Re: MacPPP with 5200/75 LC

Bill Morrison (billm@timetrend.com)
Sun, 14 Jan 1996 13:26:56 EST

> Unfortunately system 7.5.2 uses something called "Open Transport"
> instead of MACTcp which they included in System 7.5 and 7.5.1 MacPPP
> software will not operate on top of Open Transport. Apple did not
> advertise that they were making this operating system change. In
> order for MacPPP to operate it must have MACTcp underneath it in the
> operating system (and you can't substitute one for the other).
> Unfortunately we've run into this with several trainees in our
> Internet classes at Argonne). You need the info required to have the
> IP/TCP stack do the work of both MACTcp and MacPPP under older
> operating system versions. In fact, you'll see many of the MAC
> software sites on the Internet now posting notes that the software
> is not Open Transport compliant. Contact Apple for more info on Open
> Transport.
>
> Open Transport is on machines with 7.5.2 in the 7900, 8000, & 9000
> Mac Series. Kathy Westbrook
>

I think that there is a new version of FREE PPP that indicates that
it will work with open transport. Sorry I don't have the ftp site
address.

Bill Morrison
billm@timetrend.com

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From: Yoshinori Sasaki <Y.Sasaki@unsw.edu.au>
Subject: Re: Mac Databases?
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At 2:55 PM 13/1/96 -0500, Brad Michels wrote:
>Try FileMaker Pro from ClairsWorks. It is a very powerful flexible program.

Can someone compare FileMaker Pro version 3 and 4th Dimension (or 4D First)
in terms of ease of development/maintenance and flexibility?

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Yoshinori _SASAKI_
Y.Sasaki@unsw.edu.au
University of New South Wales
School of Asian Business and Language Studies
Sydney, Australia 2052
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I can read your Japanese language message.