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Re: MacTCP Support
>>>>> "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
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