HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: wslin@eecs.nwu.edu (William Lin)
Subject: 14.4K modems for Powerbook
Organization: EECS Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, Il., USA
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 19:04:49 GMT

Sure, this subject get  a lot of play, but I need some specific answers
fairly quickly or I could be out $50 (it's a long story).

The main question:  Has anyone used the new $300 Powerbook modems
from APS or Supra?  How do they rate?  Is the Supra as good as its
external counterpart?  Do either come with software?

Secondary questions:  Now that the $300 barrier has gone for internal
14.4 modems, how quickly will Global Village and PSI follow suit?
How long should I wait to optimize my price-usage ratio?

Any advice, and especially reviews of the new modems, would be extremely
beneficial.  Thanks
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Distribution: world
From: Doug_Hanley@tcs.las-vegas.nv.us
Organization: Cyber Sanctum
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 01:02:53 PST
Subject: Re: Scanner on Network?

> Is there a (software & shareware) way to put an Apple Scanner on a
> Network so that more than one user can access it?

Yes there is. I saw it. It is called ScanShare, not sure of the address for
FTP, but it is from Germany. It is cripled ware till you buy it. Works on the
Apple Scanner only. It works for a minute. 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: haase@meediv.lanl.gov (Peter Haase)
Subject: Re: Anyone ever heard of Applelink?
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 03:33:30 GMT

In article <C0Cvur.7LA@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, foo26860@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
(KGBishop) wrote:
> 
> Has anyone ever heard of this?  It's supposed to be a nation-wide apple
> network.

AppleLink is an Apple managed Bulletin Board....It is accessed via Dial-in
@ up to 9600bps (in certain cities). You get routed through GE's Dial-Net
to the BB Server which I beleive is in Cupertino.....

> My real question is:
> How does one access it from the Internet system?

You can't......Toooo Bad

> btw i think applelink requires that you subscribe to use it...
> *shrug*

Right....You must subscribe. Third Party's also have SW postings and
updates there. It is worthwhile. I subscribed to it a few months ago and
there are Third party's that post updates that do not have ftp servers.
Usually Apple Updates such as NSI 1.3 is on AppleLink before Apple even
puts it on ftp.apple.com.....I find it useful since I can download updates
without having to wait for disks in the mail...... 

<==================================+==================================>
  Peter Haase                      +    Internet: haase@meediv.lanl.gov
  Network Manager/MEE-Division     +    Applelink: HAASE
  Los Alamos National Laboratory   +    Phone: 505-667-2684

"The opinions expressed in this message are my own and do not necessarily
 reflect those of Los Alamos National Laboratory"
From: time@ice.com (Tim Endres)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: VersaTerm
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 93 09:35:41 EST
Organization: ICE Engineering, Inc.
Reply-To: time@ice.com (Tim Endres)
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.6v2


In article <haase-040193125233@macpkh.meediv.lanl.gov> (comp.sys.mac.comm), haase@meediv.lanl.gov (Peter Haase - LANL) writes:
> > Aside from the multiple window complaint, I find VersaTerm to be a great
> > product.  The VT100 emulation is one of the best around.  I connect to DEC
> > VAXes all day long and have never had any emulation problems.  Kurt, if you
> > have something valuable to contribute, fine.  But otherwise, keep your
> > blatant pro-Intercon messages off of the net.
> 
> 
> Kudo's to you Robin.....I agree, I also have tried InterCon's products
> hoping to find a package that does it all.....It's in the Trash Heap....

As Steve Dorner indicated, I don't think Kurt deserves the flamage.
Kurt, unlike some commercial entities, tries hard to be helpful.

Want to flame someone? Flame Hayes for putting press releases in
your face!

As for a "package that does it all", I have one. It is called a 
Macintosh. Combined with several applications that I have gotten
entirely from the net, except my mail program and my SLIP software,
it is everything I could ever want. I don't believe in one program
that does it all. I believe in lots of specialists that work well
together.


tim endres - time@ice.com

Register your company in the Internet Business Pages!
 ...send email to "ibp-info@msen.com" for details...

