John Hoyt writes in a message to Scott Christensen
 JH> I am sure that there is software for the mac to control communications 
 JH> devices, including scanners... I am on a 68k machine too (Amigas) 
 JH> and have found several great utilities, and have hacked out 
 JH> a few myself too. Ferinstance, I control a Kenwood HF rig via 
 JH> a quickly hacked out ARexx (a scripting language) program, 
 JH> and wrote another (again in ARexx) to control the AOR8000 and 
 JH> to move data back and forth between it and a database (I don't 
 JH> even have an AOR, did it for a friend). Anything my Ami can 
 JH> do, another 68k machine can do just as well (and probably better 
 JH> if you have a PPC604 in yours)...
I am aware that you can "do it yourself" - but about the only non "C" 
solution available to Mac users is now HyperCard or SuperCard.  Microsoft 
quit supporting BASIC on the Mac several years ago.  The old program doesn't 
run on my 68030 PB 150 let alone any PPC machine.  (My PPC is an early 6100 
machine with a 603 processor and MS BASIC dies a horrible death on that.)
  
So us Mac users either get to use HyperCard (slow) or climb the learning 
curve on Symantec C.  
  
I've done some very interesting things with HyperCard, including serial 
reading of a Heathkit GCC1000 clock (technically a 3 channel scanner ) 
but it's not an elegant stand-alone solution.
  
The other thing that we are up against - at least till the "industry 
standard" platforms come out - is that Macs don't have parallel ports.  The 
device that you are controlling better have some sort of serial control or 
you have to get a serial to parallel converter.
  
The other thing I wish is that I could afford one of those scanners that have 
the ports!  Donations gladly accepted!
  
 JH> Now, back to your original deal with the nodelist... 
 JH> WHAT EXACTLY were you needing that you never found? Maybe I 
 JH> can help ya' out. 
I honestly don't recall!  You know what they say about the first thing to go!
 
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