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From: sdorner@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Steve Dorner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Sending mac files through internet
Date: 28 Jul 92 21:24:52 GMT
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA

zaphod@bluemoon.rn.com (Peter Bierman) writes:
>First, BinHex the file. Then the _entire_ file is encoded in the binhexed 
>file's data fork. You can open the data fork as text with any word 
>processor. Paste this data fork garbage text into an email. The recipient 
>should copy the text out of the email, and paste it into a TEXT file. Then 
>BinHex should be able to convert that file back into a real Mac file.

Most decent Macintosh mail programs make all this nonsense unnecessary;
they handle encoding and decoding files for the sender and recipient.

However, if you are stuck with one that does not, then Mr. Bierman's
advice applies.
-- 
Steve Dorner, Qualcomm, Inc.
Yes, I'm still working on Eudora and it's still free.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From:  David M. Rosenberg <dmr@po.MIT.EDU>
Subject: Re: Anybody using DAL, does it work?
Keywords: DAL
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 15:40:51 GMT

On  28 Jul 92 22:26:17 GMT, ratcliff@ucsd.edu (John Ratcliff) writes:

> Is the documentation from APDA any good?
> Is it really built into system 7 or do you have to install
>   some other toolbox or driver?
> Is there a MAC/TCP connection method?
> Who else nows how to talk DAL, the manual says VAX and IBM
> systems, surely this is Database Software dependant?
> Does anybody have DAL working to a mainframe DB?

John,

 First I'd like to point out the existence of a Listserv list named
"DAL-L@MITVMA.MIT.EDU" devoted to DAL. (To subscribe to the list send a
message to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU containing the line

SUBSCRIBE DAL-L your_first_name your_last_name 

as the message body. You will be subscribed to the list at the address from
which you sent the message. To send a message to the list, address it to
DAL-L@MITVMA.MIT.EDU.)

 Now on to the answers to some of your questions.

1A. In System 6.x the file containing the connection scripts is named
"hosts.cl1" (that is ell one) in the System Folder.
1B. In System 7 the file containing the connection scripts is named "DAL
Preferences" in the Preferences folder within the System Folder.

2. The documentation from APDA is pretty good, but not as good as I'd
like it to be. But it is the only choice you've got.

3. Facilities for Async connections, ADSP connections, and 3270 sessions
are built in to System 7. Drivers for other connections (such as TCP/IP,
IBM Protocol Converter, and third-party 3270 emulators), debuggers,
HyperCard XCMDs, and sample stacks that use DAL are part of the DAL
Toolkit. Also, the latest version of DAL is 1.3.5, but DAL 1.3.1 is what
is shipped as part of System 7.0.1.

4. There is a MacTCP connection method, but it isn't supported for all
hosts. It is supported for A/UX, VM/CMS, and the Pacer Unix DAL Servers.
It is not supported for VAX/VMS or MVS (yet).

5. To get a working DAL connection, you need a communication mechanism
that is supported by both the Client and the Server, a supported Server
hardware and operating system combination, the DAL Server software, and
a supported database. On IBM's VM/CMS system there is only one supported
database (SQL/DS). On IBM's MVS system there are two supported databases
(DB2 and Teradata DBC/1012), on VAX/VMS there are five supported
databases (Ingres, Informix, ORACLE, Sybase, and Rdb), on A/UX there are
three supported databases (Ingres, Informix, and ORACLE), on Pacer's
Unix DAL Servers there are (generally) four supported databases (Ingres,
Informix, ORACLE, and Sybase).

6. We (MIT) have DAL working with a DAL Server running on IBM's VM/CMS
system (and hence using the SQL/DS database). We are aware of a number
of other institutions who are also using DAL.

/David Rosenberg ("rosenberg@mit.edu")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: bruel@postman.gr.osf.org (Christian Bruel)
Subject: minitel emulator
Organization: OSF RI Grenoble
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 12:16:25 GMT

Hi!

Does somebody use the emulator MinitelMac ? (most likely
in France !) 
I would like to know what is your configuration.

Also, do you know other minitel emulators (shareware or commercial) ?

