lape@.cs.utk.edu (Bryon S. Lape) (11/03/90)
Could someone please tell me where I can find ftp-able stuff for the Mac?? Is there a tetirs game out there??? Bryon
lape@hydra1c.cs.utk.edu (Bryon S. Lape) (11/04/90)
In article <1990Nov2.203308.12205@cs.utk.edu>, lape@.cs.utk.edu (Bryon S. Lape) writes: |> Could someone please tell me where I can find ftp-able stuff for |> the Mac?? Is there a tetirs game out there??? |> |> |> Bryon Also, please e-mail the responses. Bryon Lape
macftp@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Andrew Knox) (05/06/91)
Forwarded by Andrew Knox (macftp@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz.). Mike Gleason has
been having problems with posting news articles.
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Here's volume 1, #4 (April 1991) of the mac.ftp.list.
I've been having problems with news lately, and I'm not totally sure my posts
have been showing up globally even though I specified 'world.' So, here's my
third attempt at posting this same list...
Sorry I'm late. I decided to write a program to compile this
list, instead of using a text editor to constantly revise the numbering
of the footnotes and such. There will probably be new screw ups since I
basically had to re-enter everything, so keep an eye open for glitches.
Also, someone suggested that I keep a copy available by ftp. Tentatively,
you can get this list from ftp by calling my home site, fergvax.unl.edu.
I guarantee this will change in the future, though.
I plan on posting revised editions as needed to comp.sys.mac.announce about
every month or so. I'll probably post the list the first of the month along
with the two other monthly posts, Frequently Asked Questions and About
Macintosh Newsgroups.
Please send newly discovered sites (with IP numbers and directories to
check if possible), bug fixes, and comments to:
231b3679@fergvax.unl.edu (Mike Gleason)
NOTE: My account expires around May 10.
For folks new to ftp
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The first column of stuff in the data below is the site name. Usually
you can just run ftp and type open and then the site name. But some
computers don't like the names (or don't have all of them) and prefer the
next column of stuff, the IP addresses. If you try the open command with the
IP number and it doesn't bite, it isn't gonna work. Most mac ftp sites have
encoded their files with BinHex 4.0. These files will end in the suffix
'.hqx'. To decode these files, you can just download them to your mac, and
use Compact Pro or Stuffit to decode them. THEN, you will need to decompress
them. Files ending in '.cpt' are Compact Pro files, '.sit' files are
Stuffit's. You will probably need both Compact Pro and Stuffit since both
types are common. When it prompts you for a username and password, send
"anonymous" as the username, and your email address as the password, for me
it would be 231b3679@fergvax.unl.edu.
Here's a sample ftp session:
% ftp
ftp> open sumex-aim.stanford.edu
Connected to sumex-aim.stanford.edu.
220 sumex-aim FTP server (SunOS 4.0/3) ready.
Name (sumex-aim.stanford.edu:231b3679): anonymous
Password (sumex-aim.stanford.edu:anonymous): 231b3679@fergvax.unl.edu
331 Guest login ok, send mail address (user@host) as password.
230 Guest connection 17 (of 25) accepted, access restrictions apply.
ftp> cd info-mac
ftp> get ./help/recent-files.txt recentFiles
ftp> get ./game/cumulonimbus-110.hqx cn.hqx
ftp> quit
% sz cn.hqx
Power User Notes:
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Most files you'll get off ftp are in that pain in the butt format, binhex.
I usually download to our unix box, and then use an immensely useful utility
called "mcvert" to de-binhex them there. Not only is this faster, but it
doesn't tie up your own CPU :-) Stop over to sumex and grab it. After
mcvert'ing files, they'll turn into files with ".bin" suffix on them, meaning
they are in MacBinary format, and ready to download. If you think you
know what you are doing, you could also unstuff the files on your unix box
and download the unstuffed files from there, but then you'd need "unsit"
and "macbin", also available from sumex.
