Re: [NTLK] Docking protocol

From: jeromevernet_at_pastis.dyndns.org
Date: Mon Jul 25 2005 - 12:44:21 PDT


Le 21 juil. 05, =E0 16:39, Victor Rehorst a =E9crit :

> Goodwin, Greg P. wrote:
>> Oh wow... this is interesting.
>>
>> So on the simpliest level, could you open a connection with a=20=

>> term
>> program and send these commands to Newton?
>
> Actually, the answer is no.
>
> I'd highly *highly* recommened that if you are interested, to pick=20
> through the
> DCL source code, since this is the only other implementation of the=20
> Dock
> protocol out there. Particularly, the "Desktop Connection
> Library/DCL/Link/Dock Commands" directory, as well as the TDCLLink=20
> class and
> the doConnect() function in particular, and trace back from there.
>
> Knowing French would be an asset, since there are no english comments=20=

> in the
> source.
>
>

I'm taking the discussion only now... I've implemented the docking=20
protocol in my program, IrDA package Installer. You can find a very=20
interesting thing in the doc 'Newton Format', a PDF that can be found=20
in the unna archive.

jerome

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