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Leopard Technical Q&As: Legacy Documents
Legacy documents consist of guides, references, sample code, and other resources that have become irrelevant for current product development. Some of these documents describe features, functions, classes, or methods that are no longer supported. Other legacy documents describe currently supported technologies, but the approaches and development techniques described in these documents are no longer recommended.
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68K Open Transport Code on Power Macintoshes (HTML)
NW48: Explains why running Open Transport 68K code on a PowerPC may not always work.
Deprecated 1997-03-14
Aborting a OTConnect in Progress (HTML)
NW29: Describes the proper way to abort OTConnect, and why after calling OTSndDisconnect you may receive "kOTOutStateErr".
Deprecated 1996-05-14
Accessing DHCP Options (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW61.
Unsupported 1999-04-19
Accessing the ARA/PPP password (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW56.
Unsupported 1999-05-17
Accessing the DialAssist data (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW51.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
Additional URL Access Error Codes (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW66.
Unsupported 2002-12-18
AddrToName (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW39.
Unsupported 1996-09-27
AFPCommand() variation (HTML)
NW01.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
AppleTalk Limitations (HTML)
NW02.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
Are the Name Registry device tree nodes unique? (HTML)
HW64: Discusses whether Name Registry nodes copied from the Open Firmware device tree are unique.
Deprecated 1999-10-11
Calling CloseOpenTransport When Writing an App (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW36: Identifies a bug in Open Transport 1.1 which means your application must CloseOpenTransport before quitting.
Deprecated 1996-07-03
Changing IP Numbers under Open Transport (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW43.
Unsupported 1996-11-27
Checking if Open Transport IP Stack is Loaded (HTML)
NW15.
Unsupported 1995-09-15
Closing the Connection: OpenTransport (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW20: Describes an orderly disconnect situation in Open Transport between two nodes.
Deprecated 1996-03-04
Connecting to a Sleeping or Dozing Macintosh (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW46.
Unsupported 1997-01-31
Determining if a Drive is a Network Volume (HTML)
FL01.
Unsupported 1995-11-01
Device Manager (HTML)
DV01.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
Difference between PCCard SDK2 and SDK3 (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
HW62.
Unsupported 1999-03-29
Error -3168 (kOTStateChangeErr) and Handoff Endpoints (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW22: Explains why a kOTStateChangeErr -3168 occurs when there is a handoff endpoint involved.
Deprecated 1996-04-08
Ethernet Addresses (HTML)
NW05.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
Ethernet Driver Interface (HTML)
NW04.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
fBroadCastAddr Always Zero (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW58: Explains why the fBroadcastAddr field may be zero after a call to OTInetGetInterfaceInfo and includes the workaround.
Deprecated 1999-03-08
Gestalt Selectors for Macintosh Networking (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW41.
Unsupported 1997-01-31
Getting Records From the OCE Catalog Manager (HTML)
NW16.
Unsupported 1995-09-15
Getting Started with Network Programming (HTML)
NW32.
Unsupported 1996-05-14
How to use URL Access with proxy servers (HTML)
QA1074: Explains how to use URL Access with proxy servers.
Deprecated 2001-10-02
Implementing DLLs (HTML)
NW06.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
Implementing read-modify-write on PCI (HTML)
HW08.
Unsupported 1995-07-15
Interrupt Management (HTML)
HW10.
Unsupported 1995-07-15
Is there a relationship between the device tree and the Name Registry? (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
HW41.
Unsupported 1999-02-15
MacTCP I/O (HTML)
PLAT04.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
Mapping OT Error Numbers to theirNames (HTML)
NW35.
Unsupported 1996-06-01
MemError (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
ME06.
Unsupported 1997-09-12
Mounting a Remote File System (HTML)
NW10.
Unsupported 1995-06-01
Native Disk Driver Debugging (HTML)
DV41.
Unsupported 2000-02-28
NSL and Custom Thread Context-Switching Functions (HTML)
NW65.
