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MacTCP
MacTCP was the standard TCP/IP implementation for the classic Mac OS through version 7.5.1. Open Transport should be used instead when possible for stability and compatibility reasons.
Overview
With MacTCP software, developers now have a way to create Apple Macintosh applications for network environments that use TCP/IP protocols - a widely used standard for networking heterogenous systems. Licensed to third-party developers, MacTCP includes TCP, UDP, and IP protocols and conforms to Internet RFCs and MIL-STDs, thus ensuring interoperability with systems on the TCP/IP Internet. MacTCP runs over both Ethernet and LocalTalk-compatible cabling systems and is co-resident with AppleTalk protocols. It can be installed on a Macintosh II, Macintosh SE, Macintosh Plus, or Macintosh 512K Enhanced computer.
MacTCP consists of object code libraries and associated files for both C and assembly language development. Libraries include TCP and UDP interfaces along with a name-to-address resolver. A programmer's reference guide and an administrator's guide are provided.
MacTCP implements the following protocols:
- IP (RFCs 791, 894; MIL-STD 1777)
- UDP (RFC 768)
- TCP (RFC 793, MIL-STD 1778)
- ARP (RFC 826)
- RARP (RFC 903)
- ICMP (RFC 792)
- BootP (RFCs 951, 1048)
- RIP (IDEA004)
- DNR (RFCs 1034, 1035)
- Internet Subnetting (RFC 950)
- Internet Assigned Numbers (RFC 1010)
Throughput is 3.0 megabits per second memory-to-memory (on a Macintosh II over Ethernet).
Downloads
- ftp://ftp.atlas.altexxa.net/software/mac/net/mactcp.sit_.hqx - MacTCP 2.0.6
- ftp://ftp.atlas.altexxa.net/software/mac/net/mactcp21patch.sit - MacTCP 2.1 patch