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Connectix to debut DoubleTalk at MWSF

updated 01:55 pm EST, Fri January 5, 2001

At Macworld Expo next week, Connectix will introduce DoubleTalk, an application that allows Mac users to access Windows networks and printers. Where DoubleTalk differs from competing products, Connectix claims, is with its tight Mac integration (networks are accessed via the Chooser) and ease of use that actually makes it easier to access Windows networks from a Mac than from a PC. Connectix also claims that printing via DoubleTalk will be up to 50% faster than printing to network printers through the Mac OS. A Mac OS X version is not yet planned. The $100 title will ship on Tuesday and will be available at the Expo for the showfloor price of $90.

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two questions...

1. Will it also offer better Novell support than the current ProSoft client?

2. will it support OS X?

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Difference from Dave?

So how will this differ from Thursby's DAVE?

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Netware Support?

Will this work with Netware print queues or just Windows networking?

I have a PCL print driver for the Mac that does not work under the new Novell Mac client because they (Prosoft) did away with the Novell print chooser.

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Any more info?

Has anyone found any more info on Connectixs' website? I could not.

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Perhaps less clunky than

Perhaps it will be less clunky than DAVE... one can only hope. It is hard enough trying to explain Windows (bass-ackwards) networking concepts to a Mac User...
Maybe Connectix will streamline the same functionality...
Better than this though?
SAMBA for OS X!

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Pass/Fail

If its a good product and people need it and buy it, then it will survive. If it sucks and people don't buy it then it will be killed of and Connectix will find something else to do.

If Mac OS X has some sort of Windoze networking support built in by default, stuff like this is moot moving into next year when Mac OS X will *the* OS to use (not just Mac users, but maybe Windoze users unhappy being Microsoft's b****).

Of course since Mac OS X is essentially UNIX deep inside porting UNIX networking software with a Mac-like GUI on top isn't totally out of the question (witness BrickHouse for the UNIXy firewall in OS X).

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The Chooser????

Come on, tell me that this is just a miscaculated feature prediction? It has to work with the Network browser too? DAVE has its own browser.

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Network Browser

according to the advertisement in the latest edition of Macworld, it will support the Network Browser, if I recall correctly.

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Integration

Yes, DoubleTalk will support seamless integration with the Chooser and other network access panels.

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DAVE's not here

My system was the least stable it's ever been when I was evaluating DAVE. Granted, that was a couple of years ago, but I expected better.

When Samba andor NFS options show up in the "Connect to server..." option in Mac OS X, I'll be happy.

webdav_fs.kext forever!

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Maybe thats it?!

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When Samba andor NFS options show up in the "Connect to server..." option in Mac OS X, I'll be happy.

What if that is what this product does? Like it somehow magically lets you see any SMB or NFS network data on the line, but makes it somehow look like something the Mac can recognize natively (AppleTalk or something)?

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DoubleTalk vs. DAVE

It's Connectix's modus operandi: take an idea someone else has already done (e.g. 680x0 emulation, PC emulation) and do it right. The fact that there's already another product like this should not hinder its success in the slightest, if it's as slick as most Connectix products.

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Too little too late

If they REALLY wanted to wow users and sell some software, they should have abandoned the classic implementation for the macosx environment. DAVE is already a mature product, and I see absolutely no reason to switch. Works just fine in all windows and Samba environments. I can even export my shares. Thursby's DAVE for Mac OS X is already being readied for display at MWSF.

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ethernet novice

I've been using Macs since 1984 for data anyalysis/collection in neuroscience and later, for more fun stuff. But I have never connected to a Lan, using ethernet and a Novell 5 server etc. So I am just learning. But in the MacAddict ad, it implied to me (if memory serves) that it would or could reduce the need for involvement from the server admin. This is an issue at the hospital where I work because most folks are already inundated by many tasks. Does anyone know the facts on this issue?
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Welcome DoubleTalk!

At my company the Macs depend 100% on DAVE for survival, since our network consits of many Windows NT servers and IBM Midrange boxes. Because the number of installed Macs are very small compare to the PCs, so we'll never add Mac support on the PC side, Macs must understand the PCs. My problem with DAVE is that it still has some glitches that has never been fixed and no support for network browser and navigation services, so I hope connectix can do the better which I believe they will.

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Samba

I have setup SAMBA on Linux to be a windows networking SERVER, but I didn't think that it could also be a client. So you could share your OSX files to windows users with Samba, but can you also use it to connect to other windows machines? If it can be a client then I'm sure a MacOS X GUI front end will appear shortly for this excellent piece of software!

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Connectix to debut DoubleTalk at MWSF

updated 01:55 pm EST, Fri January 5, 2001

two questions...

Difference from Dave?

Netware Support?

Any more info?

Perhaps less clunky than

Pass/Fail

The Chooser????

Network Browser

Integration

DAVE's not here

Maybe thats it?!

DoubleTalk vs. DAVE

Too little too late

ethernet novice

Welcome DoubleTalk!

Samba

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two questions...

Difference from Dave?

Netware Support?

Any more info?

Perhaps less clunky than

Pass/Fail

The Chooser????

Network Browser

Integration

DAVE's not here

Maybe thats it?!

DoubleTalk vs. DAVE

Too little too late

ethernet novice

Welcome DoubleTalk!

Samba

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