reisor@MICRO.UDEL.EDU.UUCP (07/31/86)
I feel like I must be missing something important here... I understand that Richard Cogger has ported PCIP, which runs on ibm pc compatables, to Aztec C for the Mac. This is called MacIP. MacIP relies on a Corvus Omninet. Maybe someone has done the work to have MacIP use AppleTalk/Seagate/Ethernet - maybe not, but it would be nice. I haven't been able to contact Richard Cogger, so unfortunately I'm bothering the bboard with this question - Is this code available to me? As is? I need tcp/ip support for the Mac that will work in conjunction with AppleTalk/Seagate/Ethernet. Telnet, like the CMU Pascal verion, is nice, but I actually need the tcp interface. If the Aztec C version of MacIP is not available now, and won't be available in the next few weeks I'll need to start on my own conversion. It will support AppleTalk/Seagate/Ethernet and will be placed in the public domain. I'd rather not take on this academic excercise... Could someone please fill me in on the real status of MacIP. Also, what's the "MacIP Conference"? Ron
cperry@MITRE.ARPA.UUCP (08/01/86)
Ron, I'm not sure what the "true" status of MacIP is, but Kinetics is sending us a copy of it when we get our FastPath box in the next few weeks. For one, I'd be most interested in what you discover about a TCP port to the Mac, particularly if it's your own. I'd consider it a favor if you keep me appraised of answers to the question you put to info-applebus. Thanks. Chris (a future AppleTalk user)
verber@OHIO-STATE.ARPA (Mark Verber) (08/01/86)
The version of MacIP that Kinetics is currently shipping is the original C-MU/Darthmouth port. This was derived from an old MIT PC/IP and rewriten for the Mac using Lisa Pascal. It is *buggy* with a capital B. We are using it in our lab, but only our staff use it because we are unwilling to expose normal users to the flakeyness. I believe the Aztec-C version of MacIP is a C port derived from the same version of MIT PC/IP that the Pascal version came from. I have no idea if it is less buggy. Stanford ACIS staff are currently working on an improved/extended version of MacIP. They are merging Cornell's Aztec-C version of MacIP with the latest/greatest version of MIT's PC/IP. The advantage of the newwer MIT PC/IP is that it supports multiple sockets. This means that telnet works better (no longer a hack), and that ftp is supported rather than being limitted to tftp. The folks at Stanford are trying to finish their work by the end of the summer. When they finish it OSU is going to port it to MPW C and mabye Lightspeed-C. Once we port the new MacIP to a nice C compiler we will go to work to improve the applications, and Bentleyize (optimize) the libraries. We are planning to support multiple telnet connections (each in it's own window of course), and *fast* screen output. We are also looking into the possibility of making the MacIP libraries into either device drivers or at least a package which can be loaded in by the applications that need it. Cheers, Mark A. Verber verber@ohio-state.arpa (internet) The Ohio State University verber@ohio-state.csnet (csnet) +1 (614) 422-0915 cbosgd!osu-eddie!verber (uucpnet)
joel@gould9.UUCP (Joel West) (08/05/86)
>When they finish it OSU is going to port it to MPW C and mabye Lightspeed-C. >Once we port the new MacIP to a nice C compiler we will go to work to improve >the applications, and Bentleyize (optimize) the libraries. The MPW environment is nice, it's nearly ready, and it's going to be the standard. The Green Hills compiler is as fast as they come. Supposedly MPW will be available to the masses by late August. Joel West Western Software Technology, PO Box 2733, Vista, CA 92083 {cbosgd, ihnp4, pyramid, sdcsvax, ucla-cs} !gould9!joel joel%gould9.uucp@NOSC.ARPA