[3091] in Release_Engineering
MacLayers 1.30
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Solof)
Sat Jul 24 01:20:24 1993
To: rel-eng@Athena.MIT.EDU
Cc: mlbarrow@mit.edu (Michael Barrow)
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 93 01:20:17 EDT
From: Jeff Solof <jsolof@Athena.MIT.EDU>
Hi --
Would you mind updating the MacLayers unix-host-side software in the
modem locker with the new version 1.30 code? FTP information may be
found below.
Thanks!
Jeff
------- Forwarded Message
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 93 10:35:15 -0400
From: John Saylor <jsaylor@Athena.MIT.EDU>
To: macpartners@MIT.EDU
Subject: MacLayers [multiple windows for dial in macs]
Here's the official announcement for MacLayers.
[stuff omitted]
Announcing MacLayers v1.30
17 May, 1993
Summary
-------
A new version of the MacLayers multi-window terminal emulator for
UNIX systems is available by anonymous ftp to rascal.ics.utexas.edu
[128.83.138.20]. Please access rascal during off-peak hours. Look
in mac/communications/MacLayers.
The following is an abridged list of the major new features
since v1.20 of MacLayers; for complete information, see the
MacLayers Manual included with the Macintosh side of MacLayers:
* The UNIX side has been ported to run on the following
platforms:
o SunOS (and other BSD hosts)
o Sequent Balance and Symmetry
o IBM AIX Release 3.2 (RS/6000 only)
o SGI IRIX Release 4.0.5 System V
o DEC ULTRIX Release V4.2A
o Apple A/UX v3.0 (requires gcc)
o SVR4 Hosts
o NeXT Software Release 1.0, 2.1, and 3.0
* Support for a UNIX side .layersrc file to automatically
startup and place additional windows when layers mode
is started.
* Separate user settings and logfiles; each can be
saved independently from the other; settings act
as startup documents. Previous combined approach has
been abandoned.
* Improved/reorganized keyboard support. System 7 users
should install the included MacLayers Keyboard in their
System.
* Longer dial strings, mouse support under emacs, new
Finder icons, and more ...
In addition, the Macintosh side MacLayers Manual and the UNIX
side man pages have been updated.
About MacLayers
---------------
MacLayers is a vt100 terminal emulator that allows multiple
terminal windows to be opened to a host simultaneously over a
single serial connection. The remote host computer must be a
UNIX(TM) system which has sockets support. Each terminal window
may be associated with a shell, login to a different host, or an
individual command. Complete facilities are available for
controlling the window and the associated host processes attached
thereto.
MacLayers is free for all to use, but is not in the public
domain. You may not sell MacLayers or any program derived from
it.
* * * * * * *
You will need two files: one containing source to be compiled on a
UNIX host, the other containing the Macintosh application and
documentation. Please read the enclosed documentation before sending
comments to layers-reply@rascal.ics.utexas.edu.
Enjoy!
------- End of Forwarded Message