Here's a handy chart to keep track which archivers unmangle which formats:
.sit .sit unix
.cpt 1.5 dlx .hqx .zip .dd .lzh .Z .pit .arc .bin
Compact Pro X X X
Stuffit 1.5.1 X X X
Stuffit Classic X X X
Stuffit Deluxe X X X X X X X
Disk Doubler X X X
DDExpand X X X
Packit X
MacCompress X
MacLHarc X
ArcMac X
BinHex 4.0 X
BinHex 5.0 X
UnZip X
Opinion: If you distribute files to others, keep in mind these guidlines:
a. Everyone I know loathes Stuffit formats that are not 1.5.1 compatible.
(i.e. Stuffit Classic's and Deluxe's Molasses mode, er, "Best" mode)
b. Don't use Self-Extracting Archives (.sea's). They make file sizes
larger, and make it easier for virus transmission, since they have to
be applications.
c. Stuffit 1.5.1's format can be read on many machines besides Macs,
like MS-DOS, Unix, and Amiga.
d. Stuffit 1.5.1's format can be read by many other archivers besides
Stuffit.
e. Stuffit 1.5.1 format and Compact Pro format archives are
accepted by almost all FTP site maintainers.
These sites have many mac files, and are still getting new ones:
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ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz 130.216.1.5 /mac (1)
irisa.irisa.fr 131.254.2.3 /News/comp.binaries.mac (2)
ix1.cc.utexas.edu 128.83.1.21 /microlib/mac (3)
mac.archive.umich.edu 141.211.168.70 /archive/mac (4)
nic.funet.fi 128.214.6.100 /pub/mac (5)
rascal.ics.utexas.edu 128.83.138.20 /mac (6)
sumex-aim.stanford.edu 36.44.0.6 /info-mac (7)
These sites have a lot of files, but do not get much new:
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apple.com 130.43.2.2 /pub/dts (8)
f.ms.uky.edu 128.163.128.6 /pub/mac [sumex]
giza.cis.ohio-state.edu 128.146.8.61 /pub/mac, /pub/oztex
mars.ee.msstate.edu 130.18.64.3 /files (9)
mcsun.eu.net 192.16.202.1 /comp/mac
plains.nodak.edu 134.129.111.64 /pub/mac/pub (10)
ux1.cso.uiuc.edu 128.174.5.59 /mac/MUG, /ftp.list (11)
vega.hut.fi 130.233.200.42 /pub/mac
wsmr-simtel20.army.mil 26.2.0.74 PD3:<macintosh> ? (12)
These sites are shadows archives (the same stuff) of something else:
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cc.sfu.ca 128.189.32.250 PC2: [mac.archive]
dftnic.gsfc.nasa.gov 128.183.10.3 /mac.dir [dftsrv.gov]
ditmela.mel.dit.csiro.au 128.250.90.81 /info-mac [sumex], /mac
doc.cso.uiuc.edu 128.174.33.105 /mac/MUG /pc+mac/mac/eudora
isca.icaen.uiowa.edu 128.255.19.175 //isca01/bbs/files/infomac (13)
ix2.cc.utexas.edu 128.83.1.129 /microlib/mac [ix1.utexas]
jyu.fi 128.214.7.5 /maclib [sumex]
lth.se 130.235.16.3 /Mac [sumex] (14)
merlin.cs.purdue.edu 128.10.2.3 /pub/mac [sumex]
midway.uchicago.edu 128.135.12.73 /pub/OzTex [watmsg.waterloo]
oswego.oswego.edu 129.3.1.1 /pub/mac [sumex]
pollux.lu.se 130.235.132.89 /pub/mac [sumex]
sics.se 192.16.123.90 /pub/info-mac, /pub/mac
ub-mts.cc.umich.edu 35.1.1.47 PC2: [mac.archive]
um.cc.umich.edu 35.1.1.43 PC2: [mac.archive]
utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp 133.11.11.11 /Mac, /Mac/info-mac [sumex]
wuarchive.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4 /mirrors/[macintosh,info-mac] (15)
These sites have just a few mac files:
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freebie.engin.umich.edu 141.212.68.23 /pub/macfiles
