Scott, just to let you (and the everyone else know): We tested Dino's 
code last week with Mac and NT clients, and the AIM *does* work on 
Macs.  ICQ will *not* because of the need for UDP in Mac VM's.

Mark

At 5:19 PM -0800 12/23/99, Scott Wallace wrote:
>Dean,
>
>What a terrific thing to be doing!  This will make a qualitative 
>difference to the experience of using Squeak, particularly for those 
>of us who spend a high percentage of our waking hours in a Squeak 
>image.
>
>I got your code, got a registered ICQ number from Mirabalis, and 
>already had an AIM identity, so I fired up an image,  filed in your 
>code, and executed the precipitating do-it.
>
>However, it was not successful.  I got the "Messaging" window, but 
>when I hit the "Connect" button, I quickly fell into a debugger, 
>"primitive failed", in Socket.primSocket:connectTo:port:.
>
>Do I perhaps need some custom plug-in, or some custom vm, in order 
>to use this stuff successfully?  Or could it be that the 
>debug-notifier is the "normal" way of responding to a request to 
>connect to a user who is presently offline?
>
>I'm eager to start using this, but for the moment am stuck...
>
>  -- Scott
>
>At 5:58 PM -0500 12/23/99, Dean Pu Mao wrote:
>>Some of you here wanted my instant messaging stuff, so here it is!  Let me
>>know how you like it.  Better yet, send me an instant message how you like
>>it!  ICQ and AIM messaging are both supported.  ICQ contact list is
>>supported, but the AIM buddy list is not yet supported.  You'll need a
>>registered ICQ number from Mirabilis and a registered Screen Name from
>>AOL to correctly use my client.
>>
>>Get the changesets here:  http://instantmessaging.swiki.net
>>
>>Dino

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