jnp@daimi.UUCP (J|rgen N|rgaard) (01/16/87)
This message has been posted previously, but as our News-system has
been out of order for some time I want make sure it reaches everybody.
As we considering to switch from TCP/IP to K-TALK on SUN 3 machines we
would like to know if somebody knows of file-transfer facilities using
K-TALK instead of TCP/IP. It seems as if the K-TERM from Kinetics doesn't
support file-transfer and we have need to be to send Macintosh-generated
postscript-files to our SUN-hosts as they are connected to the LaserWriter
(a QMS).
The ideal solution would be to program a LaserWriter-server on the SUN's
and let them perform the spooling.
Therefore: where should I look to find information on precisely how the
the LaserWriter communicates with a Macintosh, in the "Inside LaserWriter"?.
(that is: where is "AppleTalk Printer Access Protocol" documented ?)
But still it would be nice to be able to transfer other types of files.
Btw has anybody noticed problems using AppleTalk (atp-protocol) from
TML-Pascal. When I type in the example from Inside Macintosh (showing the
use of ATPSndRequest) setting the abrecord's fields as follows
atpTimeOut := 5 (* seconds *)
atpRetries := 3 (* 4 trials *)
...... other stuff
well calling ATPSndRequest synchronously I would expect to return
from the after say about 30 seconds with the errormessage 'RreqFailed'.
But I don't !!!. Using 'peek' I only see one (1) "shot" sent. Any ideas
what's wrong ???.
Please mail me any pointers or ideas.
Thanks in advance J|rgen N|rgaard
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Regards J|rgen N|rgaard
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