USENET - a slow moving self parody... ph
From: ucess2j@ucl.ac.uk (Dr Jaroslav Stark)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Sloooooooow serial connection to LW IINTX
Date: 12 Jan 93 09:45:07 GMT
Organization: Bloomsbury Computing Consortium

I have just tried connecting a IIvx to a LW IINTX using a serial
connection at 9600 baud (in order to print using the DMM LW package).
The data transfer though seems to take for ever - about 80 seconds
for a 10K file. I need not say what this means if you want to 
print a file containing TrueType fonts (over 200K, even with the TrueDict
stripped out). It takes about the same using a terminal emulator
just to send the postscript file.

Anyone have any idea why this is so slow???

Jaroslav Stark (j.stark@ucl.ac.uk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: matt@wardsgi.med.yale.edu (Matt Healy)
Subject: Re: Finding Ethernet address
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm
Organization: Yale U. - Genetics
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 01:33:51 GMT

There is also a neat little program on most archives
called "GetMy Address".  Double-click it, and a box
pops up giving your current Appletalk, Ethernet, and IP
addresses.


Matt Healy
"I pretend to be a network administrator;
 the lab net pretends to work"

matt@wardsgi.med.yale.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: Chris O'Donovan <odonovan@physun.physics.mcmaster.ca>
Subject: Re: HELP, Can't unbinhex telnetted files
X-Xxdate: Mon, 11 Jan 93 18:06:20 GMT
Organization: McMaster University
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d12
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 17:08:11 GMT

In article <1iktanINNm1d@gaia.ucs.orst.edu> Monte Olsen,
olsenm@ucs.orst.edu writes:
>
>I call the area university VAX where I have an account.
>
FTP on VAX is screwey. It's probably possible to overcome
its problems, but I would look for a different server
(i.e. a UNIX server); or better yet: a SLIP connection
(ask your computer people).

Luck,

Chris O'Donovan

odonovan@physun.physics.mcmaster.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: wondertr@fraser.sfu.ca (wondertree learning center)
Subject: Re: Where can i find a modem tool ?.
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 02:12:15 GMT

rhaller@ns.uoregon.edu (Rich Haller) writes:

>In article <wondertr.726125466@sfu.ca>, wondertr@fraser.sfu.ca (wondertree
>learning center) wrote:
>> 
>> The Modem tool, as well as a host of other, can be found in the archives at
>> either sumex-aim.stanford.edu, or mac.archive.umich.edu... FTP sites.
>> 
>> If they don't have the latest version of the CTB (that's the Communication
>> ToolBox 1.1) then try the FTP site at ftp.apple.com, which should have it 
>> for sure...

>Original poster said he was using system 7.0 so he doesn't need the CTB.
>Just drag the modem tool onto the system folder icon and let Finder do its
>thing.

>System 6.0 users, do, of course, need to install CTB as well as the AMT.
> 
>> TED

>-Rich Haller <rhaller@ns.uoregon.edu>   University of Oregon, Eugene, OR,
>

OK ... I goofed... the product I'm refering to is the Basic Connectivity 
Set ... not the CTB which IS apart of System 7.x ... the Connectivity Set
is not an that is what you require to allow your program to access the
outside world....

TED

USA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Finding Ethernet address
From: news@massey.ac.nz (USENET News System)
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 00:20:33 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm
Organization: SMIS, Massey University

We have Ethernet cards for which the hardware addresses are not supplied by
the manufacturer.  Is there an application (downloadable) which will sniff
these out?

