baron@runx.OZ (Jason Haines) (06/20/86)
Has anybody heard anything about it? jason@runx.oz
wmd@kran.UUCP (06/26/86)
yes, we have it, what do you want to know about it? It's a library that you link in with your C program on a UNIX host. You run your program on the UNIX host and another program on the Mac. The Mac program is sort of a super intelligent terminal driver that accepts packet instructing it to do things like use Quickdraw to draw on the screen, call up or construct a dialog, etc. Generally get at most of the tool box rom. The Mac side also generated event packets to the host side for mouse down, menu item select, dialog item select, etc. File Transfer is also supported. The source code for the libraries comes with it so its easily extensible. It's really interesting. I beleive you'll see a lot of stuff coming out that uses this. We are building a BBS/comm system much like Applelink that the users will never know they've left their Macintosh except for the sound of their modems beeping at connect time... =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Malcolm Duncan Krannert Executive Education Purdue University UUCP: kran!wmd@pur-phy and Duncan Communications Bulletin Board System 3 lines, 24 hours, 7 days a week. Modem (317) 567-2143 UUCP: duncan!root@pur-phy
dennisg@pwcs.UUCP (Dennis Grittner) (06/27/86)
In article <1268@runx.OZ> baron@runx.OZ (Jason Haines) writes: > >Has anybody heard anything about it? > >jason@runx.oz We have a copy of the MacWorkstation documentation and plan ( when money permits ) on acquiring it. It gives a Mac interface to Unix by using the combination of the Mac connected serially to the Unix box running two pieces of software - one on each end. As we don't have it here yet, any comments I would make about it would be purely conjecture. The license fee ( I'm a REAL - not educational end user ) is $1,500. Since you get all the source stuff, etc. it looks like it might be an O.K. deal. While Apple can't ( or won't ) make any commitments about the future of MacWorkstation, they have indicated some directions it might go in. Think of all the folk who could REALLY use Unix with a Mac-type interface - kinda makes the mind boggle.... Dennis Grittner (612)298-4402 Computer Services Manager Room 700, 25 West 4th Street City of Saint Paul Public Works Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102 My employer not only doesn't approve of my ideas - they're frightened!