Thanx
-- 

						[ chris ]
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Kermit and Zterm Questions
From: guelzow@brandonu.ca
Date: 30 Jul 92 10:35:18 CST
Organization: Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

In article <29JUL92.23371502@nauvax.ucc.nau.edu>, 
galeana@nauvax.ucc.nau.edu writes:
> Now to Zterm:  When I use Zterm to communicate to the vms/vax at the university
> I logon but afterwards Zterm displays everything double-spaced.  It's a little
> annoying trying to use control S to pause the screen every minute. Is there
> a way to correct this problem(If it happens to be a problem).
Your Terminal settings may include "Auto Line Feed", deselect that. You'll find
this in the settings menu under Terminal...
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Andreas Guelzow  Dept. of Mathematics & Comp. Sc. Brandon University MB Canada
Guelzow@BrandonU.Ca
From: winders@aux.support.apple.com (Scott Winders)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Getting ethernet address
Date: 22 Jul 92 01:28:29 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.protocols.appletalk
Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.

In article <1992Jul21.221710.24744@pcnntp.apple.com>, Apgar@Apple.com (Gar)
wrote:
> 
> In article <2185@unet.UUCP>, larson@loren.net.com (Alan Larson) writes:
> > 
> > In article <1992Jul19.134316.14785@tdb.uu.se> matsb@tdb.uu.se (Mats Bredell) writes:
> > ->ccecl@nuscc.nus.sg (Chandra Liem) writes:
> > ->:   (I wish MacTcp would report the Ethernet
> > ->: address somewhere but it doesn't).  Thanks for any help.  Regards,
> > 
> > ->Try clicking on the Ethernet icon in MacTCP while holding down the option
> > ->key. That should tell you the ethernet address.
> > 
> >   I just tried it.  It didn't report anything.
> 
> Works fine in my MacTCP. Are you clicking on EtherNet of EtherTalk? 
> This only works with EtherNet and it may depend on the type of board...

Note: This only works with MacTCP 1.1 or later....

Scott Winders
winders@aux.support.apple.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Printing on a Mac from Unix.
From: dskeeler@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Dennis S. Keeler)
Date: 24 Jul 92 08:29:10 -0500
Organization: Lost in n-space

In article <garp.711903806@isy.liu.se>, garp@isy.liu.se (Johan Garpendahl) writes:
>>In article <1992Jul21.210208.1831@axis.fr> phil@axis.fr (Ph. Mackowiak) writes:
>>>
>>>I have several Mac and a Unix machine on Ethernet.
>>>I am looking for a way to print on LaserWriter on the Mac from
>>>Unix  (In an other way, I want to see the printers as Unix devices).
> 
> You also need some software to support this stuff on the 
> UNIX boxes. There is a package called CAP, Columbia Appletalk Package,
> It supports both the ethernet-to-appletalk configuration and the ethernet
> only configuration.

	I am interested in this CAP package. Who makes it? Does it just do
printing, or is there more (like file sharing between Mac and Unix)? And, of
course, how much does it cost?
	Thanks for any info.
________________________________________________________________________________
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: dresnick@athena.mit.edu (David I Resnick)
Subject: Pasting into Zterm 0.9
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 01:44:50 GMT

Anyone else out there have trouble using the Paste command in Zterm
0.9?  When I use it, the text is pasted in at a REALLY slow pace - 1
or 2 characers per second.  Now my modem is pretty slow (2400 baud),
but this is pretty bad.  Any ideas what is wrong?
--
       David Resnick                           dresnick@athena.mit.edu      
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.sys.ibm.pc.net
From: pascoe@rocky.gte.com (Dave Pascoe)
Subject: Strategy for providing SLIP/PPP?
Organization: GTE/SCSD
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 15:42:25 GMT

I'm getting ready to purchase a couple of high speed modems for
providing some UUCP feeds as well as SLIP and/or PPP service for local
users.  I plan to purchase a couple of Telebit WorldBlazers, one for a
Sun SPARCstation-2 (SunOS 4.1.1) and one to lend to users.

The users will use either PC clones (at home) or Macs (at home).  I
plan to lend out one of the WorldBlazers on demand.

I have several questions:

1) There are no PPP Mac clients available *yet*, so should I plan to
install both SLIP and PPP on the Sun host?

2) Has anyone experienced any problems using a WorldBlazer modem with
a Macintosh?

2a) What PC packages are popular for SLIP (only know about KA9Q) and
PPP?

3) I'd like to hear in general from anyone who's using MacSLIP and a
Telebit modem connected to the map, in particular, what kind of
throughput are you getting for ftp and telnet sessions, for example?

3a) Same as (3) above, for PC clones.

--
Dave Pascoe
pascoe@rocky.gte.com
GTE/SCSD - Needham Heights, MA
(617) 455-5704
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: jxs18@po.CWRU.Edu (Jerry Sy)
Subject: need info on Genie
Reply-To: jxs18@po.CWRU.Edu (Jerry Sy)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 16:58:05 GMT


I need info about Genie service. 
also include the phone number of Genie.

thanks

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: robert@utkvx3.utk.edu (Wilson, Robert)
Subject: Practical Peripherals and MultiTech modems
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Keywords: Modem
Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 19:22:00 GMT

I am trying to get a Practical Peripherals Modem, model 2400SA v.42bis to
connect with a MultiTech v.32, v42bis modem without much luck.  If the
MultiTech initiates the call, they connect, but I can't get the Practical
Peripheral modem to make a connection.  It sounds like the PP modem just drops
the line as the MT modem tries to negotiate the connection protocols.  Can
anyone give me any suggestions as to the settings the modems should be set?  We
have had some luck turning off error correction which defeats the purpose of
getting the error correcting modem.  On a side note, a friend with a Zoom modem
with the same features has the same problem.  Thanks for any help.
Robert
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Events and the CommToolbox
From: jbendig@idicl1.idi.battelle.org
Date: 29 Jul 92 13:34:10 EST
Organization: IDI-Dublin
Nntp-Posting-User: raudabaugh

For some reason my last post of this question didn't work.  Try try again.

When using the comm toolbox, do incoming data generate a network event?

The main event loop in surfer (a sample comm toolbox app on the developer's
CDs) looks essentially like this:

REPEAT
    Do idle tasks
    WaitNextEvent
    IF gotEvent then
        Process events
UNTIL FALSE

When dealing with idle tasks, surfer checks the communication line (via
CMStatus) and reads available data (via CMRead).  If incoming data do not
generate an event, the app will block at WaitNextEvent until the user
clicks etc.

I hope this isn't a RTFM kinda question.  I check the inside the Mac comm
toolbox manual but didn't see any mention of it.

John
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: knguyen@emr.ca (Khanh Kim Nguyen)
Subject: About Telnet 2.5
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm
Organization: emr
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 19:53:54 GMT

Hi friends,
 When opening Telnet 2.5 (I got it from my Sysad), I often confront with
messages as follows :
 - Session : cannot find or open configuration file.
 - Config. file : error i line 1
 My config. tel is right in the same folder as Telnet app. is. I try to
convert MS Word file of config. tel to Teachtext by using Quill program) in
case the app. has some difficulty in readind MS Word, but to no avail. I
open config. tel and check the line "hardware=MacTCP" which is in
accordance with the notice about Telnet 2.5. I don't know what to do now.
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: pda@wdl30.wdl.loral.com (Paul D Adolph)
Subject: Zterm - Error 120 in WriteData on ZModem download ?????
Organization: Loral Western Development Labs
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 22:52:29 GMT

Hello all.

I used to be able to use Zterm at home and sz at work to exchange
files. Now, without me changing anything that I know of, downloads
fail with this 'Writedata' error. Uploads don't work either. I am
speaking only of Zmodem transfers here.

I've checked the Zterm manual and found no reference to this error.
I'm on a Classic 4/40, System 6.0.8, Zterm 0.9, etc. I don't 
remember what version of sz I have, but things used to work fine
up until a few days ago. And yes, I use the -w option to control
the window lengths.