--
Phil Etheridge               P.Etheridge@massey.ac.nz
Macintosh Consultant         Phone: +64+6-356-9099 x8689
SMIS, Massey University      Fax:   +64+6-350-5611
Palmerston North, NZ         40*23'S 175*37'E,    GMT+13
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.sys.mac.misc,news.newusers.questions
From: peten@iat.holonet.net (Pete Norton)
Subject: Re: Internet & America Online: How to email between?
Organization: HoloNet National Internet Access BBS: 510-704-1058/modem
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 03:20:38 GMT

One thing that is not spelled out in the FAQ:
It is necessary to know the AOL user's screen name and use that as the
username in the address.
-- 
Pete Norton
peten@well.sf.ca.us
peten@holonet.net
From: john@newave.newave.mn.org (John A. Weeks III)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Anyone Have Novell Printing Problems?
Date: 4 Jan 93 06:36:01 GMT
Organization: Newave Communications, Ltd, Lake Wobegon, MN

Does anyone know if the Novell printer queue system works well
with Macintosh computers running the Novell workstation software?

I have heard that there are problems using a printer queue with
Macintosh applications because Mac programs expect to have a
two-way converstation with the printer, which isn't possible if
a print job is queued up on a server such as Novell.  The example
that I have heard of is font downloading from FrameMaker does not
work in this situation.

I am considering moving a bunch of Macs over to Novell, and I
am wondering if there are any gotcha's to worry about before
I send all of the time and money.

-john-

==============================================================================
John A. Weeks III		(612) 942-6969		    john@newave.mn.org
Newave Communications, Ltd.			    ..!uunet!tcnet!newave!john
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: rgc3679@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Robert G. Carpenter)
Subject: What is Microphone 1.6?
Organization: Boeing Computer Services
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 01:12:14 GMT

The MacWarehouse sells a SupraFaxModem 14.4 for $359 that
includes Microphone 1.6. I'm wondering how this version
compares to Microphone II?

For example, does 1.6 support AppleEvents? Is MP 1.6 upgradeable
to MP II... if so, how much?

Thanks

BobC
From: whascall@ecst.csuchico.edu (GodFather)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Maclayers like comms. package but with zmodem download?
Date: 11 Jan 93 12:26:19 GMT
Organization: California State University, Chico
NNTP-Posting-Host: cscihp.ecst.csuchico.edu

You did not understand.

I also am interested in a MacLayers sort of invironment.  MacLayers does not
support Zmodem, which is my protocol of choice.

If there exists anything like MacLayers, a multi-session comm program for
a Macintosh to Unix connection, that has Zmodem I would be delighted to hear
from anyone.

It was not asked where we could find zmodem.

Thank you.
               William D. Hascall 
-- 
________________________________________________________________________
__  William D. Hascall (The GodFather)  |  California State University__
__  The Syndicate BBS (916) 895-8160    |             Chico           __
________________________________________________________________________
From: tims@bvc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: MacTCP 1.1/MacTCP Admin?
Date: 6 Jan 93 22:13:13 CST
Organization: Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, IA

Does anyone know where you can still find MacTCP 1.1?  I could use it.

Thanks!

TiM
..........................................................................
Tim Seydel
Buena Vista College
Storm Lake, Iowa!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: gweil@ibeam.intel.com (Garry Weil)
Subject: VersaTerm SLIP Problems receiving data
Summary: FTP sends fly, receives are dog slow
Keywords: SLIP VersaTerm transferring
Organization: Multimedia Software Technology Group
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 21:45:35 GMT

I have been having transferring problems, SLOW!, using VersaTerm FTP.
Small files transfer fast, under 20K, but larger files are very slow.
What I see watching my modem's LEDs is that there are bursts cycles
where FTP is receiving data, 10-20k, then the Send and Receive LEDs
go dark for 30 seconds upto minutes. A 200k file takes 20 to 30 
minutes to receive. To make this situation more interesting, I just
noticed that FTP sends FLY. The Send LED is almost always on!

I have noticed this same problem using Fetch or trying to use a News
reader, Nuntius or NewsWatcher.

