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IBTip This is a simple extension of tip3, which I originally picked up several years ago from BIX. tip3 was/is a replacement for tip, written in Objective C, with full source code. Over the years, NeXT users have complained of the lack of a simple comms program for NeXTSTEP. Last week, I ran a NeXTSTEP developer training class. On my classes, I ask the students to come with a project that they want to work on; last week, the class wanted to develop a program to control lab instruments. Over two days of the class, they developed something that looks a lot like IBTip, using tip3 as a base. So far (0.1), I have spent about five hours redeveloping and testing the same work. The main window contains two fields: one for output from the port, and another for user entered input data. A Preferences window allows you to set defaults: Speed: set the port speed to: 300, 1200, 2400, 9600, 19200. Parity: ignored. Com port: Com1/A or Com2/B Flow control: combines with Port to select /dev/cufa, /dev/cua, /dev/cufa, /dev/cub. Protocol: ignored. Capture File: specifies a filename to save to; tip.record is the default. Dial Number: used in the Dial command. Init String: sent to the modem when opening the port. Commands menu: Capture/End Capture: appends to the Capture file. Dial: dials the number given, redials on busy, etc, and plays a sound when connected. Hangup: hangs up the line, and terminates a dial sequence. Reset: does nothing. Send FIle: untested. Receive File: untested. Run Script: sends a file to the port, with a one second delay between lines. Not Done: Scripts would be a simple addition. All of the file transfer code is in there, but it isn't tested at all. Multiple documents (i.e. one per port) would be a possible extension. Parity handling is very crude. Optional line ending values (CRLF) would be a good move. Paul Lynch Feb 28, 1994
These are the contents of the former NiCE NeXT User Group NeXTSTEP/OpenStep software archive, currently hosted by Netfuture.ch.