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From: bcoleman@hayes.com (Bill Coleman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Smartcom II offer ?
Date: 20 Dec 92 10:30:32 EDT
Organization: Hayes Microcomputer Products, Norcross, GA

In article <lux.724649824@sol.UVic.CA>, lux@sol.UVic.CA (Michael O'Henly) writes:
>     Well, caveat emptor. I _assumed_ (stupidly, as it turned out) that
> because the terminal functions in Smartcom II weren't based on the
> Communications Toolbox, I could increase the number of rows displayed
> under VT100 emulation to more than 24. 
> 
>     So I bought Smartcom II, found it a slick little program, and
> promptly discovered that it's 24 rows and we don't care how big your
> screen is...

I've heard of people asking for this, but I admit I really don't understand
it.

A VT100 (actually we emulate a 102) has 24 lines of 80 or 132 characters. You
can't have any more.

Certainly, by a change in programming, you could increase the number of lines
to anything you want (even larger than the screen), same for the number of
characters (to any reasonable limit).

The moral dilemma is this -- how is this VT102 emulation? You'd now be 
emulating a different terminal, not a VT102.

More specifically, how many hosts are set up to deal with a VT102 with
more lines (and characters) than a real VT102?

If someone could adequately explain this to me, perhaps we can justify putting
this feature on the ol' enhancements list.

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From: peter@stanley.cis.Brown.EDU (Peter DiCamillo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: telnet or tn3270 w/port selection?
Date: 15 Dec 92 02:07:11 GMT
Organization: Brown University - Providence, RI  USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: stanley.cis.brown.edu

All but the oldest versions of Brown's tn3270 allow the port number to
be specified.  It's an optional field which is appended to the host name
after the terminal type, separated by a colon.  For example, specifying
the host name as "my_host::123" would connect to my_host at port 123
using the default terminal type.

Peter
From: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: America On Line <--> Internet ?
Date: 18 Dec 1992 02:02:03 GMT
Organization: Msen, Inc. -- Ann Arbor, Michigan
NNTP-Posting-Host: garnet.msen.com
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]

Aaron L Dickey (kieran@world.std.com) wrote:

: You're right; AOL is connected (email only) to the Internet by Performance
: Systems International (PSI).  PSI is the most inappropriately named
: company I've ever seen.  Their service is so poor that AOL has to post a
: "Daily Mail Status" report telling everyone what the current lag time is
: on incoming and outgoing Internet emails. 

As far as I can tell from here (who of course can say but AOL and PSI
themselves), America On-Line has a simple UUCP feed to PSI.  They may
in fact have one of the cheap PSI $75/mo flat rate feeds.

If you are doing a serious on line service to Internet gateway, it's
important to have enough control over and bandwidth to your mail system
so that you can split the load over multiple systems as needed and
run your own queue management if the 'mainframe' mail system can't handle
peak loads.

When CompuServe first got their e-mail gateway, it was done via
Ohio State.  Queues backed up for hours, even days.  Now they have
their own IP network gateway and manage all of the queuing and
transmission themselves.  They also have a lot more bandwidth to
work with.  I would expect America Online to come around to the
same design themsleves, once they price out an IP link of their
own.

  Edward Vielmetti, vice president for research, Msen Inc. emv@Msen.com
        Msen Inc., 628 Brooks, Ann Arbor MI  48103 +1 313 998 GLOB
  who once helped run an Internet to 'mailframe' gateway where queues of 
 1000 were a regular occurence, so i have some sympathy for the AOL folks
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.dcom.modems
From: rickm@kepler.kpc.com (Rick Meneely)
Subject: HELP - one way file transfers!
Organization: Kubota Pacific Computer
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 01:12:18 GMT

I have a problem I hope someone may be able to help me with:

I have been trying to transfer MacBinary files via modem between myself
and a friend.  Our problem is that everything works great - EXCEPT -
we can only transfer MacBinary files in one direction.  Terminal emulation
works fine (if we turn on local echo) and we can transfer MacBinary files
_from_ the Mac IIsi _to_ the Mac IIcx but if we try to transfer a file
from the IIcx to the IIsi the first 256 bytes are transfered (header?) and
then it the IIcx gives the status 'packet not acknowledged' and times out
after too many retries.  Due to the IIsi having an old US Robotics modem we
at connecting at 2400.

We are using X-ON/X-OFF (if I remember correctly is didn't transfer _either_
direction without it).

I have built a new cable for the IIsi using the (first) diagram from the
comp.sys.mac.comm FAQ - no change.  Does the si have special cable
requirements?  All the manuals I've seen seem to give a cable pin-out for
IBM's but only refer you Apple for building any Mac cables.