My configuration:
1. Mac SE
2. System 7 with tune-up installed
3. Zoom 14.4k modem with compression and correction
4. Hardware handshaking modem cable
5. VersaTerm SLIP
6. MacTCP 1.1.1
7. Connected to an Annex terminal server running SLIP
8. MTU=1006
9. Sun4 FTP & NNTP server

Is there any 'debug' thing I can do to help narrow down this problem?
What about a different MTU value? Modem configuration?

Garry
From: jgladu@bcm.tmc.edu (grungy (John F. Gladu))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: NewsWatcher and system 7.
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm
Date: 8 Jan 1993 19:47:25 GMT
Organization: Systems Support Center, BCM
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: j.ssctr.bcm.tmc.edu

In article <1993Jan5.174642.273@ll.mit.edu>, yasu@ll.mit.edu (Alan
Yasutovich) wrote:
 
* 	I have a mac which used to have NewsWatcher running
* 	successfully.  All of a sudden it broke.
* 
* 	We re-installed stuff up the kazooo.
* 
* 	Seems that it will only connect to the server if I
* 	re-install sys 6.08  operating system.
* 
* 	It won't connect on system 7.

It's running just fine on my Mac II.  Sorry, I have nothing creative to
add...

bcnu - (John Gladu)
Systems Support Center -- Baylor College of Medicine
INTERNET: jgladu@bcm.tmc.edu  | VOICE: (713)798-7370
 US MAIL:  One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas  77030
From: bcoppinger@peg.pegasus.oz.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Date: 11 Jan 93 00:52 EST
Subject: Re: ZRPOS error in Zterm
Nf-ID: #R:1indfrINNsbt@life.ai.mit.edu:1638309784:peg:252600011:000:271
Nf-From: peg.UUCP!bcoppinger    Jan 11 00:52:00 1993


Dear David,

I am not sure I can help but the manual for Z-term says;

Got ZRPOS=xxxx- the received got an a[Derror and requests retransmission
starting at file offset xxxx.

Does that make any amount of sense at all??? It doesn't to me??

Hope it helps.

Bill Coppinger
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Socket Interface on the Mac
From: avi@admins.com (This is avi)
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:04:47 GMT
Organization: Admins, Inc.

Is there a socket interface implementation that can be used from
THINK C, which communicate with MacTCP?

If not, How can I get a C Client/Server simple example which communicate
directly wit MacTCP.

--
Avi Neer                              avi@admins.com
Admins, Inc.                          (617) 494-5100
432 Columbia Ave.                     "Providing 4GL development tool
Cambridge, MA                          since 1972"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: sdorner@qualcomm.com (Steve Dorner)
Subject: Re: Want a Mac front end for VMS Mail
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.os.vms
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc.
Distribution: inet
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 14:51:11 GMT

> One of the VMS servers was written at U of I,
> I believe, so snoop around on ftp.cso.uiuc.edu.

That's IU (Indiana University), not UI.  The site for IUPOP3 is
logos.ucs.indiana.edu.
--
Steve Dorner, Qualcomm, Inc.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: martinbw@theporch.raider.net (Bruce W. Martin)
Subject: Re: Supra Fax Modem
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 01:13:21 GMT
Organization: The MacInteresteds of Nashville, Tn.

Terry.Dailey@p0.f222.n125.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Terry Dailey) writes:

> Is anyone using a SupraFAx 14440 modem out there? If so is are you  having an

I have one that i bought about 6 months ago. I am verry happy with it.I 
know of others who have one and they seem very happy with it. I know our 
mac user group is about to make a group purchase of the SupraFAXmodem 
v.32bis. My only complaint is that the modem has capabilities that I have 
yet to find appropriate software to support all of the modems functions.

