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tb@Materna.DE (Torsten Beyer) writes:
>tkevans@fallst (Tim Evans) writes:
>>A recent issue of _Open Systems Today_ (within the past month or 6 weeks)
>>had a comparative review of several Mac PPP packages.
>
>Can anybody who has this review handy post a short summary ?

A review appears on page 66 of the November 16, 1992 issue of Open Systems Today
titled "SLIP Solutions for Macintoshes", by Jason Levitt.  The article says that
PPP will be considered in an upcoming issue, but I don't have newer OSTs handy.
If I find the PPP article, I'll follow up.

There's a summay inset that lists three SLIP products:

  VersaTilities 1.0 from Synergy Software, 2457 Perkiomen Ave., Reading PA 19606
      215-779-0522, D2296@applelink.apple.com; $99.

  MacSLIP 1.01 from TriSoft, 1825 E. 38-1/2 St., Austin TX 78722, 800-531-5170,
      512-472-0744, info@hydepark.com; $49.95.

  NCSA/BYU Telnet 2.5B from Telnet Group, Brigham Young University, 2228 TMCB,
	Provo UT 84602-1044, 801-378-3027, telnet@byu.edu; free.

  Minimum config: MacPlus w/4Meg, 2400b modem; 9600b modem needed for reasonable
  throughput; system 6.0.7 or 7.x and MacTCP 1.1.x; tested on PowerBook 170 4M
  and Telebit QBlazer, sys 7.0.1 and MacTCP 1.1.1.

  Executive Summary: "These three SLIP Packages let Macintoshes attach to a
  TCP/IP network with a modem instead of an Ethernet card.  VersaTilities and
  MacSLIP provide the same SLIP functionality, but VersaTilities also includes
  and ftp server, a telnet server, and a better dial script package.  The NCSA/
  BYU Telnet binary and source code are free.  However, the SLIP facility is not
  MacTCP-based, so it cannot be used with third-party TCP/IP programs."

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