mss@DARTMOUTH.CSNET (01/26/86)
We have been using TML Pascal for programming, but have been trouble using Appletalk with it. Specifically, I have been trouble using the ATalk/ABPackage resource file. I believe that this is the same file that comes with MDS, so maybe someone familiar with that can help. The first problem: one is told by the manual to include the "atpl" resource from ATalk/ABPackage into your resource file by writing: type atpl = GNRL ,128 .R ATAlk/ABPackage Also according to the manual, that is all one needs to do (it explicitly says that you do not have to change to a special system with Appletalk in it). No mention of .MPP and .ATP drivers is made. Unfortunately, RMaker complains that ATalk/ABPackage has some kind of bad format. ResEdit does not complain, but after pasting in the resource (and doing the MPPOpen call), I get a bomb id = 2. I did get everything to work by ignoring the ATalk/ABPackage and using the Install Appletalk program on the software supplement to change a vanilla sytem to an Appletalk system. I assumed that the installer added the.MPP and .ATP drivers to the system file (possibly an INIT resource as well, but I haven't looked recently). My questions: why did RMkaer complain? Why should ATalk/ABPackage work at all? What is an atpl resource? Why don't I have to get an .MPP and .ATP reource from somewhere? Are those drivers hidden in the atpl resource somewhere? Has anyone gotten Appletalk to work just using whatever TML or MDS provided>