Bruce

--
  martinbw@theporch.raider.net (Bruce W. Martin)
theporch.raider.net  615/297-7951 The MacInteresteds of Nashville
From: jgladu@bcm.tmc.edu (grungy (John F. Gladu))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: NCSA Telnet questions
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm
Date: 12 Jan 1993 19:54:49 GMT
Organization: Systems Support Center, BCM
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: j.ssctr.bcm.tmc.edu

In article <1993Jan12.021417.3039@jlc.mv.com>, you wrote:
> 
> Two questions on NCSA Telnet 2.5...
> 
> 1) In this office, we have a Mac IIci which runs Telnet just dandy and
>    a Mac Plus across the room which does not.  The Plus is definately on
>    the same network (shares the printer, etc) and is connected through the
>    SCSI port via Asante's EN/SC.  We're trying to use the exact same setup
>    that works on the IIci, to no avail.  Any clues?

I just did an install here on a Mac Plus running System 6.0.7 with the same
Asante box.  I did not enjoy it, but it does work, even if I'm not exactly
sure what I did *right*.

I can tell you what I tried:

I tried running the Asante EtherTalk Universal Installer 4.0 . It wouldn't
install (maybe my copy is buggy - but it was pulled down straight from
Asante). It kept saying  PLEASE INSERT THE DISK:
                NETWORK FOLDER V4.0
even though that is a folder withing the installer folder.  I quit the
install.

I did an install for System 6 of Apple's Network Software Installer 1.3 and
it put AppleTalk 58.0 in the system folder.

I tried physically copying AdminTCP into the system folder.  It stuck, but
would not open from the control panel.

I *think* I successfully installed the Communications Toolbox 1.0 (brought
down from ftp.apple.com) - but the end results are pretty much hidden from
view so it's hard to tell.

I copied the ADSP extension from the "only Sys 6x" folder in the "Basic
Connectivity Set" (also from ftp.apple.com) into the system folder.

When I was done with all of this silliness I selected Network in the
control panel and found three icons:  LocalTalk, EtherTalk1.2, EtherTalk2. 
In my case, selecting EtherTalk2 allowed me to see the rest of our network
(zones through the FastPath, etc.).

I hope this helps, AND I hope I see the correct answer posted here
eventually...

bcnu - John Gladu
Systems Support Center -- Baylor College of Medicine
INTERNET: jgladu@bcm.tmc.edu  
Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.comm:12726 comp.sys.mac.misc:21506 news.newusers.questions:5724
From: jaapjl@tab00.larc.nasa.gov (J Lee Jaap)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.sys.mac.misc,news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Internet & America Online: How to email between?
Date: 7 Jan 1993 22:03:26 GMT
Organization: AS&M Inc
Reply-To: J Lee Jaap <J.L.Jaap@larc.nasa.gov>
NNTP-Posting-Host: cmb00.larc.nasa.gov
In-reply-to: gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu's message of Thu, 7 Jan 1993 19:33:32 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.133332.1@gsbacd.uchicago.edu> gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu (opcode ranger) writes:

   I need to know what the bridge is between the Internet and America Online. 
   That is, if I want to send a note from the Internet to JoeShmoe on AOL, how to
   I address it?  (And as a bonus question, how would they reach me?).

   I'd really appreciate it if you could email me the answer, since it's quite
   costly for me to read the newsgroups online.  Thanks!

   Robert


   -- 
   ==============================================================================
   = gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu * "Out there on a darkened road, the lights =
   = are dead and the cars explode" -- "Good Things", Sisters of Mercy           =
   ==============================================================================

As I posted yesterday:

  From: jaapjl@tab00.larc.nasa.gov (J Lee Jaap)
  Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
  Subject: Re: email to compuserve???
  Date: 6 Jan 1993 16:15:36 GMT
  Organization: AS&M Inc
  From: jaapjl@tab00.larc.nasa.gov (J Lee Jaap)
  Message-ID: <JAAPJL.93Jan6111536@cmb00.larc.nasa.gov>
  Reply-To: J Lee Jaap <J.L.Jaap@larc.nasa.gov>
  NNTP-Posting-Host: cmb00.larc.nasa.gov
  In-reply-to: alizard@tweekco.uucp's message of Tue, 05 Jan 93 17:59:25 PST

  In article <qDNXwB6w164w@tweekco.uucp> alizard@tweekco.uucp (A.Lizard) writes:

     emansell@miasun.med.miami.edu (eric mansell) writes:

     > I know this gets asked millions of times, but...
     > 
     > How to get mail to/from Compuserve/Prodigy.  Is there
     > a faq or something around anywhere?

