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Re: telnet 2.3 and MacTCP

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From: Michael L Barrow
Date: Mon, 07 May 1990 15:39
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In article <9138@tank.uchicago.edu>, rfl@oddjob.uchicago.edu (Bob
Loewenstein) writes:
|> 
|> 
|> I've been trying to ftp large (>100k) files from my macII to a SUN
|> using both appletalk (kinetics box) and apple ethertalk. I have
|> MacTCP installed on my mac. THings work fine except for larger (>250k)
|> files. When these larger files are transferred, the transfer never
|> really ends, and the SUN gets MBytes of data, and the mac eventually
|> bombs. Aside from the obvious question of why this happens, I want
|> to know if MacTCP is utilized in Telnet 2.3.  I notice that there is
|> another program which is called Telnet 2.3 -MacTCP-. Do I need to run
|> this version to use MacTCP? I figure maybe that will sidestep the problem
|> I have and I will be able to get on with transferring large files.

You should be using the MacTCP version of Telnet if you intend to use
MacTCP to communicate via your Kbox. I don't know if this will solve
your problem with crashing, but I think that it may eliminate potential probs.

--Michael L Barrow
mlbarrow@athena.mit.edu
o MIT Information Systems/Information Services MCR Consultant
o Project Athena Volunteer User Consultant
o Member, Student Information Processing Board (SIPB)
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From: mlbarrow@athena.mit.edu (Michael L Barrow)
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Subject: Re: telnet 2.3 and MacTCP
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