Re: GS/TCP (TCP/IP for the IIGS)

[bazyar@netcom.com (Jawaid Bazyar)]

sknkwrks@sonny-boy.cs.unlv.edu (Scott Alfter) writes:

>Furthermore, what would be required in the way of hardware?  Doesn't
>TCP/IP normally run over Ethernet connections or some other high-speed
>network connection?  How would you get around the lack of an Ethernet
>card for the II--or will this use SL/IP instead?

  GS/TCP will work with either MacIP (over AppleTalk) or SLIP,
over a serial line.

>(My GS is currently tied to my Linux box by a direct-connect serial
>connection at 38.4K; I use ProTERM to log in, move files between
>machines, etc.  Would there be any advantage to an */IP connection?
>If this is really SL/IP, it would seem that there would be no
>advantage over what I'm using now since ProTERM already drives the
>comm port at full speed.)

  The advantages are obvious to me, but I'm biased :) With GS/TCP,
you could have multiple connections open to the Linux box; transfer
files more easily (just NFS mount your GS and use "cp" instead of
that annoying Zmodem); you'll be able to use snazzy GUI mailers
and other utilities instead of icky X-Windows programs.


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