ftp.apple.com 130.43.2.3 /nerdtools :-( (16)
garbo.uwasa.fi 128.214.12.37 /mac
icarus.cns.syr.edu 128.230.1.49 /software/mac (w/ Unix_Mac)
icarus.riacs.edu 134.12.1.1 /pub
imag.imag.fr 129.88.32.1 /mac, /pub/CABRI (17)
jpl-mil.jpl.nasa.gov 128.149.1.101 /pub/Mac
procyon.cis.ksu.edu 129.130.10.80 /pub/MAC
shiva.com 192.80.57.1 /pub
splicer.cba.hawaii.edu 128.171.17.7 /mac
think.com 131.239.2.1 /mac
tolsun.oulu.fi 128.214.5.6 /pub/mac
ucsd.edu 128.54.16.1 /midi/software/mac, /pub/mac
zaphod.ncsa.uiuc.edu 128.174.20.50 /Mac
These sites are home to a few specific file(s):
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accuvax.nwu.edu 129.105.49.1 /pub/tiff/mactonext2.sit.hqx
alw.nih.gov 128.231.128.251 /pub/image (Image & MacMeasure)
arthur.cs.purdue.edu 128.10.2.1 /pub/trinkle/mac32.tar.Z
aux.support.apple.com 130.43.6.2 / (A/UX stuff)
beach.gal.utexas.edu 129.109.1.207 /pub/virus/mac (VMS though)
bert.cs.byu.edu 128.187.2.20 /NCSA_Telnet (BYU's version)
boombox.micro.umn.edu 128.101.95.95 /pub (macisode, POPmail)
brownvm.brown.edu 128.148.128.40 tn3270 with src in /
ccb.ucsf.edu 128.218.1.13 /Pub/Sound_list (Lots of Sounds
citi.umich.edu 141.211.128.16 /pub/NetMac.sit
csc2.anu.edu.au 130.56.4.25 /pub/src/MAC (beaver, smtp0.87)
d31.rz0.stanford.edu 36.76.0.151 /Igor (Igor demos, utilities)
dartvax.dartmouth.edu 129.170.16.4 /pub/mac (Dartmouth XCMDs, etc)
dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov 128.183.10.134 /mac.dir/MacSecure3.hqx
ftp.acns.nwu.edu 129.105.113.52 /pub/disinfectant (Disinf HQ) (18)
ftp.cayman.com 143.137.1.2 /pub (GatorBox stuff)
ftp.cisco.com 131.108.1.27 Mac telnet w/slip. Get README.
ics.uci.edu 128.195.1.1 /mac/think-c (19)
indri.primate.wisc.edu 128.104.230.11 /pub/mac (TransSkel & misc)
iraun1.ira.uka.de 129.13.10.90 /pub/mac (SingleShare,NewsView)
linc.cis.upenn.edu 130.91.6.8 /pub/NH3.0/mac (Mac NetHack!)
maddog.llnl.gov 128.115.10.1 /pub/uw.tar.Z (unix windows mac
madhaus.utcs.utoronto.ca 128.100.102.10 /pub (MacSockets)
novamail.cerl.uiuc.edu 128.174.180.9 /pub/lime (Lime demo, for MIDI)
pcs15.andrew.cmu.edu 128.2.232.65 /pub (snds movie Heathers)
rata.vuw.ac.nz 130.195.2.11 /pub/Mac (some Igor stuff)
ssyx.ucsc.edu 128.114.133.1 /pub/mac (HyperUnix, ClientDA)
statlab.uni-heidelberg.de 129.206.113.100 /pub/network (NetWork stuff)
tasman.cc.utas.edu.au 131.217.10.1 /pub/mac (Mews, a netnews reade
uunet.uu.net 137.39.1.2 /languages/abc (ABC prog lang)
watmsg.waterloo.edu 129.97.129.9 /pub/oztex (Mac TeX, with src)
I can't connect to these sites, which are supposed to have mac stuff:
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cadre.dsl.pitt.edu 128.147.128.1 jove for the mac
minnehaha.rhrk.uni-kl.de 131.246.9.116
net.bio.net 128.92.192.252 /pub/mac
peace.waikato.ac.nz 130.217.64.62 anu-news gnu msdos mac ncsa
sally.cs.utexas.edu 128.83.1.21 /mac
slug.pws.bull.com 128.35.10.203 comp.binaries.mac
ucbvax.berkeley.edu 128.32.137.3 /pub/mac
uxa.cso.uiuc.edu 128.174.2.1
These sites have nothing, despite what the global ftp list says:
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acad3.fai.alaska.edu 137.229.10.33 yuck, it's a VMS...