     No, there isn't.

  Yes, there is.  It's called the "Inter-Network Mail Guide" posted in
  comp.mail.misc and news.newusers.questions (although I don't remember
  seeing one since July, and jik's last archive is from June).

  From that guide:
[Compuserve quote deleted; AOL inserted]
#F aol
#T internet
#R user@domain
#C Internet
#I send to 'user@domain'

#F internet
#T aol
#R A User
#C postmaster@aol.com
#I send to auser@aol.com (all lower-case, remove spaces)
#I messages are truncated to 32K (8K for PCs), all characters except newline
#-  and printable ASCII characters are mapped to spaces, users are limited to
#-  75 pieces of Internet mail in their mailbox at a time.

  You can get it via anonymous ftp from rtfm.mit.edu in
  /pub/usenet/comp.mail.misc/June_1992_Inter-Network_Mail_Guide.Z

  If you don't have ftp, send mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu
  with message
  send usenet/comp.mail.misc/June_1992_Inter-Network_Mail_Guide.Z

  Send message `help' for more info about the mail-server.

--
J Lee Jaap <J.L.Jaap@LaRC.NASA.Gov> +1 804/864-2148
    employed by, not speaking for, AS&M Inc, at
         NASA LaRC, Hampton VA 23681-0001
From: erh0362@tesla.njit.edu (Elliotte Rusty Harold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: MacUser review
Date: 6 Jan 93 04:37:21 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology

In article <1CE00001.mmet79@tbomb.ice.com>, time@ice.com (Tim Endres) writes:
> 
> In article <1992Dec28.232248.16063@svcdudes.com> (comp.sys.mac.comm), dwade@svcdudes.com writes:
>> Anyway, it's a good article, although they didn't review VersaTerm.  Here's
> 
> TYPICAL!
> 
> This is exactly why I hate reviews done by MacUser and MacWorld.
> They are not accurate, nor exhaustive.
> VersaTerm is a WONDERFUL comm package, and easily better (by miles)
> than WhiteKnight. IHMO its better than all of those reviewed.



    And don't forget PacerTerm either (though MacUser certainly did :-( )
For high-powered scripting it's the only real competitor to Microphone II.
While the scripting isn't quite as powerful as MPII, PacerTerm does offer a 
number of features missing from MPII such as complete keyboard remapping and 
full support for the Comm ToolBox.  PacerTerm also includes a number of CTB 
tools that MacUser incorrectly claims don't exist.  And since PacerTerm was 
released before MacIntercomm and is even advertised in the pages of MacUser I 
really see no reason not to have included it.  At least they finally 
recognized a shareware program as a legitimate competitor to the various 
payware products.

Elliotte Rusty Harold		Department of Mathematics
elharo@m.njit.edu		New Jersey Institute Technology
From: eric@cse.ucsc.edu (Eric Rosen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Maclayers like comms. package but with zmodem download?
Date: 11 Jan 93 23:18:49 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz (CE/CIS Boards)
NNTP-Posting-Host: oak.ucsc.edu

Does a protocol like zmodem make sense for MacLayers?

The main issue is the packet size. I am not a zmodem expert, but
as I recall, zmodem packets are 1 KB in size, or larger. Currently,
MacLayers' packets are 128 bytes in size.

If you were using MacLayers with a 9600 baud connection and had
a zmodem transfer going, each packet would require approximately
one second to transfer. That means, potentially, a one second
latency in I/O (each way) for other windows.

I can, of course, think of ways to get around this sort of
problem, but that would require some significant hacking to
the zmodem protocol. A better idea seems to simply support
a zmodem-like protocol with flexible packet sizes.

--Eric
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm