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Article #45864Re: Oscar--any info?
From: Louis Demers
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1990 17:33
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1990 17:33
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ELFJ@VAX5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU writes: >Does anyone know anything about Oscar? According to the March MacUser, >it's an Apple developed application that allows both sending and >receiving files over AppleTalk. It's supposed to be available on >Phil and Dave's Excellent CD: The Release Version. I tried it briefly. You create folders named after the machines to which you want to send stuff, and by dropping file into those folders, An application running in background (Multifinder necessary) will send it. So transactions are always initiated by the sender. When the application is running, a small status window (nice looking) display the activity and progress of the transfers. -- | Louis Demers | DREV, Defence Research Establishment,Valcartier | | louis@asterix.drev.dnd.ca | POBox 8800, Courcelette,Quebec, CANADA, G0A 1R0 | | (131.132.48.2) | Office: (418) 844-4424 fax (418) 844-4511 | +---------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!uw-beaver!mit-eddie!snorkelwacker!think!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!image.soe.clarkson.edu!sunybcs!rutgers!ncs.dnd.ca!asterix.drev.dnd.ca!louis From: louis@asterix.drev.dnd.ca (Louis Demers) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Oscar--any info? Message-ID: <1990Feb8.173332.13748@asterix.drev.dnd.ca> Date: 8 Feb 90 17:33:32 GMT References: <9002081607.AA04322@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Organization: DREV, Defence Research Est. Valcartier Lines: 19