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From: v065hjku@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Jason Osborne)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Shareware Communications
Date: 19 Aug 92 13:42:00 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

>Does any one know if there are any good communication programs out there? I am 

Zterm is the best program I have used, and it is shareware, available through
many of your neighborhood FTP sites.  It supports zmodem, BTW.  I regularly
achieve 98-99% throughput.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: sdorner@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Steve Dorner)
Subject: Re: WANTED: Nonfunctional Eudora for MicroPhone II (lateral thinking)...
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 20:53:13 GMT

pkor@phoenix.oulu.fi (Pasi Korhonen) writes:
> This here is really interesting. How severe ResEditing does it need ?
> Do I need anything else than Eudora and CTB Modem Tool ?
> Anybody tried this before ? And it works ? C'mon, tell me more !!!!

Sure, it works.  Scads of people use it as their only means of getting
mail.  It's not as nice as MacTCP, but it's tolerable.

Anon. ftp to ftp.cso.uiuc.edu, mac/eudora subdirectory.  Pick up appendix-d,
and maybe srialpop.c.

It works a lot better if you have MNP-4 or better modems.
-- 
Steve Dorner, Qualcomm, Inc.
Yes, I'm still working on Eudora and it's still free.
From: makmur@aramis.rutgers.edu (Hanz Makmur)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: HELP Needed with CommToolBox vt102
Keywords: help com tool box
Date: 18 Aug 92 21:31:12 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


I hope this has not been discussed already. If so, please direct me to
the archive so that I can look for it. Thanks.

My problem is: I just got PB100,140,170 here at work and for some
reasons when I used Claris Works Comm. thru vt102 tools, I
could not get any tilde (~) character and any arrows character to
work. I called Claris who then told me that it is APPLE problem.

Claris informed me that Apple changed the keyboard on PowerBooks and
as the results, PowerBook is not compatible with CommToolBox Terminal
Tool vt102. All other macs works just fine.

Any one else have this problem ? If so, how did you get the fix ?

I hope Apple CommToolBox Team is reading this and know ways to fix
this problem ASAP. 

Thank you for your help.

Hanz Makmur
Rutgers Univ.
From: bl668@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (David P. Alverson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Hardware flow control and Supra FAX v.32bis
Date: 21 Aug 92 02:56:56 GMT
Reply-To: bl668@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (David P. Alverson)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)


In a previous article, newton@cs.utexas.edu (Peter Newton) says:

>I am testing a Supra FAX v.32bis modem on my IIsi and am having
>problems with hardware flow control.  The problem shows up when
>sending files from the Mac using ZTerm 0.90 and zmodem with a
>DTE rate of 57600 (i.e. ZTerm is set to talk to the modem at
>57600).  I get retries and crc errors that appear to be caused
>by buffer over run.
>
>My question is does this work for anyone out there?  I want to
>eliminate the Mac or ZTerm as the problem source.  I have tried
>calling multiple sites.
>

There is definitely a problem with the Supra v.32bis doing ZMODEM
UPLOADS, with the port set to 38400 or higher.  I have seen it and
even DOS users see it.  The company line from Supra is that they think
there might be a problem in the ZMODEM PROTOCOL.  I asked them if it
wasnt curious that users of other high speed modems didnt see similar
problems.  They said it could be related to their modem having a larger
buffer and allowing a higher DTE rate (57k).  (I have always used 38.4
and definitely get the problem.)

  -- Dave

-- 
Dave Alverson, Mason OH
davea@tso.uc.edu
From: Dana.J..Schwartz@p802.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Dana J. Schwartz)
Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Eudora Request
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 21:28:30 -0500

I have a friendly suggestion for a Eudora feature:

I would like to have Eudora remember my password while it is running, but to
forget it upon quitting.

That way I can have Eudora check for mail every few minutes when *I* start up my
machine and enter the pswd, but if someone else boots up my Mac when I'm not
present, they don't automatically get my mail if I had forgotten to choose
'Forget Password' before quitting.

