antonson@software.org (Todd Antonson) (02/02/90)
Hello, Does anybody know about MacTCP? What it is and how does it differ from, say, the Kinetics software or other communication software? Thanks for any info. ============================================================================ Todd S. Antonson |CSNET: antonson@software.org Software Productivity Consortium |UUCP : ..!uunet!software!antonson SPC Building -- 2214 Rock Hill Road | (703) 742-7296. Herndon, Virginia 22070 | ============================================================================
amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker) (02/02/90)
In article <2687@sunny.software.org>, antonson@software.org (Todd Antonson) writes: > Does anybody know about MacTCP? What it is and how does it differ from, > say, the Kinetics software or other communication software? MacTCP is a driver (and associated cdev) that provides Macintosh applications with access to basic TCP/IP services. It is not an application itself--it's a method for multiple applications (or DAs, or INITs) to all use TCP/IP without having to each include an implementation of the TCP/IP protocol stack. Kinetics' TCPort driver has a similar purpose. To actually use MacTCP you need additional software, such as NCSA Telnet 2.3, InterCon TCP/Connect, or one of the growing number of HyperCard stacks that use XCMDs to talk to the driver. This is part of the reason that MacTCP is being sold strictly as a devloper or OEM product. -- Amanda Walker InterCon Systems Corporation "Many of the truths we cling to depend greatly upon our own point of view." --Obi-Wan Kenobi in "Return of the Jedi"