mak@cs.nott.ac.uk (Martijn Koster) (06/26/90)
Hello netters, I am considering doing a project on a Mac, in which I need a TCP connection to a local UNIX machine. I know APDA has a MacTCP driver, and I have two questions about it: - Can it be accessed from ThinkC 4.0 ? Is anybody using this? - What documentation / books on developing with this driver are recommended? - Are there any special things, like incompatibilities with other sw? - can the normal NCSA TelNet 2.2 be used when the driver is installed? Thanks very much in advance -- Martijn Koster
resnick@lees.cogsci.uiuc.edu (Pete Resnick) (06/27/90)
mak@cs.nott.ac.uk (Martijn Koster) writes: >Hello netters, >I am considering doing a project on a Mac, in which I need a TCP >connection to a local UNIX machine. I know APDA has a MacTCP driver, >and I have two questions about it: >- Can it be accessed from ThinkC 4.0 ? Is anybody using this? Yes, I am using it from ThinkC 4.0 now. The #include files need a little adjustment (like, you can't typedef pascal functions), but it is working fine for me. >- What documentation / books on developing with this driver are recommended? The driver comes with programming documentation, and of Inside Mac 2 for the device driver calls. I've gotten a lot of help from a lot of people in-the-know, so it might take more than that. >- Are there any special things, like incompatibilities with other sw? >- can the normal NCSA TelNet 2.2 be used when the driver is installed? The normal Telnet (2.2 and 2.3 to my knowledge) each want control of the Ethernet board if you are running with that setup (I can't say for a Localtalk-Ethernet gateway setup), so you won't be able to use both. Telnet is, of course, available for use with MacTCP, which gives the ability for multiple TCP streams simultaneously. Hope that helps. pr -- Pete Resnick (...so what is a mojo, and why would one be rising?) Graduate assistant - Philosophy Department, Gregory Hall, UIUC System manager - Cognitive Science Group, Beckman Institute, UIUC Internet/ARPAnet/EDUnet : resnick@kant.cogsci.uiuc.edu BITNET (if no other way) : FREE0285@UIUCVMD
rjohnson@seas.gwu.edu (Ray Johnson) (06/27/90)
>>- Are there any special things, like incompatibilities with other sw? >>- can the normal NCSA TelNet 2.2 be used when the driver is installed? > >The normal Telnet (2.2 and 2.3 to my knowledge) each want control of >the Ethernet board if you are running with that setup (I can't say for >a Localtalk-Ethernet gateway setup), so you won't be able to use both. >Telnet is, of course, available for use with MacTCP, which gives the >ability for multiple TCP streams simultaneously. There is a version of NCSA Telnet 2.3 that works just for MacTCP. -- Ray Johnson Internet: rjohnson@gwusun.gwu.edu Phone: (202)994-6853 The George Washington University
lefty@obelix.twg.com (06/29/90)
In <51337@robin.cs.nott.ac.uk>, Martijn Koster <mcsun!ukc!warwick!nott-cs!mak@uunet.uu.net> writes: > I am considering doing a project on a Mac, in which I need a TCP > connection to a local UNIX machine. I know APDA has a MacTCP driver, > and I have two questions about it: > > - Can it be accessed from ThinkC 4.0 ? Is anybody using this? I would imagine that it could. I can't give you the details, since I use MPW myself. All the calls to MacTCP are standard PBControl calls, though. > - What documentation / books on developing with this driver are recommended? You will certainly want to get the MacTCP Developer's Kit, available from APDA. It's part number M0704, and I believe it costs under $100 (US). It comes with the MacTCP distribution, header files, etc., and documents the various calls you can make to MacTCP in some detail... > - Are there any special things, like incompatibilities with other sw? Only with products that implement their own protocol stacks, like some versions of NCSA Telnet, and older version of Stanford's MacIP-based software. > - can the normal NCSA TelNet 2.2 be used when the driver is installed? No, I believe you need a special version of NCSA compiled to use the MacTCP driver. |<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>| | David N. Schlesinger || "When I have nothing to say, | | The Wollongong Group || my lips are sealed; | | Internet: Lefty@twg.com || say something once, | | POTS: 415/962-7219 || why say it again?" -- David Byrne | |<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|
rickf@Apple.COM (Rick Fleischman) (06/30/90)
In article <9006281053.ab21279@Obelix.TWG.COM> lefty@obelix.twg.com writes: > >You will certainly want to get the MacTCP Developer's Kit, available from >APDA. It's part number M0704, and I believe it costs under $100 (US). It >comes with the MacTCP distribution, header files, etc., and documents the >various calls you can make to MacTCP in some detail... Actually, the item that can be ordered through APDA is the MacTCP Evaluation Kit (M0230LL/C). It contains all of the items mentioned above as well as a license to use MacTCP on a single Macintosh computer. It is available for $100.00. If you decide that you want to use MacTCP on multiple Macintosh computers, site licenses are available through Apple Software Licensing. When you purchase a site license, that is when you receive the Developer's Kit, which also includes all of the MacTCP documentation in disk files. APDA can be reached at: (800) 282-2732 in the U.S. (800) 637-0029 in Canada (408) 562-3910 elsewhere or via e-mail at: APDA@applelink.apple.com Apple Software Licensing can be reached at: (408) 974-4667 or via e-mail at: SW.LICENSE@applelink.apple.com Rick Fleischman Developer Programs/APDA Apple Computer, Inc. e-mail: rickf@apple.com AppleLink: FLEISCHMAN@applelink.apple.com