Re: networking old macs with SLIP over serial cable?

[Dave Huseby]

So it seems that people have successfully used a serial link to connect 
old Macs to Linux boxes and the internet.  The second part of my first 
post wasn't answered though.  Does anybody have any documentation on how 
resident drivers like MacTCP hook into MacOS.  Do you start MacTCP like 
any other application or does the OS launch it on boot?  What API does 
MacTCP provide to apps that want to use TCP/IP?  What API does MacOS 
provide for acessing the serial ports?

I'm curious because I'm a professional programmer with experience with 
embedded systems. The uIP  or lwIP stacks written by Adam Dunkell's 
could easily be ported to run on even the Mac 128K.  The ram 
requirements for uIP are rediculously small.

Dave
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