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.
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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!!!!)




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