What can I do? I suppose it is possible that something changed
in between the modem at work and the unix box I'm connecting to.
What does this error tell me?

Thanks in advance...

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From: jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: SupraFaxModem V.32bis & ARA: Can't answer
Date: 27 Jul 92 21:21:47 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: USC-ISI


I have a new SupraFaxModem V.32bis, and ARA.  I got the ARA script for
the modem from sumex, and have been running it fine... when I initiate
the call.

But when I tell my machine to answer a call, ARA never answers the
ringing phone.  The display says AA, which is auto-answer, and running
Remote Access says it's waiting for an incoming call, and when the
phone rings, the supra puts up RI to say that it's recognizing a ring,
but it just never answers.


Any idea what's wrong?  I turned off the FaxStf software, but no
difference was seen.

jas
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From: daven@notable.com (Dave Newman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: turbocharging kermit?
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 16:55:03 PST
Organization: Notable Technologies, Inc.
Reply-To: daven@notable.com
X-Mailer: uAccess LITE - Macintosh Release: 1.5v4


In article <howarth.712118045@proto> (comp.sys.mac.comm), howarth@rice.edu (Jack W. Howarth) writes:
| 
|    We have a XYPLEX terminal connecting our unix boxes to the outside
| world that prevents us from using x or zmodem for binary file transfers.
| What I can use is c-kermit on the SGI and kermit in Microphone II v4
| on the Mac. What I am interested in is observations about cranking up
| the throughput of kermit by using odd settings like 1 or 2K packets and
| 16 or 32 bit checksums. What is the best packet size for the sender and
| the receiver (or should they be the same)? Thanks for any hard data
| on this issue.
|              Jack
| 

Jack,

Kermit supports 8-bit, 16-bit, and CRC-16 block check characters. There
is no provision in Kermit for 32-bit checksums or CRCs.

Cranking up the packet size is always a good idea, unless the connection
is noisy. In noisy connections large packets size could become more trouble
than they are worth. This comes about because it takes longer to retransmit
a large packet as opposed to a small one.

The best possible packet size on a clean connection is the largest available.
In MicroPhone II v4.0 that is 4K packets.

There is another Kermit extension that can yield even better performance.
That is the sliding window extension. This allows the sender to send several
packets without waiting for an acknowledgement from the receiver for each
packet before sending the next packet. MicroPhone II v4.0 does not support
sliding windows in Kermit.

--Dave

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From: Jeffrey L. Needleman <JNeedleman@MCIMail.com>
Subject: Re: Phone touch-tone emitter needed for 1-80 numbers at once
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 19:55:49 EDT
Organization: The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1

In article <nolan.711780867@helios> Michael Nolan, nolan@helios.unl.edu
writes:
>I passed your note along to one of the Mac RT sysops on GEnie.  Here's
his
>response.  Hope it helps.

Thanks, Michael. Actually, I found the answer on GEnie--an obscure old
FKey named DKey. It simply pastes anything from the Clipboard to the
modem port. Since my PPI modem has a 255-character buffer for commands, I
can just copy the text (formatted with pauses) and paste to the
modem--and everything works like a charm.

If anyone else has a need to do this, two quick warnings:

1)  Don't try this from MicroSoft Word. Word uses its own clipboard, only
converting contents to the usual system Clipboard when requested to do
so. Apparently, this little FKey doesn't make the right request (at least
in System 7). 

2)  You do have to get the timing/pauses just right and use the
subtleties of some of today's modems to get things working. For example,
I'm using this method to get electronic approval for charge card
purchases (don't ask!). The same telephone number I call for
authorization also supports 300 baud terminals which provide
authorization through proprietary software. So my instructions for
connecting are to wait for the computer tone from the other end TO STOP
before beginning my input via touchtone. Turns out there's a modem
command for that. Put an ampersand @ to cause the modem to wait for
silence for a certain number of seconds (programmable by a register
command) BEFORE outputting the rest of the command line. And you do have
to add the semi-colon to return to command state without hanging up the
phone because no carrier was detected.

