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Received: from ftp.ardi.com (ftp.ardi.com [204.134.8.1]) by nacm.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id UAA04978 for <executor@nacm.com>; Mon, 4 Dec 1995 20:14:35 -0800 Received: from ardi.com by ftp.ardi.com (Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0tMolH-0007q7n; Mon, 4 Dec 95 21:13 MST Path: sloth.swcp.com!usenet From: "Clifford T. Matthews" <ctm@ardi.com> Newsgroups: comp.emulators.mac.executor Subject: Re: MacTCP Support Date: 04 Dec 1995 20:55:09 -0700 Organization: ARDI Lines: 37 Message-ID: <uf4tvgf9lu.fsf@ftp.ardi.com> References: <199512050157.JAA01866@relay3.jaring.my> NNTP-Posting-Host: ftp.ardi.com In-reply-to: Nik Ahmad Fahmi's message of Tue, 5 Dec 1995 09:53:18 GMT-8 X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.0 To: executor@nacm.com X-MailNews-Gateway: From newsgroup comp.emulators.mac.executor Sender: owner-paper@nacm.com Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Nik" == Nik Ahmad Fahmi <nfahmi@abdulla.pc.my> writes: In article <199512050157.JAA01866@relay3.jaring.my> Nik Ahmad Fahmi <nfahmi@abdulla.pc.my> writes: >> What is the estimate for TCP/IP Support? This seems like it >> would be very simple for Linux/Next versions of Executor. Bolo >> works great over Executor, but not much fun without Multiplayer >> support. Nik> AFAIK MacTCP is bundled with the Mac OS ... So for us Nik> Executor users ... we need to buy the whole OS just to get Nik> the MacTCP is it? Or is it available maybe from Apple ftp Nik> server? No, what we would do is make a call-compatible MacTCP replacement that programs running under Executor could use. It would rely on the underlying OS supplying TCP/IP services, so essentially the job is just writing "glue" (but very tricky glue). Once we can afford to put an engineer on this task, I'd guess we'd see results in house within a month and something our most brave early adopters could start playing with in two months. This is a rough guess, though. Nik> I'm waiting for the day Executor would provide support for Nik> serial/parallel port and MacTCP. Adding serial port support is fairly similar -- more glue. We would have included this in Executor 2, but we decided to work on getting more apps to run instead of getting more features that could be used by fewer apps. Nik> To Ardi team .... keep up the good jobs!! Thanks. --Cliff ctm@ardi.com