Actually, MacTCP programming isn't too bad. Granted it is not as friendly as the sockets in UNIX, but it is still not the most hostile environment in the world. But then again, I have only done a very little bit of it, and it's been a while. I'll need some more references.
I like the ftp server idea. How about something that would put the forks together into a macbinary I or II file? That way ncftp can decode them just fine. You could get the file onto a windows machine, or whatefver, and then get them back. How many out there think that would be a good thing to have? -Bob On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 23:07:40 -0400, Byron Q. Desnoyers Winmill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
