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Article #6225Re: MacWorkStation Protocol
From: wmd
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1986 15:12
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1986 15:12
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yes, we have it, what do you want to know about it? It's a library that you link in with your C program on a UNIX host. You run your program on the UNIX host and another program on the Mac. The Mac program is sort of a super intelligent terminal driver that accepts packet instructing it to do things like use Quickdraw to draw on the screen, call up or construct a dialog, etc. Generally get at most of the tool box rom. The Mac side also generated event packets to the host side for mouse down, menu item select, dialog item select, etc. File Transfer is also supported. The source code for the libraries comes with it so its easily extensible. It's really interesting. I beleive you'll see a lot of stuff coming out that uses this. We are building a BBS/comm system much like Applelink that the users will never know they've left their Macintosh except for the sound of their modems beeping at connect time... =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Malcolm Duncan Krannert Executive Education Purdue University UUCP: kran!wmd@pur-phy and Duncan Communications Bulletin Board System 3 lines, 24 hours, 7 days a week. Modem (317) 567-2143 UUCP: duncan!root@pur-phy
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!caip!topaz!nike!lll-crg!seismo!gatech!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!pucc-j!pucc-h!pur-phy!kran!authorplaceholder From: wmd@kran.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: MacWorkStation Protocol Message-ID: <300004@kran> Date: Thu, 26-Jun-86 11:12:00 EDT Article-I.D.: kran.300004 Posted: Thu Jun 26 11:12:00 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Jun-86 06:34:38 EDT References: <1268@runx.OZ> Lines: 30 Nf-ID: #R:runx.OZ:-126800:kran:300004:000:1174 Nf-From: kran.UUCP!wmd Jun 26 11:12:00 1986