arisia.xerox.com 13.1.100.206
cmns.think.com 131.239.2.100
iesd.auc.dk 130.225.48.4
rodan.acs.syr.edu 128.230.1.55
trwind.trw.com 129.4.16.70
wpi.wpi.edu 130.215.24.1
A couple of Miscellaneous sites (because it's my list :-)
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fergvax.unl.edu 129.93.33.1 /public/ftp-list/mac.ftp.list
iris1.ucis.dal.ca /pub/gif (NASA pictures)
kfps-roble6-dynamic.stanford.edu (special) (20)
pilot.njin.net 128.6.7.38 /pub/ftp-list/ftp.list
Notes on some of the above sites:
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1. ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (130.216.1.5)
A brand new site in New Zealand. They'll probably shadow Sumex-aim and
other sites, so folks from New Zealand and Australia won't have to call
halfway across the planet.
ALL FILES: /mac/FILE.LIST
HELP: Mail Andrew Knox at macftp@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz.
HOW TO UPLOAD: macftp@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz
TRANSFER MODE: Use ASCII.
2. irisa.irisa.fr (131.254.2.3)
They keep archives of the postings to the comp.binaries.mac newsgroup.
The files all stored in one huge directory, so instead of doing an 'ls',
get the index file to look at offline.
ALL FILES: /News/comp.binaries.mac/index
HOW TO UPLOAD: Post to the comp.binaries.mac USENET group.
TRANSFER MODE: Use ASCII.
3. ix1.cc.utexas.edu (128.83.1.21)
Not a large site, but it gets a unique file once in awhile.
ALL FILES: /microlib/mac/file-list.txt
RECENT FILES: Get the file called "Update-[date]" in /microlib/mac.
HOW TO UPLOAD: email binhex files to chrisj@emx.utexas.edu
TRANSFER MODE: Use ASCII.
4. mac.archive.umich.edu (141.211.168.70)
This site along with Sumex-aim and Rascal, make up the Big 3, which get
most of the new files. Mac.archive shadows Sumex, and holds its own with
an unbelievable number of Outline fonts (mostly Postscript, but I hope
that the trend will continue with TrueType fonts!) and other unique
uploads. This site is still under construction, in the process of moving
from ub-mts.cc.umich.edu. The new site is UNIX based this time.
Hopefully Mike Dautermann will add some help files soon, like RECENT
lists.
HOW TO UPLOAD: ftp-put files in the /archive/mac/incoming directory.
TRANSFER MODE: Use ASCII.
5. nic.funet.fi (128.214.6.100)
A very large European site. In addition to shadowing Sumex-aim, they get
their own original files sometimes. Non-Europeans shouldn't call often,
to keep costs down.
ALL FILES: /pub/mac/_file.lst
RECENT FILES: /pub/mac/_file.in
HELP: /pub/mac/HELP
HOW TO UPLOAD: Use ftp to put files into /pub/mac/incoming.
TRANSFER MODE: Use BINARY (IMAGE).
6. rascal.ics.utexas.edu (128.83.138.20)
A medium-sized site, often scoops Sumex with unique files. My favorite
feature of Rascal is that they store their submissions in MacBinary, so
you don't need to de-binhex your downloads.
RECENT FILES: look in the /mac/NEW directory.
IN QUEUE: /mac/INQUEUE
HELP: Plenty of help files (prefixed with 0) in /mac.
HOW TO UPLOAD: email .hqx files to macgifts@rascal.ics.utexas.edu
TRANSFER MODE: Use BINARY (IMAGE).
7. sumex-aim.stanford.edu (36.44.0.6)
The king of macintosh ftp sites. If you want your uploads to get a wide
distribution, this is the place to send them to. They also have their own
message "list", the info-mac digests. This is handy for those who don't
have USENET access. Because of space constraints, they periodically delete
old files to make room for new ones.
ALL FILES: /info-mac/help/all-files.txt
RECENT FILES: /info-mac/help/recent-files.txt
IN QUEUE: /info-mac/help/archive-queue.txt
HELP: Look in the /info-mac/help directory, read 'em all.