Perhaps a 'Forget Password On Quit' switch?


From: Mark.Tucker@f421.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Mark Tucker)
Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: ACCESSING APPLETALK PRINTERS FROM P
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 12:03:42 -0500

Farallon makes a program called PhoneNET Talk that should do what you want.  I
have not tried this software and would be interested in anyone's comments
regarding it.  Please let me know if you hear of any other solutions.  Thanks.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: AppleTalk Remodt Access
From: choi@gsbsrc.uchicago.edu (Dongseok Choi)
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 20:30:54 GMT
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations

Hello, netters?

 I recently get a powerbook 100. AppletalkZZ
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: amck@.sw.mcc.com (Alan McKendree)
Subject: fax operating {free, share}ware?
Organization: MCC, Austin, TX
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 20:16:01 GMT

I'm looking for modems and found one (OK, OK, I won't be coy -- the
Supra FAXmodem v.32bis) which is offered without the manufacturer's
(fax and modem) operating software for a substantially lower price.
(The offer is made by both a mailorder catalog and by the manufacturer
itself.)  This implies that there's alternative operating software out
there.

The manufacturer says any Class 1, Class 2, or Group 3 software will do
(I don't know what that means).  Does anyone know of good
{free,share}ware fitting this description, to handle both the fax and
modem operations, as an alternative to the manufacturer's proprietary
software?  And if so, where is it?

Also, does anyone have any experience (good or bad) with the
Prometheus Home Office?  It has a voice/fax detection ability the
Supra lacks, plus answering-machine function.  But is about 30% more
expensive.

Reply with e-mail or post.  If there's sufficient non-posted
responses, I'll post a summary.  Thanks mucho in advance.

Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.comm:7976 comp.sys.mac.misc:14900
From: dplatt@snulbug.mtview.ca.us (Dave Platt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Need a little info on UUPC 3.0 for Mac
Date: 15 Aug 92 18:43:26 GMT
Reply-To: dplatt@snulbug.mtview.ca.us
Organization: Snulbug Software
X-Mailer: Fernmail 1.2b1

In article <1992Aug13.092846@ties.bell-atl.com> df2tg2n@shoes.bell-atl.com writ\
es:
>
>Can somebody summarize the use of UUPC on the Mac?  Here are a few
>questions I have concerning running under Sys 7.
>
>(1) Can UUPC run in background?

Yes.  It's MultiFinder/System7 friendly.  It can place calls, transfer
files, and process mail while running entirely in the background.  It
can often keep a V.32 modem running at full speed even when in the
background.

>(2) How hard is it to setup and admin?

In mu (biased) opinion:  setting it up is roughly on a par with setting
up a uucp connection on a Unix system.  If you've set a SunOS or BNU
(HoneyDanBer) uucp link from one Unix system to another, you'll probably
be quite comfortable with the uupc 3.0 setup environment.

It requires (I believe) very little ongoing administration.

>(3) Is 3.0 the latest version?

3.0 is the latest release version.  3.1 is under development;  the
current 3.1 beta fixes a couple of bugs, and adds support for the
Communications Toolbox.

>(4) Can I receive news, send mail, send files, other?

uupc can receive newsbatches, but doesn't do anything other than spool
them locally.  There are programs under development which will
decompress/unbatch/store/expire news articles, and provide an rn-like
newsreader capability.  These programs haven't yet been released, but
the pre-release versions I've been sent seem to be quite capable and
reliable.

uupc comes with a basic mail user agent program "pcmail".  It is simple-
minded and crude.  There are a couple of third-party mail agents which
work with uupc and which are a good deal friendlier than pcmail - my own
shareware mailer Fernmail, and a beta-test version of Steve Dorner's
freeware Eudora mailer.

