Apple Newton Internet Enabler Especificaciones descargar pdf (Pagina 9)

Newton Technology Journal June 1996

know how to use Newton communications endpoints to send and receive

data, then you already know how to use the Inet tool to send and receive

data over the Internet.

The only additional concept that you need to understand to use the

Newton Internet Enabler is that of links. You establish a link to establish an

Internet session with a certain Internet services provider. Each link is

configured to work with a certain transport service (TCP or UDP) and to use

a certain link-level protocol (PPP or SLIP). Although only one link can be

With the introduction of the Newton 2.0 OS, communications capabilities

are more important than ever. The Newton Systems Group relies on

support and feedback from developers to make sure that effective

communications applications are created for the Newton platform.

“Communications Strategies for Newton 2.0” alludes to a number of tools

and “kits” which we are in the process of putting together. Developers

can use these aids to help us carry out the vision we’re planning for the

platform and associated solutions.

EMAIL ENABLER

The first of these kits is the Newton eMail Enabler. As most of you are

aware, a significant accomplishment of Newton 2.0 OS was that it made

e-mail choices and related complications transparent to users by

implementing transports and a Universal In/Out Box. However, with our

built-in eWorld solution on MessagePads, we perhaps made it too easy for

developers to simply take that as “sample code” and replicate the client

for other e-mail solutions (for example, Internet POP/SMTP, LAN-based e-

mail access, dial-in services, and so on). Now that eWorld no longer

exists and that client is essentially unnecessary, it becomes apparent that

the eMail Enabler is what we should have provided originally, with or

without eWorld.

As mentioned in the Communications Strategies article, the eMail

Enabler includes an NTK streams file, elements of an e-mail transport,

stationery, views, and so on. Some of you may recall a query made by

DTS last year asking how many of you within our existing developer base

would be in need of such a tool. The response was a resounding plea for

an alternative to the eWorld code. Stay tuned: this summer should bring

your e-mail solution to completion, without the need for the built-in

client or “sample code.”

MESSAGING ENABLER

The second kit described in the article is the NewtonMessaging Enabler.

Those of you who have heard rumors or snippets from previous

conversations may know this tool as the “Paging Enabler.” Early on, we

realized there was a need to transport data more seamlessly with page

cards and similar devices. Now that the industry is starting to cross

barriers, with pagers functioning more like messaging devices and packet

radio proliferating, what started as the Paging Enabler has become a

much stronger and more useful tool as the Messaging Enabler. As with

the eMail enabler, not all developers will require the Messaging Enabler.

It isn’t a magical black box/middleware combination of code which will

allow you to take an existing application and get it to send pages. But,

not far from that scenario, it will allow you to speak to those messaging

devices if you so choose. From there, the 2.0 transport would take over,

and then your application.

INTERNET ENABLER

The last enabler described in the Communications Strategies article –

and also discussed at length in Gary Hillerson’s accompanying article – is

the Newton Internet Enabler. Briefly, the NIE is Newton TCP/IP. Like the

other enablers, NIE will not be a necessity for every communications

developer. But also like the other pieces, it will be made freely available

to developers this summer.

If you’d like to obtain more information on any of these enablers,

including detailed schedules, timelines, or functionality, please send your

inquiries to [email protected], and your message will

be forwarded accordingly. As you can imagine, these three efforts are

being managed from distinct su/jointfilesconvert/415936/bgroups within our organization, and

although DRG and your respective evangelists are always here to provide

you with information, sending an e-mail message to NewtonDev will get

your issues, questions, and comments directly into the hands of those

managing the enablers.

Once again, we are extremely appreciative of your continued support

and your contributions to our platform. And, as always, we look forward

to seeing the results of our work together.

Communications Technology

Enabler Kits

by Eileen Tso, Apple Computer, Inc.

NTJ

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 ... 23 24

Comentarios a estos manuales

Sin comentarios

Apple Newton Internet Enabler Especificaciones Pagina 9

Comentarios a estos manuales

Relacionado con productos y manuales para Software Apple Newton Internet Enabler