HOW TO UPLOAD: email posts or files to info-mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu
TRANSFER MODE: Use ASCII.
8. apple.com (130.43.2.2)
Naturally, apple.com is a good place to download stuff like System
software disks and Technical Notes. Someday it will be superceded by
ftp.apple.com.
HELP: Mail mjohnson@apple.com if something is terribly wrong.
TRANSFER MODE: Use ASCII.
9. mars.ee.msstate.edu (130.18.64.3)
The files here are ubiquitous and stale, but I should point out that they
also have an Internet multiuser BBS going. It's tough to get on, but you
can try to connect directly (telnet), and when it asks for your "login:"
type "bbs".
TRANSFER MODE: Use ASCII.
10. plains.nodak.edu (134.129.111.64)
Kind of stale, but they had some stuff I hadn't seen anywhere else.
TRANSFER MODE: Use ASCII.
11. ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (128.174.5.59)
A local user group has been kind enough to store copies of it's disk
collection here. There is a massive amount of material to download.
Unfortunately, it hasn't been updated in quite awhile. Also, 'dir' and
'ls -l' may not work, if that's the case, use plain 'ls.'
ALL FILES: /mac/MUG/0Biglist.MUG
HELP: /mac/MUG/0README.MUG
TRANSFER MODE: Use ASCII.
12. wsmr-simtel20.army.mil (26.2.0.74)
Simtel has a great number of files available, but most of them are quite
old. I have not been able to connect here for quite awhile, so I can't
comment on them in detail yet.
TRANSFER MODE: Use ASCII.
13. isca.icaen.uiowa.edu (128.255.19.175)
The University of Iowa provides some room for the Iowa Student Computing
Association, and not only have they given them an ftp site, but also an
Internet BBS (see Mars.ee.mssate.edu, above). While it is easy to get on
the BBS (login as 'iscabbs'), they don't let non-UI students use the neato
Internet Relay Chat.
TRANSFER MODE: Use ASCII.
14. lth.se (130.235.16.3)
This is the newest European sumex shadow. It could supersede sics.se
someday. If you want to upload, use ftp to put your files in the
/in-coming directory, then send email to Peter.Moller@dna.lth.se with the
descriptions.
HOW TO UPLOAD: ftp 'put' in the /in-coming directory, see above.
TRANSFER MODE: Use ASCII.
15. wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4)
They shadow both Sumex AND Simtel. Good news for people like me who don't
like the Simtel's non-unix operating system.
TRANSFER MODE: Use ASCII.
16. ftp.apple.com (130.43.2.3)
Someday this site will be the headquarters for Apple's ftp'able stuff. It
is under construction, and they only get to work on it in their spare
time, so it could be a long time before this site is ready to go.
TRANSFER MODE: Use ASCII.
17. imag.imag.fr (129.88.32.1)
Not only is this the home of the CABRI (graph, geometry) software, but
they are also nice enough to keep the most recent uploads to
comp.binaries.mac, in MacBinary format (yay!).
TRANSFER MODE: Use BINARY (IMAGE).
18. ftp.acns.nwu.edu (129.105.113.52)
The headquarters of John Norstad's excellent anti-virus program,
Disinfectant, and his sample code.
TRANSFER MODE: Use ASCII.
19. ics.uci.edu (128.195.1.1)
This is the home of the Think C mailing list. You'll find a bunch of Think
Class Library stuff here, along with general Think C code, interfaces, and
updaters. Read all the README files in /mac/think-c for more info (and
how to get on the mailing list).
TRANSFER MODE: Use ASCII.
20. kfps-roble6-dynamic.stanford.edu ((special))
This is a "dynamic" site, meaning that it's IP number changes often. To
get the IP number, you can "finger minakami@neon.stanford.edu", or start
at 36.80.0.138, and increment the last number until you connect. They have
plenty of GIFs in addition to the Simpsons' stuff.
TRANSFER MODE: Use BINARY (IMAGE).
/* eof */stas@brahms.udel.edu (Stanislaus Pietrucha) (05/13/91)
Could someone send me a list of FTP sites with macintosh files? Thanks Stas