We are using an old version of Microphone and although I have already
ordered the lastest version, I find it difficult to believe that an old
version would cause it to fail in only one direction.

The configuration of the two systems are as follows:

System:	Mac IIcx (can receive MacBinary)
Modem:	Telebit QBlazer
OS:	System 7
App:	Microphone II rev: 0.1 (OLD!)

System:	Max IIsi (can send MacBinary)
Modem:	US Robotics courier (2400 baud)
OS:	System 7
App:	Microphone II rev: 0.1


Any help would be greatly appreciated (I've been beating my head against
the wall).

If possible please email (but I'll watch for replys on comp.sys.mac.comm
and comp.dcom.modems as well).

				Thanks,
					Rick


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From: markp@yang.earlham.edu (Mark H Pearson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: MacTCP license
Date: 11 Dec 92 20:16:52 GMT
 <alain-241192102244@besouro.linguist.jussieu.fr> <1992Dec3.232905.10003@csc.canberra.edu.au> <sdorner-101292135718@0.0.0.0>
Organization: Earlham Computing Centre

In article <sdorner-101292135718@0.0.0.0> sdorner@qualcomm.com (Steve Dorner) writes:
>Subject: Re: MacTCP license
>From: sdorner@qualcomm.com (Steve Dorner)
>Date: 10 Dec 92 20:06:47 GMT

>The intent of the sentence is that, if you *distribute* MacTCP *over your
>network*, you only do so on networks that are accessible within your
>organization.  So, you can't put it on your Internet-accessible ftp site
>and say "Come and get it" (with an Internal Use license, that is), but you
>can give your users a floppy, and have them install it on a mac running an
>ftp server, even if that Mac is internet-accessible.

>That sentence is about how you *distribute* the software, not how you *use*
>it.

Actually the Umich server *does* put MacTCP 1.1.1 on it's globally 
accessible FTP server - it even advertises the fact. They do adhere to the 
rules though because only a bona fide Umich account holder can copy the 
software. I tried to access it from the anonymous username just for a larf 
but was told to bog off !
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: wolfgang@netcom.com (Wolfgang Henke)
Subject: Re: Supra Silent Answer
Organization: Netcom
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 17:30:04 GMT

Michael L Sung (msung@eniac.seas.upenn.edu) wrote:
: That's just terrible...  you can't take advantage of silent answer because
: no fax software supports it yet...  (And the only fax packages I'm
: familiar with are: FaxSTF, QuickLink, and MaxFax...)  Most people can't
: take advantage of CallerID because it isn't available in all places yet
: and it won't be available at all in some places...  It kinda makes you
: wonder how the voice upgrade is going to turn out.  Is it just going to be
: something that sounds pretty good on paper (like these two previous
: "upgrades" have been) or will it be something that people can actually use?
: 
: I must say that I am disappointed!

A valid concern. Often the vendors are a bit early in announcing new
features, simply because users seem to demand them and raise hell
about them. What is a vendor supposed to do? 

The modem I am familiar with had fax/data switching a few months ago,
but it was removed. It was decided to only implement it once a complete
solution including software and voice-mail is available.

I dont care much about this vaporware business. Instead I look for 
basic functionality and reliability. I leave the new features like 
V.fast and data/fax/voice switching to the enginneers.


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From: peter@stanley.cis.Brown.EDU (Peter DiCamillo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Looking for a version of tn3270 for the Macintosh
Date: 15 Dec 1992 01:58:49 GMT
Organization: Brown University - Providence, RI  USA
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: stanley.cis.brown.edu


You get can tn3270 by using anonymous FTP to brownvm.brown.edu.  I
recommend getting the files tn3d26.seahqx and tn_exp24.seahqx.  The
first file is a full distribution of version 2.3d26.  The second file
updates tn3270 itself to version 2.4d9, which includes support for paste
and multiple sessions.

Peter
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Distribution: world
From: Peter_M._Williams@bmug.org
Organization: BMUG, Inc.
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 18:31:16 PST
Subject: U.S. Robotics BBS??

Does U.S. Robotics have a support BBS?  If so, what is the Phone Number?
Thanks
Peter Williams.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Looking for Supra ARA script, where?!
From: bfoulk@vax1.umkc.edu
Date: 15 Dec 92 16:43:40 CST
Organization: University of Missouri - Kansas City
NNTP-Posting-Host: vax1.umkc.edu

Does anybody happen to know where I can aquire the ARA script for a Supra
v.42bis modem without having to call the Supra BBS long distance?  Thanks.




