box.

Michael S. Bogdanski
msbogd@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov
NASA Lewis Research Center
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: TCP Help
From: lee5@husc8.harvard.edu (Patrick Lee)
Date: 10 Oct 92 19:05:32 GMT

Hi, On the network I'm on right now, they restrict all non-local IP access
to unix accounts, that is, if I want to connect to Sumex, I have to enter
my unix acct, ftp it in, and then ftp it into my local machine.  In
addition, most of my favorite IP utilities (i.e. Fetch), fail to work
because of this.  I was wondering if there was any way to fool the mac
into thinking it had an IP connection while running it through my unix
account or such?

<not sure if this made sense>
-Patrick Lee (lee5@husc8.harvard.edu)
From: jacobs@cerritos.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Ignore, testing again
Date: 14 Oct 92 21:21:03 PST
Organization: Cerritos College, Norwalk CA

testing this is only a test
 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: peterco@eff.org (Peter Cohen)
Subject: Re: good & bad phone order experiences
Originator: peterco@eff.org
Organization: The Electronic Frontier Foundation
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 06:19:11 GMT

I'm interested in the responses this thread has produced, since the
company I work for (FOCUS Enhancements) is the direct-sales business, but
unlike most of the competition, we make our own stuff.

Not to change the subject totally, but when you order equipment, do you
want a complete plug-and-play solution, or do you _only_ want what you
need, with the ability to add on cables and connectors if needed?

Obviously, regardless of how you want it, you want it, and you want it
delivered correctly, at the agreed-upon price.  But seriously, what do
_you_ prefer?
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| peterco@eff.org | Heck!  My employer doesn't even know I'm here! |
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Date: Wednesday, 7 Oct 1992 12:55:44 +01
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Archie Client?
From: Andre' Pirard <pirard@vm1.ulg.ac.be>
X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1.1d11
X-XXMessage-ID: <A6F88E937204180A@ampa.segi.ulg.ac.be>
X-XXDate: Wed, 7 Oct 92 11:54:43 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Universite' de Lie`ge (Belgium)

Is there an archie client to run on MacTCP? Thanks.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: hector@cs.toronto.edu (Hector Levesque)
Subject: Mac to Mac file transfer by modem?
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
Date: 7 Oct 92 13:53:25 GMT

Sorry if these have been covered before:

1. What are the options these days (PD, shareware, or commercial) for
transferring files between two Macs with modems over phone lines?

2. Are there any Mac/Unix combinations that will allow the Mac to answer phone
calls from Unix-based systems and upload requested files?

Thanks for any help!

Hector Levesque
U. of Toronto
hector@cs.toronto.edu