Modifying a program requires the source code to the program. If I could get my hands on it, it may be easier to modify an existing one. I don't know for sure though. I'd have to see the code first!
-Bob On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 23:52:52 +0200, Ryan Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry for late reply..... > > If thinking of writing an FTP server for System 6, surely it would be > easiest to find an almost-abandonware System 7 FTP server and modify > it? I'm speaking of NetPresenz. It already works with MacTCP. And if I > had to guess, I'd say the only reason it requires System 7 is because > of the design decision to use System 7's Users & Groups control panel > to control the FTP users. Seems like maybe one could rip out that part > of the code, put in a GUI for user management, patch a few things that > might be broken in System 7 OS libraries, and be done with it. Might be > worth it to send Peter an email. > > \r > > > > > On 5. Okt 2004, at 05:07, Byron Q. Desnoyers Winmill wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 11:49:49AM +0900, James Wages wrote: > >> I was dreaming, of course. > > > > Well, I'll tackle one of those dreams in a sense: the big problem > > with connecting NeXT OS X to System 6 is the lack of support for > > LocalTalk (ie. AppleTalk over serial), so that is dead in the water. > > That leaves you with ethernet, and if you use ethernet you may as > > well use TCP/IP because most of the applications exist for every > > platform imaginable (well, mostly). But just because something > > exists doesn't mean it's convenient to use. For example: I'm > > unaware of an FTP server for System 6, so you cannot fetch files > > from a System 6 box (that is partially untrue, there is a very bad > > FTP server in NCSA Telnet). Finally, if you have a forked file on > > Mac OS X (or Unix or Windows for that matter, they just store forks > > in a different way) it will end up corrupt. So the second thing > > we would need is a resource fork friendly FTP server, or a resource > > fork friendly FTP client (Mac OS X, netatalk, and Windows seem to > > make the resource fork available as a separate file). I would rank > > any TCP/IP programming under System 6 as difficult, because of > > MacTCP. I would rank any TCP/IP programming under Unix as moderately > > easy. > > > > So there are some proposals for your first problem. > > -- > System6 is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > System 6 Heaven <http://www.euronet.nl/users/mvdk/system_6_heaven.html> > > System6 info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/system6.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/system6%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > > -- System6 is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> System 6 Heaven <http://www.euronet.nl/users/mvdk/system_6_heaven.html> System6 info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/system6.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/system6%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
