dauter@terminator.cc.umich.edu (Michael Dautermann) (12/02/90)
Okay, so if you've seen my Usenet messages before or perhaps my form letters which I mail out to a lot of people, you might want to hit J now.. otherwise, let me tell you about a humongo (that's "gargantuan" in another language) Macintosh Public Domain & Shareware archive on the Internet that I help to compile and keep track of. The University of Michigan Mac archive can be found at um-mts.cc.umich.edu (35.1.1.43) or it's shadow twin, ub-mts.cc.umich.edu (35.1.1.47) and has literally a thousand or two free/low cost applications, fonts, cdevs, games, etc. etc. you name it, we probably have it -- on line. A lot of the stuff you won't find on Rascal or Sumex either, so it can be considered to be a good alternative site to check out whenever you're looking for something specific. To FTP, simply log in anonymously, type in "cd PC2:" to change to the mac directory. If you type in "ls", it'll take at least 5 minutes to compile the list of all the files, and then another ten minutes for them to scroll down your screen (the archive isn't maintained on a unix machine.. yet..). It's a better idea to type in "get !index index.txt" and for instructions, "get do/download2 download.txt". The reason I'm writing these notes (and form letters), is because I'm always out checking for new and interesting things to add in.. if you're a developer and are tired of waiting forever for other archives to add your handiwork, send along a copy of your program to my address, I'll test it out and add it in a matter of a few days. And if you have access to Compu$erve, GEnie or America Online, I'm extremely interested in obtaining programs and files that are available there, and not on the internet for everyone. If you have any questions, comments, or whatever.. please please please feel free to send along mail. Thanks! -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Mike @ ccs.itd.umich.edu (temporarily.. until it gets fixed) forwarded to DAUTER@TERMINATOR.CC.UMICH.EDU Mike Dautermann - U-M Ann Arbor, Dearborn and the WORLD!!