Re: TCPIP/MacIP and Appletalk

[Kim Howe <khowe@omninet.net.au>]

In article <aussf1$6uf$1@server05.icaen.uiowa.edu>, ground.ecn AppleII
> Touche, Appletalk works for GS<->Mac file xfer.  But I want
GS/Mac<->unix
> host file xfers.  FTP and zmodem seem the easiest.
> 

snip

> If Spectrum/SAFE doesn't work, is Geoff Weiss' GSFTP available anywhere to
> test?
> 

I have used SAFE and GWFTP with my LANceGS card, connecting to My Mac
Cube running OS X (so basically to unix). SAFE is functional, but for
my purposes is too slow for me to use. (A recent test showed that it
took 93 seconds to display a listing of the 20 odd files in my root
directory.) GWFTP works ok. It's a port of unix style ftp, so it's text
only and minimal. It will display the same listing as SAFE almost
instantly, however. It seems to transfer files in a fairly reliable
manner. However there is a catch: every time you close a connection, it
crashes the GS. Also, as far as I know it is only available from the
private libraries on Sydicomm, to Syndicomm members.

Arachnid has very limited ftp support built in. It doesn't have a means
to display an ftp directory, but can transfer a file, if given a valide
URL to the file. It seemed to work fine with the trenco site last time
I tested it, where the listings are available in simple html, with ftp
download links available too.

I am in the process of writing ftpNDA, a sister program to my
TelnetNDA. Unfortunately I've been in very poor health for the last
year which has greatly impeded my progress. Recent weeks have seen a
slight improvement on that front, so I'm hoping to be fit enough to get
back to the code in a few weeks. 

By the way, my GS Programs site at http://www.syndicomm.com/~kimhowe
has all the download links broken at the moment. I hope to deal with
that soon, and will announce here when it's fixed.

Hope this is useful information.

Kim Howe