You can send files by (manually) creating a C. command file and dropping
it in your spool folder - this can be done with any text editor.
Version 3.1 allows you to retrieve files by name from another system's
uucppublic directory, by dropping a similar C. command file into your
spool folder;  this doesn't work in 3.0 due to some bugs.  There is no
automated tool for creating the necessary command files;  you have to do
it by hand.  I'll probably include some documentation on how to do this
in the 3.1 release (I didn't do so in 3.0 as I hadn't really tested out
the file-fetch capability).
---
Dave Platt
    dplatt@snulbug.mtview.ca.us       (domain/MX)
or  apple!snulbug!dplatt              (uucp path)
or  dplatt%snulbug.uucp@apple.com     (non-MX Internet)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: simon@mmpe.mineral.ualberta.ca (Simon Tortike)
Subject: Forcing CAP to do CR/LF translation on writes
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 22:30:34 GMT

We are running CAP (v6.0, pl 125) on an RS/6000 (AIX v3.2), just for
access to text files on a Unix volume (as defined by CAP). Reading a
text file with QUED/M, and modifying it, we want to write the text
file so that it remains a normal Unix text file, i.e., readable on
a normal Unix text editor like vi or emacs. Unfortunately, CAP is
not translating the CRs back to LFs (or is it CR LF?) when the file
is saved back to disk. QUED/M has an option to preserve the original
resources, so that it only writes back the data fork. Even if it did not,
is there any way to force CAP to do the translation when writing?
The translation is made, of course, when reading the file. This version
of CAPS was compiled without the NONLXLATE option.

Regards,
--
Simon Tortike                       | tel     : 403/492-3338
Asst. Prof. of Petroleum Engg.      | fax     : 403/492-3409
Dept of Min-Met-Pet Engg.,          |
University of Alberta,              | Internet: simon@mmpe.mineral.ualberta.ca
Edmonton, AB, CANADA T6G 2G6.       | 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.sys.mac.programmer
From: kdb@intercon.com (Kurt D Baumann)
Subject: Re: Staying connected - UNIX/Internet/UseNet access?
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 21:22:15 GMT
Reply-To: kdb@intercon.com (Kurt D Baumann)
Organization: InterCon Systems Corporation

In article <l8cvlaINN87p@news.bbn.com>, major@BBN.COM (John Major) writes:
> .. Be my own Internet node - get a SLIP connection to an Internet gateway,
> using Nuntius to read news, and what? to send/receive mail (this sounds
> pretty eccentric, if fun...)

Easier and cheaper than that.  Just get a copy of WorldLink from InterCon, 
and you are connected to the internet for $29/mnth.  Unlimited mail.  File 
Transfer, is limited to N meg per month, but its a reasonably high number.  
News will be added later this year.

Call

1-800-NET-2YOU

or 703.709.9890

Hope that helps.

Kurt Baumann                  Creators of fine TCP/IP Products
InterCon Systems
From: Ken.Kirksey@p883.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Ken Kirksey)
Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: AppleTalk and OSI layers
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 17:36:45 -0500

  Wy> Quick question....
  Wy> 
  Wy> Exactly how do that layers in the AppleTalk Phase 2 protocols map to
  Wy> the 7 layer OSI mode (ie physical, data-link....application).

A Quick Answer...


        ISO-OSI               Appletalk
        -------------         ------------------------------------------

        Application           AppleTalk Filing Protocol (AFP)
                              PostScript

        Presentation          AppleTalk Filing Protocol (AFP)
                              PostScript

        Session               AppleTalk Data Stream Protocol (ADSP)
                              Zone Information Protocol (ZIP)
                              AppleTalk Session Protocol (ASP)
                              Printer Access Protocol (PAP)

        Transport             Routing Table Maintenance Protocol (RTMP)
                              AppleTalk Echo Protocol (AEP)
                              AppleTalk Transaction Protocol (ATP)
                              Name Binding Protocol (NBP)
                               
        Network               Datagram Deliver Protocol (DDP)

        Data Link             Token Talk Link Access Protocol (TLAP)
                              EtherTalk Link Access Protocol (ELAP)
                              LocalTalk Link Access Protocol (LLAP)

        Physical              Token Ring Hardware
                              Ethernet Hardware
                              LocalTalk Hardware


+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Ken Kirksey               | Sig under construction.......
kkirksey@world.std.com    |
kkirksey1@aol.com         |
From: long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Microphone Front End for GENIE & Internet mail wanted.
Date: 20 Aug 92 14:41:15 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


In article <1992Aug20.004324.9005@samba.oit.unc.edu>, jwillner@uncvx1.oit.unc.edu (Jeff Willner) writes...
>out the door in anything resembling a timely fashion (more than a year's delay
>in shipping on both versions 3 and 4). At this rate, I'm probably going to skip
>the next upgrade and switch to a package like PacerTerm.

