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  2. From: jimc@tau-ceti.isc-br.com (Jim Cathey)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
  4. Subject: Re: MacTCP (UDP) questions
  5. Message-ID: <2541@tau-ceti.isc-br.com>
  6. Date: 20 Aug 92 02:21:12 GMT
  7. References: <1992Aug19.173303.14543@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
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  9. Organization: ISC - Bunker Ramo, Spokane, WA
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  12. In article <1992Aug19.173303.14543@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> tcd@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
  13. >     I am working on an application that needs to transfer a continuous,
  14. >high volume stream of data from one Macintosh to another.   Because we
  15. >can tolerate some amount of data loss/corruption it seemed like UDP
  16. >would be a better choice than TCP.
  17.  
  18. Mac-to-Mac?  Does anybody remember Appletalk?  Y'know, the networking
  19. protocol built into _every_ Mac since '84?  Why not use that?
  20.  
  21. Enquiring minds want to know...
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