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- >>>>> "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
-
-