Unsupported 2000-01-31
Obtaining a List of Volumes from a Server Programmatically (HTML)
NW11.
Unsupported 1995-06-01
Open Transport Errors -3151/-3160 and Option Management (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW54.
Unsupported 1998-04-12
Open Transport T_DATA Event Queuing (HTML)
NW30.
Unsupported 1996-05-14
Open Transport Versions (HTML)
NW64.
Unsupported 2000-05-08
Open Transport's Limited Compatibility with 680x0 (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW40.
Unsupported 1996-09-27
OT Driver returns EINVAL error for TCP/IP program, but AppleTalk works fine (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW49.
Unsupported 1997-03-14
OT Serial Port I/O Handshaking (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW44.
Unsupported 1996-11-27
OTScheduleSystemTask Cleanup (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW37: States the proper way to clean up any pending system tasks scheduled with OTScheduleSystemTask.
Deprecated 1996-07-03
PCI Card's Assigned-Address Properties (HTML)
HW20.
Unsupported 1995-07-15
PCI Device and Driver Matching (HTML)
HW16.
Unsupported 1995-07-15
Putting Client/Server Systems to Sleep (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW45.
Unsupported 1997-01-09
Raw IP and Open Transport 2.5.x (HTML)
NW63: Discusses Open Transport 2.5's change to the behavior of raw IP endpoints with IP_HDRINCL set.
Deprecated 1999-10-25
Receiving UDP Broadcasts (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW53: Explains why UDP endpoints may never receive UDP broadcast messages.
Deprecated 1997-11-17
Receiving UDP Broadcasts While Sending from a Secondary Address (HTML)
NW67.
Unsupported 2000-05-08
Remotely Retrieving a Macintosh's Network Name using AppleTalk (HTML)
NW31.
Unsupported 1996-05-14
SCSIAction and IOSCSIUserClient on Mac OS X 10.2 (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1201.
Unsupported 2002-09-13
Server Endpoint 'qlen' Limit (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW38: Tells how to determine the maximum 'qlen' value which limits the number of supported handoff endpoints.
Deprecated 1996-08-21
Setting Port Speed on a Modem Port (HTML)
DV25.
Unsupported 1996-02-23
Setting request headers in URL Access (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1073: Explains how to work around a bug in URL Access when setting request headers.
Deprecated 2002-09-10
Speed of the Printer Port (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
DV31.
Unsupported 1997-07-11
Standalone Networking (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW59.
Unsupported 1999-03-15
Static Socket Numbers (HTML)
NW12.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
Synchronous TCP OTConnect Client Call Completes Before Server Responds (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW24: Explains why an OTConnect call will complete before the server responds.
Deprecated 1996-05-14
TCP Application Acquires Different Port Address After Relaunch (HTML)
NW28: Explains why a server application acquires a different TCP/IP port address after restarting.
Deprecated 1996-05-14
TCP Option Sizes (HTML)
NW27: Tells where to get more information on TCP Option sizes and setting TCP Options.
Deprecated 1996-05-14
Testing PCI drivers without any device (HTML)
HW23.
Unsupported 1995-07-15
Unbinding from a TCP Port (HTML)
NW17.
Unsupported 1995-11-01
Undefined Routines in Open TransportLibraries (HTML)
NW34.
Unsupported 1996-06-01
Undefined Routines with PPCLink? (HTML)
NW33.
Unsupported 1996-05-14
URL Access and the Missing Progress Dialog (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1140: Explains a known bug in URL Access related to progress dialogs.
Deprecated 2002-09-23
Using Legacy Ethernet Driver Processes on a PowerMac G3 (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW57.
Unsupported 1999-02-08
Using OpenTransport With CFM-68K (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW19.
Unsupported 1998-05-04
Virtual Memory Management (HTML)
ME02.
Unsupported 1995-05-01
Workaround for PLookupName Bug (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW55.
Unsupported 1998-07-20
WS PDS Card and SCSI Manager 4.3 (HTML)
DV17.
Unsupported 1995-07-01