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From: roy@mchip00.med.nyu.edu (Roy Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Problem with Fetch 2.1? (cannot fpt with name address)
Date: 15 Dec 1992 14:55:51 GMT
Organization: New York University, School of Medicine
NNTP-Posting-Host: mchip00.med.nyu.edu

chang hsu liu <cliu@silver.ucs.indiana.edu> writes:
>I have a problem with Fetch that I have to use the number address of
>the site (e.g., 36.44.0.6 instead of sumex....edu) and not the name
>addres for ftp. Is there a way to solve this problem?

	Sounds like you've got the "Domain Name Server Information" part of
your MacTCP control panel (the lower right-hand portion of the configuration
box you get by clicking the "More..." button) configured wrong.  Properly
configuring MacTCP is something that can really only be done correctly by
consulting with whoever set up your network, which is what I suggest you do.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: sdorner@qualcomm.com (Steve Dorner)
Subject: Re: You get what you pay for? (Was Re: Eudora Support)
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc.
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 00:40:26 GMT

In article <19550.2B28D854@zeus.ieee.org>, Eric.Choi@zeus.ieee.org (Eric
Choi) wrote:
> But time is money and people like us Joe Business is not stupid. We are
> willing to pay more for commercial products because it's easy to call a
> toll-free number or tech. support number or FAX them and get an answer asap.

I only wish I could say that more of my own experiences with official
vendor support organizations had gotten me answers AT ALL, much less ASAP. 
As an added bonus, it would be nice if more of the answers I'd gotten were
CORRECT.

But perhaps that's because I actually read the manuals and think before I
call; maybe the average caller is looking for someone to do that for him.

> because it's worth the money. You do get more clout if you call up and state
> that you own (i.e., paid for) the product, here is my serial number, and then
> ask for help.

You certainly should have more clout;  I'm not sure that's how it usually
works, though.  Once you've bought a product you stand in pretty much the
same relation to the vendor as you do to a freeware author; neither the
vendor nor the freeware author is likely to get any cash out of you anytime
soon, and they know it.

I don't disagree that life OUGHT to be as Eric suggests, or that many
people THINK life is as Eric suggests; I just wish my own experience even
hinted it was so.

(There are, of course, good support organizations out there and (probably
more to the point) good people doing support.  Just not many.)
--
Steve Dorner, Qualcomm, Inc.
From: saint@cats.ucsc.edu (Daniel Ira Bodenheimer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: SCO unix and Macs
Date: 15 Dec 1992 22:37:42 GMT
Organization: University of California; Santa Cruz
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: si.ucsc.edu


We are running SCO unix version 5, and cannot log on using 
Telnet unless we ping the Mac's address first. Anyone know
why this is the case?
-Dan

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: dencisco@eos.arc.nasa.gov (David Paul Encisco)
Subject: MacX and no hosts?
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 19:44:27 GMT

Forgive me if this is a common problem and I just
haven't been paying attention, but using MacX, 7.1,
and MacTCP 1.1.1 I can't seem to use the "host"
button when I'm editing a command. When I select
the button it just throws me back into the Remote
Command window. What's the story? I know it's not
an extension conflict and it works fine on 7.0 and
MacTCP 1.1. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Dave
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: rodc@fc.hp.com (Rod Cerkoney)
Subject: Help with Mac downloads please....
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 18:56:13 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Fort Collins, CO
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.3 PL6]

How do I get Mac progs downloaded to my new system?

I just bought a LCII & would like to run a few progs I've seen on the net. I
can get things into my unix machine via ftp and download to the Mac via
modem.

			BUT

How do I post-process the files on the Mac to make them executable? All of
the decompressors I think I need are themself compressed/preprocessed.

Is there some small program I can download via xmodem to the Mac that will
self extract and become a proper BinHex of Stuffit post processor?

Finally, is there a set of files/programs for the Mac & a unix box to smooth
the exchange of data & programs? [For example in the DOS world I used SZ to
exchange files, via modem, between the PC & UNIX workstation. The files on
either side were compressed/de-compressed with a version of LHARC.]
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: zaphod@bluemoon.use.com (Peter Bierman)
Subject: Re: Hermes Backdoor
Keywords: hermes,backdoor,hell,fire,frank,price
Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[024])
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 18:28:06 EST

2754@chumley.ucdavis.edu writes:

> 
>  Well, to add fire to the flame, a backdoor in Hermes has been found.
> The following contains the instructions on how to 'open' this back door
> , with some important info left out in order to protect against would-be
> hackers.

This doesn't surprise me at all. I'll be searching for this with ResEdit. 
Is it encoded?

I don't want to endorse this. This person might be lying, like Frank was 
about Hide Hermes. But if several people confirm this, well....



Zaphod
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Distribution: world
From: Jim_Johns@fourd.com
Organization: 4th Dimension BBS
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 17:00:29 EST
Subject: Smartcom II offer ?

I interested in seeing if the Smartcom II competitive upgrade offer is a good
deal

I am looking for a new inexpensive communication program.  ZTerm is creating
multiple problems for me now in clashing with the rest of my system. (IIsi,
System 7.0.1, Now Utilities, Word Perfect--but this isn't what I'm asking
about.)

Two low cost alternatives present themselves at this time.  Personal
Microphone, which is new and available at MacConnection for $36.  It keeps the
scripting language from Microphone II, but alas does not support Z-Modem.  So
that's out.

Hayes has a competitive upgrade offer available on Smartcom II until the end
of the year which is $44 at MacConnection.  I qualify for this with
MacKnowledge which came with my modem.  I know that MacUser loves Smartcom II
and most BBS people seem to prefer White Knight (or Microphone if they're rich
and/or fanatical).  My question is:  is there anything wrong with Smartcom? 
Would it be a better deal than WK if you can get it at half the price?  

Thanks, Jim
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: Ray Zimmerman <Ray-Zimmerman@cornell.edu>
Subject: Sys 7.1 does NOT require MacX 1.2
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A75601341901E0B5@ziklag.ee.cornell.edu>
X-Xxdate: Thu, 17 Dec 92 15: 04:36 GMT
Nntp-Posting-User: rz10@cornell.edu
Organization: Electrical Engineering, Cornell University
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Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 14:57:37 GMT

I've seen some discussion here about needing to upgrade to MacX 1.2
in order to use Sys 7.1.  According to Compatibility Checker 2.0, my
MacX 1.1.7 IS compatible with Sys 7.1.

I just upgraded to 7.1 and am running MacX 1.1.7 at the moment although
I haven't really used it much yet.  If there is some incompatibility
please let me know.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis)
Subject: Re: Eudora Support
Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation Tech Central
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 22:01:32 GMT

DPJ> == Daniel P. Johnson  <drdan@src.honeywell.com>

 DPJ> However, I can't promote Eudora as our in-house standard (that role
 DPJ> is filled by MS Mail), because I can't make a reasonable guarantee
 DPJ> that a year from now we won't have to change to a different
 DPJ> application because ---future scenario--- Steve Dorner had to work
 DPJ> full time on a make-or-break project for Qualcomm and the last
 DPJ> version of Eudora was incompatible with the version of MacTCP we had
 DPJ> to use to be compatible with SNMP.

That's as opposed to the (equally plausible, if not more so) scenario that
Microsoft decided to go for a "make-or-break" (read: we think we can get
more money this way) project for Windows and let their Mac users pay $129
for an "upgrade" that added 3 features, approximately one per additional
megabyte of disk space.  And then discovered that it didn't save headers &
footers properly.

Oops, sorry, that's MS Word. :-P

(How long did Quadra users have to run with caches off just to stay
compatible with Word 4?  I know Eudora ran just fine on the Q700s here...)
--
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From: milleraw@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu (Andrew W. Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Using Zoom modems for ARA?
Date: 16 Dec 92 15:36:59 GMT
Organization: Drexel University
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1b2

In article <1992Dec15.020821.23973@mail.cornell.edu> Barry Cooper,
bjc3@cornell.edu writes:
> My personal experience using both Zoom and Supra modems was miserable. 
>I just could not get them to connect at 14.4.

Is this a problem with the modem or with ARA.  I have a similar problem
with my Twincom 14.4k modem.  It will not connect using ARA at 14.4.  But
when I call a BBS at 14.4k the modem works fine.  What is so different
about ARA?  Is there any way to fix this?
Andrew W. Miller ---------------------------------
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: sw@mikro.ee.tu-berlin.de (Stefan Wahl)
Subject: Re: MacTCP & SLIP Extension
Keywords: slip mactcp
Organization: Techn. University of Berlin, Germany
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 15:19:28 GMT

In <1992Dec12.221843.7675@netcom.com> vuori@netcom.com (Veikko Vuorikoski) writes:

>	I am probably opening a SLIP account soon, but I can't find MacTCP or
>any SLIP extension. Where can I find these  programs?

Hi

You have to buy the newest version of both programs. An old version
of MacTcp is inlcuded in some packages (e.g. Eudora). If
yuo are interested in SLIP, contact info@hydepark.com. They sell
an application named MacSLIP. I use it and I am very
satisfied with this software. I ordered it per email. A week later
I installed the software on my mac.

mfg Stefan



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