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Article #453Re: X server AND MacTCP incompatibilites
From: Richard Acuff
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1990 18:53
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1990 18:53
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>> I have been involved with this for several months now. Yes, TI is >> working on the TCP driver problem. The solution involves removing >> any calls to their TCP and use MacTCp. One would think that this would >> not be a difficult fix but it was apparently harder than expected. I >> haven't checked with TI in a couple of weeks about the status but the >> last thing I heard was that they were close to a pretty stable system. I believe one problem (that network types might be interested in) is that MacTCP takes over all ARP packets, so the mX can't resolve Chaos addresses into EtherNet addresses, effectively disabling Chaos networking. The is a deficiency that Apple needs to address. -- Rich
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU!acuff From: acuff@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU (Richard Acuff) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti.explorer Subject: Re: X server AND MacTCP incompatibilites Message-ID: <2843837580-727063@KSL-Mac-62> Date: 12 Feb 90 18:53:00 GMT References: <bonura@apple.com> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: acuff@sumex-aim.stanford.edu Distribution: inet Organization: The Internet Lines: 13