TSSnet 1.3.2: Incompatible with Macintosh IIci

I am running TokenTalk, EtherTalk, TSSnet, QuickMail 2.01 Server, and Apple Internet Router 2.0 all on the same machine (a Macintosh IIci). Despite my best efforts, TSSnet doesn't seem able to establish a communication channel with the VAX. Instead, it can see only the nearest DECnet router. However, it cannot speak to it (by terminal emulation, mail, file transfer, or otherwise).
We have isolated the problem. Do not run Alisa System's TSSnet 1.3.2 (or
earlier) on the Macintosh IIci. Apparently, there seems to be some unknown
problems in communication that can be duplicated in our office on our own
VAX. We have successfully run TSSnet on a Macintosh II, Macintosh IIx,
Macintosh IIcx, and Macintosh II with a DayStar 33MHz accelerator card.

However, TSSnet on the Macintosh IIci does not operate, and will, in time,
completely freeze the machine. As of October, 1989, Alisa Systems (and,
consequently, Thursby Software, the authors of TSSnet) have been alerted,
although a timetable for a fix is uncertain.


Published Date: Feb 18, 2012