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- AN APPLETALK MANAGER PROGRAM v0.5
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- Note:
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- These fixes have been made to ATM as a result of a Macintosh II version,
- under development, which were relatively easy to plug in.
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- The Mac II version, for the Mac II screen, draws Internet Maps (PICT),
- creates Internet lists, has online HELP, Responder function, ECHO, makes
- notes about particular nodes and when test where done on that node (sort of
- node history), creates a breakdown of a particular zones NVE makeup,
- communications with Broadcast and other message delivery programs and a
- proper Network Usage Histogram. If you would like pre-release copies of the
- Mac II version I can e-mail it dirctly to you, but you will be running it
- at your own risk.
-
- However some work needs to be done onit yet and won't be finished
- before december 91, fingers crossed. I will be leaving the states to go back
- to Britain in December, hope I can get an Internet Address. If I am unable to
- post the program from my new location I shall send it onto somebody who can.
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- Fixes for demo version ATM 0.5:
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- 1. Now creates its own Network Data folder if its not found, this means you
- can run ATM from anywhere on your disk. The program will not bomb if
- this folder is not found.
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- 2. The Application memory size has been pre-set to 750k, this allows ATM to
- run under Multifinder.
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- 3. The "Echo" function has been improved. Echo as an implementation under
- DDP does not seem to work in the prescribed manner in "Inside Mac"
- Vols II and V, and also Inside Appletalk. I have developed an algorhthym
- that takes care of about 99% of ECHO, some errors still occur but very few.
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- ATM 0.4
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- This little program was developed as an exercise, just like a lot of
- other peoples I guess. In the writting of this program I learn't that there
- are a few untruths or things just plain left unsaid. For instance you would
- think that all Macs and LaserWriters would have AEP (AppleTalk Echo Protocol)
- built in, this seems not to be the case.
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- When you activate this program and after the Mac has finished making its
- report of the network, you can double click on the desired node in the list
- and 100 packets are sent to that node using AEP. AEP is a possible test of
- the line quality between nodes, this is not strictly true, ie. if a PC node
- is buisy packets can be lost and therefore alter your interpretation
- of the results.
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- The display consists of Bridge data, Zone data, currently visible
- entities, an AEP dissplay and two fake boxes. There are also a couple of
- fake menus, as you will see the interface kind of evolved in the writting.
- Its a simple matter to remove the unwanted stuff.
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- The program sorts all the NVE's (Network Visible Entities) Alphabetically
- and by Node address, other information is provided along with these files,ie,
- numbers of nodes,data and time etc and Zone plus Bridge data. The program has
- been of use at this site because there are well over 150 NVE's to deal with.
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- I would have liked to implement a graphic load averager, but I get too
- buisy these days to sit down and concentrate on it. Anyway hope its of use
- to you, I can be reached (312)-702-3674 (work) or (312)-955-1932 (home). My
- email address is jackson@biovax.uchicago.edu.
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- Please feel free to ask any questions.
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- Thanks for your interest. Robin Jackson
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