 Same here. I am tired of waiting, and will most likely switch to PacerTerm as
 well.

Richard C. Long			long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com
			  -or-	...!decwrl!mcntsh.enet.dec.com!long   		
			  -or-	long%mcntsh.dec@decwrl.enet.dec.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: resnick@cogsci.uiuc.edu (Pete Resnick)
Subject: Re: WANTED: Nonfunctional Eudora for MicroPhone II (lateral thinking)...
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 15:34:52 GMT

Nick,

You have one large confusion here and one (possibly) easy answer:

nick@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Nick Rothwell) writes:

>In a month or two I won't have access to AppleTalk/AUFS and so on, and
>hence won't be able to use that wonderful mail front-end, Eudora, for
>email.

Certainly this is not correct. Having an AppleTalk/AUFS connection has
*nothing* to do with Eudora, which uses MacTCP. My guess is that you
mean that you have lost access to the Internet, which either goes
directly onto an Ethernet or such, or goes *through* AppleTalk to a
GatorBox or Fastpath. In any event, we don't want to confuse others
here. But, now to the answer to your question:

If the machine that you are going to receive e-mail on has Internet
access and and a POP server, and you are willing to fight a little with
ResEdit, you can use Eudora's dialup facility with the Communications
Toolbox rather than using MacTCP. Basically, Eudora dials up a machine
using the CTB Modem tool (or any tool, really), and then executes a
small ResEdit configurable script to connect to the POP server of the
machine that gets your mail.

One other solution is to get SLIP access to such a machine. Then you
can happily go on using MacTCP.

If neither of these is viable, you will have to check with Steve
Dorner about the possibilities, but I believe that source code to
Eudora is available even if Steve is not willing to work on it
himself.

Good luck,

pr
--
Pete Resnick             (...so what is a mojo, and why would one be rising?)
Graduate assistant - Philosophy Department, Gregory Hall, UIUC
System manager - Cognitive Science Group, Beckman Institute, UIUC
Internet: resnick@cogsci.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: jfelder@lerc.nasa.gov (James L. Felder)
Subject: Re: Zoom modem
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.sys.mac
Organization: Sverdrup Technology, Inc.
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 18:32:14 GMT

In article <16es0aINNfrd@agate.berkeley.edu>, heilmayr@jaffna.berkeley.edu
(Stephan Heilmayr) wrote:
> 
> 
> I need an inexpensive 2400 baud modem.  MacConnection has a Zoom
> Telephonics modem (model AMX or MX2400R, depending on which ad
> I'm looking at) for $69.  Is this a decent quality modem (fully
> Hayes compatible, fairly reliable, etc.)?  I'd appreciate hearing
> from anyone who uses it.
> Thanks.
> 
I got a Zoom modem from MacConnection.  I don't know the model off hand,
but so far I have been happy with it.  I would recommend that you go ahead
and get the version with V42bis data compression and error correction
protocols.  Not that many places have it V42 complient modems, but I think
it will position you better for the future, and allow you to keep the modem
longer before it begins to seem insufferably slow. That might even be long
enough for the phone companies to rewire the country for ISDN, then we can
all go digital at 56k baud!

James L. Felder            (216)977-7539         -My opinions are MINE-
Sverdrup Technology, Inc.  jfelder@lerc.nasa.go  I think that should cover
NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland 44135       all bases, don't you.
"Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge -
    other people gargle"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: enger@ans.net (Robert M. Enger)
Subject: Ethernet Cards for Si, Fx, and Quadra
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 12:48:27 GMT
Organization: Advanced Network & Services
Keywords: ethernet si fx quadra lan tcp ip

Folks:

I am looking for recommendations on which Ethernet adapters
to purchase for use in: a Si, Fx, and Quadra.  We will be running
both Appletalk and IP stacks.

We are looking for the highest performance adapter available
for each platform.  I would appreciate hearing your recommendations
and your experiences with the adapters.  Did you add additional
ram to the adapter to increase buffering?  Did it help?

		PLEASE EMAIL your responses.

I will summarize to the list, if there is interest.
Thank for the advice,

Bob Enger
enger@ans.net
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: mike@pmafire.inel.gov (Mike Caldwell)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 22:00:12 GMT
Organization: WINCO
Subject: Connect MAC to UNIX box
Distribution: na

Someone wants to connect a MAC Quadra 700 up to our UNIX boxes.  Since
the Quadra's come with ethernet built in, all we need is a adapter for
hardware. But what about software?  What kind of services does MacTCP
supply?  Ideally, we would like ftp, telnet (or rlogin), smtp, and
nfs.  Is there any third-party software to give us these capabilities?

Thanks for any help,

Mike

-- 
Mike Caldwell (mike@pmafire.inel.gov or mike@inel.gov)
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Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac:214 comp.sys.mac.misc:14907
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: How to HIDE Files on a mac to prevent Piracy?
From: marc@csufres.CSUFresno.EDU (Marc Matteo)
Date: 16 Aug 92 00:02:13 PDT
Organization: California State University, Fresno

If you don't know what yer doing with ResEdit you could seriously hose 
whatever it is you're working on.  Just a warning.

I have also seen files not work correctly when they become invisible. 

Marc.
--

Marc Matteo                  | CI$:       70511,3102                  (bad)
Journalism/Computer Science  | GEnie:     M.MATTEO                    (better)
California State, Fresno     | Internet:  marc@csufres.csufresno.edu  (best)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.wanted,comp.sys.mac.apps
From: 8939527@hydra.maths.unsw.EDU.AU ()
Subject: Were to find SYS 6.05
Organization: school of Mathematics UNSW
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 04:53:23 GMT

	I am trying to find system 6.05 anywhere. (is there a sys 6.06 ? and
were would that be. All replies appreciated.
	George
From: rsherman@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (Roby Sherman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: BEST way to do serial handling...
Date: 16 Aug 1992 11:19:56 -0400
Organization: The Tao of Programming
NNTP-Posting-Host: mthvax.cs.miami.edu
Keywords: serial handling port best way

Hi.


   I'm starting a new project where I wil need to control a device via
the mac serial port. I was wondering what would be the best way to
program the serial routines (EG: The OLD serial calls, the Comm Toolbox,
etc.)

       Any suggestions and sample code for a simple term program would
be greatly appreciated to help me get started.



                            thanks in advance,
                                       --Roby
-- 
rsherman@mthvax.cs.miami.edu					Roby Sherman
From: davidk@garnet.berkeley.edu (David Kokorowski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: What is a sun raster file? can a pict file be converted?
Date: 21 Aug 92 05:43:42 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: garnet.berkeley.edu

A sun rasterfile is simply a graphics file format that is popular on Sun
workstations. I don't know of any programs on the mac or Sun that covert
between pict and Sun raster, but a good way to do it is to convert the pict
to an epsf, epsi, or tiff file on the mac (most good graphics programs and
some that are not so good will do one of the above...) then move that file
over to the workstation and use a graphics program there to covert it to
sun raster.

-David Kokorowski
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From: aare@smab.se (Aare M{llo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Curses ported to Mac ?
Summary: Have anyone ported the curses library to the Mac OS?
Keywords: curses
Date: 18 Aug 92 07:45:09 GMT
Organization: Saab Missiles AB, RLD-Gbg, Sweden

Have anyone ported the curses library to the Mac OS?

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