[comp.sys.mac] Automating Tops

talley@artsvax.UUCP (James T. Talley) (10/08/87)

Does anyone know of a way to automatically publish and mount volumes on
an appletalk network running Tops?  Or of a way to do these tasks from
your own code?  The desk accessory is nice, but we want the application to
have access to remote volumes without user intervention.  I think that 
this may be possible with the software that Tops distributes for MS-DOS
machines, but I don't know how to do it on the Mac.

Thanks
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mo@well.UUCP (Maurice Weitman) (10/25/87)

talley@artsvax.UUCP (James T. Talley) writes:
>Does anyone know of a way to automatically publish and mount volumes on
>an appletalk network running Tops?  

There are a few options: 

1- Use Tempo - a commercial macro program
2- Use TopsBoot - a shareware (?) program I couldn't get to work.
3- Use QuicKeys - another commercial program
4- Wait about two weeks for the release of TOPS 2 (or II).  It'll
have that ability and more (zones, etc.).  And it's a free
upgrade for owners of the current version (the one with
TopsSpool bundled).

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