Jeff
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: Daniel Schwabe <schwabe@inf.puc-rio.br>
Subject: Re: FTP commands under Fetch - don't work?
Organization: Dept. of Informatics, PUC-Rio
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 21:15:18 GMT
X-Posted-From: mac-dan.inf.puc-rio.br
X-Posted-Through: sol.ctr.columbia.edu



In article <peter-230792114032@134.7.50.3> Peter N Lewis,
peter@cujo.curtin.edu.au writes:
>you can't do.  But I can't say I understand why you want to use the Send
>FTP Command menu anyway... Fetch will show you directories in the window,
>double click a directory entry and it will show you that directory,
double
>click a file and it will fetch the file.  You should never need to use
the
>Send FTP Command menu.

I don't care about the SEND FTP command!
My main objective was to be able to search for a particular regular
expression
(just like what you do in any Unix client), so I don't have to look at
all the files
in a particular directory (for instance, have you tried to find out what
the latest
info-mac digest is available at the archives?).

By the way, Peter is correct in observing that the LIST command won't
work either,
according tho Jim Matthews, Fetch's author.  It is not prepared to
process the list
resulting from the command...

Daniel Schwabe   	       	            Dept. de Informatica, PUC-Rio
Tel: +55-21-529 9544/274 4449   R. M. de S. Vicente, 225
Fax: +55-21-511 5645                 Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22454-970, Brasil
From: jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: ARA plus FaxSTF = la bomba
Date: 24 Jul 92 19:06:12 GMT
Organization: USC-ISI
In-reply-to: ssuther@brahma.trl.OZ.AU's message of 24 Jul 92 12:37:46 GMT

In article <1992Jul24.123746.2761@trl.oz.au> ssuther@brahma.trl.OZ.AU (S. Sutherland) writes:

>
>Hi,
>
>just installed Appletalk Remote Access on our PowerBook 140 (7.01 and
>found that e system hung on boot with an 'unimplemented trap' error from
>FaxMonitor.  FaxSTF v2.1 was already installed, and it seems that the
>FaxMonitor extension (part of FaxSTF) conflicts with ARA's Serial Port
>Arbitrator extension.
>
>Is there any way around this?  Is v2.1 the latest version of FaxSTF?
>
>Thanks for your wisdom.
>
>Scott.

I just boiught FaxStf, and the current version is 2.2, with a fix for
the serial port arbitrator bug.

jas
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From: R.S.Jones@qmw.ac.uk (Robert S. Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: NCSA Telnet 2.5 FTP problem
Date: 27 Jul 92 11:10:41 GMT
Organization: Queen Mary & Westfield College (London)
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1

In article <1992Jul23.220738.18100@aero.org> Bradley West, brad@aero.org
writes:
>200 PORT command successful.
>425 Can't build data connection: Connection refused.

We're getting the same problem, but once in a while one gets through! ;-)

I have found that I can get data connections more often if the FTP is the
first/only session open - the failure is virtually solid if I already have
an interactive session going (anywhere - not necessarily the same host).

However, I'll stick at virtually solid - I can't be CERTAIN that it has
*never* worked. We also did not suffer from this bug(?) at 2.5B.

	Any clues?	Bob
	
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From: time@ice.com (Tim Endres)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Termy 2.0 Released! (Was uATerminal)
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 18:06:34 EST
Organization: ICE Engineering, Inc.
Reply-To: time@ice.com (Tim Endres)
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.7b6


Termy 2.0 is finally available for public consumption.

Termy is a CTB Communications program that provides multiple
terminals and file transfer capabilities. It is built upon the
CTB. It also provides file conversion utilities such as BinHex,
MacBinary, and uuencode.

Termy used to be uATerminal, and is a derivative of the commercial
application uAccess. It is vastly improved over uATerminal.

To get Termy:

	ftp ftp.msen.com
	cd pub/vendor/ice
	get termy.hqx

size is about 180K.

This file does NOT have the CTB installation floppy, NOR does it
include *any* CTB Tools, both of which are required to run Termy
(except System Seven users who only need the Tools).

The CTB and Tools are available from many places.

tim.


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