mjohnson@Apple.COM (Mark B. Johnson) (05/24/91)
ftp.apple.com [130.43.2.3] has been up for about 22 hours now with few signs of problems (the load has been reduced significantly with the new limiters we have put on it). Given this, we have a few nice additions and a few surprises... First, however, I want to thank all the folks who have sent their supportive messages to the newsgroups as well as my personal account. We appreciate your support and understanding of the task at hand. Now on to the real news... As far as System 7.0 is concerned, the fdhd images are now available in the following directory: /ftp/dts/mac/system7/7.0.software/fdhd.images These should decode and unpack just fine. Sorry for the delays on them. For people transferring the network installation version, you really only need this for network installs and can actually produce this by copying the floppy disks onto a hard disk and moving the Installer and Install Script to the same level of the folders. So don't bother copying both the net install and one of the floppy versions. You CANNOT, however, make bootable floppies from the net install, so if you only get one, the floppies are your best bet. Bigger news, however, is that thanks to Tom Chavez and Gary Little, product managers for MacsBug and ResEdit respectively, we now have both products on ftp.apple.com (/ftp/dts/mac/tools/). It has taken us a long time, but they are there (MacsBug V6.2.1 and ResEdit 2.1). NOTA BENE - We have permission to redistribute these from ftp.apple.com, but this does NOT mean that any site can offer these files for redistribution or that they are to be treated like much of the net content. The are copyrighted, licensed products. If you wish to offer them at an FTP site or on a BBS, you need to obtain a license from SW.LICENSE@AppleLink.Apple.com. Thanks for your cooperation with this. Since I promised them I would give the plug, you should note that you can purchase documentation for these products from APDA (800) 252-2732. We have moved some documentation, pcl (lisp), hacks, and a few other directoriesfrom apple.com over and have even started moving some of the Apple II stuff over. We are still working on the rest of Developer Essentials, including Technical Notes, Sample Code, SpInside Macintosh, etc., etc. Thanks for your patience with these. So have at, but know that we are still tracking down a few minor bugs in the ftp daemon. Also note that MGET does not currently work and we are working on it. With a lot of luck the machine will remain up, but if you find it down, just be patient and we'll get it restarted as soon as possible. Given its track record since the last changes we made, it should be a bit more reliable than it was last week. Thanks for your patience, and enjoy. -- Mark B. Johnson AppleLink: mjohnson Developer Technical Support domain: mjohnson@Apple.com Apple Computer, Inc. UUCP: {amdahl,decwrl,sun,unisoft}!apple!mjohnson "You gave your life to become the person you are right now. Was it worth it?" - Richard Bach, _One_
bayes@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Scott Bayes) (05/30/91)
> So have at, but know that we are still tracking down a few minor bugs > in the ftp daemon. Also note that MGET does not currently work and we > are working on it. With a lot of luck the machine will remain up, but I tried mget ./xyzzy* kind of syntax, and mget worked (e.g. mget ./*.hqx) Dunno' why I tried that, but it did the trick. Repeat: critical point is to start the pattern with ./ Good downloading. Scott Bayes