jp10@GTE.COM (Jeffrey Perry) (11/30/90)
I would be interested in any information you get on news readers for
the mac. I know about the hypercard one but i believe it only works with
TCP. I would like a more general one which could dial a phone number,
connect to a unix machine, telnet to port 119 of a NNTP site and
interact with it while presenting a mac interface to the user!
I am thinking of writing such a program if it doesn't exist already.
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=== "Two minds but with a single memory!"-MaxH jperry@gte.combschmidt@bnr.ca (Ben Schmidt) (12/03/90)
In article <10128@bunny.GTE.COM> jp10@GTE.COM (Jeffrey Perry) writes: > I would be interested in any information you get on news readers for > the mac. I know about the hypercard one but i believe it only works > with TCP. Actually it's Apple's MacTCP driver, but I think that's what ya' meant. > I would like a more general one which could dial a phone number, > connect to a unix machine, telnet to port 119 of a NNTP site and > interact with it while presenting a mac interface to the user! I just telnet in and fire up rn or whatever you're favourite UNIX newsreader is. (But if you'd like a mac-based newsreader, TCP/Connect's InterCon II supports serial line IP (SLIP) and is a full NNTP client (as well as an SNMP client, an SMTP client, a telnet client, and a tn3270 client). You'll find these topics discussed in comp.sys.mac.comm and comp.sys.protocols.appletalk on a regular basis.) Hope this helps, Ben Schmidt Bell-Northern Research, Ltd. Ph: (613) 763-3906 Information P.O. Box 3511, Station C FAX:(613) 763-3283 Technology Ottawa Canada K1Y 4H7 bschmidt@bnr.ca
doc@dgp.toronto.edu (Blaine Price) (12/04/90)
There is a hypercard stack that is great for reading news, but unfortunately, I don't remember what it is called! Perhaps someone else out there knows. _Blaine
derosa@motcid.UUCP (John DeRosa) (12/07/90)
>In article <10128@bunny.GTE.COM> jp10@GTE.COM (Jeffrey Perry) writes: >> I would be interested in any information you get on news readers for >> the mac. I know about the hypercard one but i believe it only works >> with TCP. There was another news reader mentioned in comp.sys.mac.digest a couple of days ago. I have requested a copy but have not received it. It also uses MacTCP. Is there something wrong with MacTCP? It is in the sumex infomac archives as comm/the-news.hqx BTW - is the hypercard one you refer to Mews? -- = John DeRosa, Motorola, Inc, Cellular Infrastructure Group = = e-mail: ...uunet!motcid!derosaj, motcid!derosaj@uunet.uu.net = = Applelink: N1111 = =I do not hold by employer responsible for any information in this message =
pulcher@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Harold Pulcher) (12/08/90)
In article <5335@crystal9.UUCP> derosa@motcid.UUCP (John DeRosa) writes: >>In article <10128@bunny.GTE.COM> jp10@GTE.COM (Jeffrey Perry) writes: >>> I would be interested in any information you get on news readers for >>> the mac. I know about the hypercard one but i believe it only works >>> with TCP. >-- I have set up numerous macs on our ethernet here. We are currently a combination of NCSA telnet and MacTCP software. The MacTCP is really simple to set up. I don't see why you are not using it either. Also, the MacTCP stuff comes with a DA that will allow to remotely print to any printer that is supported by any UNIX machine available to you. There are twon things that need to be done. The first is set up the Mac with the correct addresses and contact the SYSOP of the UNIX machine and ask very nicely if he will put you into /etc/hosts.equive so that you will have permission to use the printer over the network. I have only set up a couple of machines to do this completly, but it was no problem. -- ( ----- /\ |\ /| | I ride a moped and I'm pround of it!!! ) ( | /__\ | \/ | | ) ( \_| | | | | | Harold Pulcher --> D.J. from HELL ) ( M i e s t r o | pulcher@evax.utarl.edu )
kt@msor.exeter.ac.uk (Keith Tizzard) (12/13/90)
In article <5335@crystal9.UUCP> derosa@motcid.UUCP (John DeRosa) writes: >>In article <10128@bunny.GTE.COM> jp10@GTE.COM (Jeffrey Perry) writes: >>> I would be interested in any information you get on news readers for >>> the mac. I know about the hypercard one but i believe it only works >>> with TCP. > >There was another news reader mentioned in comp.sys.mac.digest >a couple of days ago. I have requested a copy but have not >received it. It also uses MacTCP. Is there something wrong >with MacTCP? I am sure that there is nothing wrong with it BUT HOW DOES ONE GET HOLD OF IT??? Many pieces of software seem to need MacTCP - I recently took a copy, from the net, of MacPost. It looks good but again assumes that I have MacTCP. Any help in getting a copy would be welcome. -- Keith Tizzard MSOR Dept, University of Exeter, Streatham Court, EXETER EX4 4PU, UK tel: (+44) 392 264463 email: kt@msor.exeter.ac.uk kt@msor.UUCP
vnend@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (D. W. James) (12/14/90)
In article <5335@crystal9.UUCP> derosa@motcid.UUCP (John DeRosa) writes: )>In article <10128@bunny.GTE.COM> jp10@GTE.COM (Jeffrey Perry) writes: )>> I would be interested in any information you get on news readers for )>> the mac. I know about the hypercard one but i believe it only works )>> with TCP. )There was another news reader mentioned in comp.sys.mac.digest )a couple of days ago. I have requested a copy but have not )received it. It also uses MacTCP. Is there something wrong )with MacTCP? Yes and no. It probably works just fine if you are are on a network, but my mac is standalone, fed mail via UUCP. Is there news software for stand alone macs *other* than uAccess, which is a tad richer than I can/care/would pay ($375 list, approx. ~$200 educational.) When you think of the functional UUCP mail and news implimentations for the messy-dos and ameager's (free or shareware!) it is amazing that no-one has done the same for the Mac. The best I've seen was UUCP and mail, and it works, it just isn't very mac-like (which I can live with.) At this point I'm have convinced that I'll have to hack something up myself, which is a pain because I'm not a programmer... -- Later Y'all, Vnend Ignorance is the mother of adventure. Mail? Send to:vnend@phoenix.princeton.edu or vnend@pucc.bitnet Anonymous posting service (NO FLAMES!) at vnend@ms.uky.edu "I do not take drugs. I am drugs."
kdb@macaw.intercon.com (Kurt Baumann) (12/15/90)
In article <1107@exua.exeter.ac.uk>, kt@msor.exeter.ac.uk (Keith Tizzard) writes: > I am sure that there is nothing wrong with it BUT HOW DOES ONE GET HOLD > OF IT??? > > Many pieces of software seem to need MacTCP - I recently took a copy, from > the net, of MacPost. It looks good but again assumes that I have MacTCP. > > Any help in getting a copy would be welcome. Once again, you need to contact APDA (Apple Programmer and Developer Association) at 1.800.282.2732 and ask about MacTCP. You will have to join APDA in order to get it, but there are a ton of other things they have for sale that are useful as well. -- Kurt Baumann InterCon Systems Corporation 703.709.9890 Creators of fine TCP/IP products 703.709.9896 FAX for the Macintosh.
HMPQC@CUNYVM (12/21/90)
MacTCP costs money. It's about $100 from APDA.