CCEWCH@NUSVM.BITNET (05/31/91)
Is there any chance of getting a copy of MACTCP by anonymous FTP ?
bellamy@covax.commerce.uq.oz.au (05/31/91)
In article <74910231E6000066@BITNET.CC.CMU.EDU>, CCEWCH@NUSVM.BITNET writes: > Is there any chance of getting a copy of MACTCP by anonymous FTP ? Not legally. It is a Apple product. Try your dealer or APDA. Price about $100. This should really be a FAQ ! -- David E. Bellamy Email: bellamy@covax.commerce.uq.oz.au Dept. Commerce, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, AUSTRALIA
dant@ryptyde.UUCP (Daniel Tracy) (06/01/91)
eply-To: dant@ryptyde.UUCP (Daniel Tracy) Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: Ryptyde Timesharing Keywords: I'm sorry, but I'm new to this, and just have to ask: What is MacTCP? Is it a software module you add to give the Mac more communication capability? Does TCP stand for Transfer Control Protocol, as in TCP/IP? Does that mean you need it to connect to Unix machines? What can you do with it that you wouldn't be able to otherwise?
kdb@intercon.com (Kurt Baumann) (06/06/91)
In article <9@ryptyde.UUCP>, dant@ryptyde.UUCP (Daniel Tracy) writes: > What is MacTCP? Is it a software module you add to give the Mac more > communication capability? Does TCP stand for Transfer Control Protocol, > as in TCP/IP? Does that mean you need it to connect to Unix machines? > What can you do with it that you wouldn't be able to otherwise? Basically it is a TCP/IP driver only. MacTCP by itself doesn't do you much good, but with other products it will allow you to telnet (with terminal emulation) to UNIX, VMS, and other TCP/IP machines, FTP (file transfer), SMTP/POP, etc.... MacTCP is purchased through Apple or a Developer who has licensed it from Apple. Many companies give MacTCP away with their products. Kurt Baumann 703.709.9890 InterCon Systems Corp. Creators of fine TCP/IP products for the Macintosh
ce1zzes@prism.gatech.EDU (Eric Sheppard) (06/07/91)
In article <284E4114.3704@intercon.com>, kdb@intercon.com (Kurt Baumann) writes: > > Basically it is a TCP/IP driver only. MacTCP by itself doesn't do you much > good, but with other products it will allow you to telnet (with terminal > emulation) to UNIX, VMS, and other TCP/IP machines, FTP (file transfer), > SMTP/POP, etc.... MacTCP is purchased through Apple or a Developer who has > licensed it from Apple. Many companies give MacTCP away with their products. > > I have MacTCP installed on one of our machines, and we are using NCSA's Telnet program which was designed for MacTCP. Where is their FTP program? With NCSA2.2 Telnet, we could start an FTP session on the remote machine and transfer files back to the Mac. With this newer TCP version, you have to have a name/password file installed. Damn annoying and inconvenient, it is! We can no longer FTP _in_, as well as out. Where is the FTP? Eric -- Eric Sheppard Georgia Tech | "Of course the US Constitution isn't Atlanta, GA | perfect; but it's a lot better than what ARPA: ce1zzes@prism.gatech.edu | we have now." -Unknown uucp: ...!{allegra,amd,hplabs,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!prism!ce1zzes
gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu (Garance A. Drosehn) (06/10/91)
In article <30788@hydra.gatech.EDU> ce1zzes@prism.gatech.EDU (Eric Sheppard) writes: > I have MacTCP installed on one of our machines, and we are using NCSA's > Telnet program which was designed for MacTCP. Where is their FTP program? > With NCSA2.2 Telnet, we could start an FTP session on the remote machine > and transfer files back to the Mac. With this newer TCP version, you have > to have a name/password file installed. Damn annoying and inconvenient, > it is! We can no longer FTP _in_, as well as out. Where is the FTP? The requirement for a name/password file is an option in the configuration file. You can turn it off if you don't want to bother with accounts and passwords. If you got the full distribution, it should have included a program called telpass, which sets up the name/password file. It's pretty easy to use, and shouldn't take you more than 5 minutes to setup 1 account with it's password. You can then tell everyone you know about that account & password, and you'll still be slightly safer than running without any accounting setup at all. - - - - - - - - Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@rpi.edu or gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA