Re: [NTLK] Newton DIL Tester

From: John Goggan (jgoggan_at_dcg.com)
Date: Thu Apr 11 2002 - 09:46:05 EDT


Paul Nuernberger wrote:
>
> According to what others more knowledgeable than myself have said, the
> Newton-side dock application does not have TCP/IP (correctly, fully)
> implemented internally, but relies on EtherTalk (AppleTalk over TCP/IP) or
> serial data for full functionality.

I guess that's where I'm confused. Are you saying that if I select "TCP/IP"
in the Dock app, that it really isn't doing that? Because I use it all the
time...

> All Macintosh products that dock with the newton via Ethernet do so using
> EtherTalk, and NOT TCP/IP alone.

So when I select TCP/IP in Dock and then connect to it using DIL Tester on my
Windows box, it is actually doing EtherTalk?? Hmmm... That isn't what I was
assuming...

> I have never been able to get Windows DIL Tester to talk TCP/IP reliably
> with any newton (& I have tried with several on different PC's),

I use it all the time. Between three different Newtons (1 MP2000 and 2
MP2100s) and two different PCs (my home and work PCs). That is how I get
packages to my Newt. Been using it for a while now.

> It may indeed seem to be contradictory, but until someone proves me
> wrong by actually making that work ... I will continue to say that
> it will not.

So, does the fact that I use DIL Tester and select "TCP/IP" in Dock "prove you
wrong"? :) Or am I still misunderstanding something? I'm not at all
familiar with "EtherTalk", so maybe it is doing that and I just didn't know
it? I just assumed it was TCP/IP, since that is what it says.

 - John...

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