MacTCP patch

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MacTCP patch

Post by Info-Mac » August 24th, 1993, 9:00 am

Download: http://archive.info-mac.org/inet/conn/m ... -patch.hqx

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Howdy,

This is a little application that will alter the MacTCP driver to
incorporate Peter Lewis' patch. You will need a virgin copy of MacTCP,
version 1.1.1 for this process. MacTCP 1.1.1 is not included in this
upload -- it is a commercial product. I also understand that this problem
is fixed in MacTCP 2.03 and the upcoming MacTCP 3.

Please report any problems to [email protected]. Many thanks to Peter for
providing the patch information in the first place and Michael Hecht for
the splendid utility ResCompare that compiled this patch.


Patch Description
=================
(Stolen and edited from a recent discussion on Nuntius-L)

>Here's how to make the hack:
>
>Make a copy of MacTCP
>Open the original with ResEdit
>Double click the DRVR icon
>click the entry, and choose Open using Hex Editor (*** HEX EDITOR! ***)
>choose Find Hex (cmd-F I think)
>Enter: 3542 0210 E34A D441 302A 021A B440 6A04 3400 600A
>Find the 302A 021A in the middle, select that, and type 303C 0BB8
>save and close all the windows
>restart.
>
>Grab a copy of MacTCP Watcher, and make sure its not doing too much
>retransmission. Too much is defined as more than about 5 or 10% probably.
> Peter.
>
>It is supposed to fix the retransmit bug that has been bothering users with
>"slow" serial lines, usually via modem. It has worked fine for me, although
>it is hard to tell when something suddenly works as expected :-)
>
>Good luck,
>
>Klaus

Cheers, Igor



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