Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tektronix!reed!percival!bucket!martyl From: martyl@bucket.UUCP (Marty Lee) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Liaison (was: SLIP, telnet and ftp on Mac) Summary: Infocom says maybe August. Message-ID: <952@bucket.UUCP> Date: 9 Jul 88 18:32:45 GMT References: <780@uhnix1.uh.edu><438@faui44.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> Organization: Rick's Home-Grown UNIX; Portland, OR. Lines: 29 In article <438@faui44.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>, msurlich@immd1.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Matthias Urlichs ) writes: > > I saw an extremely buggy development version lying around at the Expo in > Amsterdam. > Basically, what it does is to put an AppleTalk bridge into the Mac, > connecting to the outer world wiht the Modem port. No hardware needed > (except if you want to connect via phone). Does not preempt the modem port > (your terminal programs still work normally), implements access security > (something no other product does), et al. > Will be a very interesting and useable product once it is finished. > -- I called Infocom, makers of Liaison, today to see why the product has not shipped yet. When I talked to them in May they said sometime in June. When I talked to them yesterday they said they just added more features and it will ship in August....maybe the first week. Unknown to me a workgroup in my building one floor up have been Beta testing the product....... they like it but a 1200 baud modem is a VERY slow way to go. They say a 9.6KB, 19.2KB or 56KB line is the ONLY way to go. (Imagine do a 1M file transfer at 1200 baud!!!!) teksce (Fastest path) / \ tektronix!reed! omen !bucket!martyl (Marty Lee) \ / percival