231b3679@fergvax.unl.edu (_mike gleason) (02/07/91)
Here's volume 1, #1 (the premiere issue) of the mac.ftp.list. 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, bug fixes, comments to:
231b3679@fergvax.unl.edu (Mike Gleason)
My address changes periodically, since the administration would rather be
inefficient and assign new accounts to the same students every semester.
Hopefully, this bit of public service will convince them to give me a
permanent account with a name instead of a number ;-)
In case you're wondering, I did mail odin@pilot.njin.net and ask him to
just add the sites I had, but he hasn't gotten around to it yet. Besides,
grepping the ftp.list for 'mac' won't produce what I've come up with.
For folks new to ftp, the first column of stuff 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 ain'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
{
These sites have many mac files, and are still getting new ones:
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ix1.cc.utexas.edu 128.83.1.21 /microlib/mac (1)
nic.funet.fi 128.214.6.100 /pub/mac (2)
rascal.ics.utexas.edu 128.83.138.20 /mac (3)
sumex-aim.stanford.edu 36.44.0.6 /info-mac (4)
ub-mts.cc.umich.edu PC2: (5)
wsmr-simtel20.army.mil 26.2.0.74 PD3:<macintosh> ? (6)
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 (7)
doc.cso.uiuc.edu 128.174.33.105 /mac/MUG /pc+mac/mac/eudora (8)
ftp.apple.com 130.43.2.3 /nerdtools :-( (9)
mars.ee.msstate.edu 130.18.64.3 /files
mcsun.eu.net 192.16.202.1 /comp/mac
plains.nodak.edu 134.129.111.64 /pub/mac/pub (A)
vega.hut.fi 130.233.200.42 /pub/mac
These sites are shadows archives (the same stuff) of something else:
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dftnic.gsfc.nasa.gov 128.183.10.3 /mac.dir [dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov]
isca.icaen.uiowa.edu 128.255.19.175 //isca01/bbs/files/infomac [sumex]
ix2.cc.utexas.edu 128.83.1.129 /microlib/mac [ix1.utexas]
jyu.fi 128.214.7.5 /maclib [sumex]
merlin.cs.purdue.edu 128.10.2.3 /pub/mac [sumex]
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
um.cc.umich.edu 35.1.1.43 PC2: [ub-mts]
ux1.cso.uiuc.edu 128.174.5.59 /mac/MUG [doc.uiuc] ftp.list
wuarchive.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4 /systems/mac/info-mac [sumex]
These sites have just a few mac files:
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acad3.fai.alaska.edu 137.229.10.33 yuck, it's a VMS...
freebie.engin.umich.edu 141.212.68.23 /pub/macfiles
icarus.riacs.edu 134.12.1.1 /pub
jpl-mil.jpl.nasa.gov 128.149.1.101 /pub/Mac
procyon.cis.ksu.edu 129.130.10.80 /pub/MAC
splicer.cba.hawaii.edu 128.171.17.7 /mac
zaphod.ncsa.uiuc.edu 128.174.20.50 /Mac
These sites are home to a few specific file(s):
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acns.nwu.edu 129.105.49.1 /pub/disinfectant (Disinfectant HQ)
arthur.cs.purdue.edu 128.10.2.1 /pub/trinkle/mac32.tar.Z
brownvm.brown.edu 128.148.128.40 tn3270 with src in /
citi.umich.edu 141.211.128.16 /pub/NetMac.sit
csc2.anu.edu.au 130.56.4.25 /pub/src/MAC (beaver, smtp0.87)
dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov 128.183.10.134 /mac.dir/MacSecure3.hqx
dustbin.cisco.com 131.108.1.27 Mac telnet w/slip. Get the README.
ics.uci.edu 128.195.1.1 /mac/think-c (B)
indri.primate.wisc.edu 128.104.230.11 /pub/mac (TransSkel & misc)
iraun1.ira.uka.de 129.13.10.90 /pub/mac (SingleShare)
maddog.llnl.gov 128.115.10.1 /pub/uw.tar.Z (unix windows for mac)
madhaus.utcs.utoronto.ca 128.100.102.10 /pub (MacSockets)
math.uni-heidelberg.de 129.206.103.100 /NetWork (C)
rata.vuw.ac.nz 130.195.2.11 /pub/Mac (some Igor stuff)
ssyx.ucsc.edu 128.114.133.1 /pub/mac (HyperUnix, ClientDA)
tank.uchicago.edu 128.135.136.2 /pub/OzTex (Mac TeX, with src)
tasman.cc.utas.edu.au 131.217.10.1 /pub/mac (Mews, a netnews reader)
I can't connect to these sites, which are supposed to have mac stuff:
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peace.waikato.ac.nz 130.217.64.62 anu-news gnu msdos mac ncsa
slug.pws.bull.com comp.binaries.mac
These sites have nothing, despite what the global ftp list says:
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arisia.xerox.com 13.1.100.206
cc.sfu.ca 128.189.32.250
cmns.think.com 131.239.2.100
f.ms.uky.edu 128.163.128.6
iesd.auc.dk 130.225.48.4
irisa.irisa.fr 131.254.2.3
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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kfps-roble6-dynamic.stanford.edu /image/simpsons (Simpsons' GIFs!)
(special: finger "minakami@neon.stanford.edu" to find IP address)
pilot.njin.net 128.6.7.38 /pub/ftp-list/ftp.list (The Biggie)
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Notes on some of the above sites:
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(1) ix1.cc.utexas.edu
Not a large site, but gets some unique files every so often.
UPLOAD: send .hqx files to chrisj@emx.utexas.edu
ALL FILES: /microlib/mac/file-list.txt
RECENT: Do a directory. Get the one with 'Update-[date]' in the name.
Americans shouldn't call often,
because it is far away and slow (only 56kbit/s).
UPLOAD: use ftp 'put' to copy files into /pub/mac/incoming, then
send mail to mac@funet.fi with descriptions.
HELP: /pub/mac/HELP
ALL FILES: /pub/mac/_file.lst
RECENT: /pub/mac/_file.in
XFER MODE: Use BINARY.
(3) rascal.ics.utexas.edu
This used to be one of the best sites around. They've slowed down a bit
(no new files in 2 months), but things should pick up.
UPLOAD: email .hqx files to macgifts@rascal.ics.utexas.edu
HELP: /mac/0.README-for-this-directory
RECENT: look in the /mac/NEW directory.
INQUEUE: /mac/INQUEUE
XFER MODE: Use BINARY.
(4) sumex-aim.stanford.edu
This is the number one site for mac files. Everyone on internee submits
their stuff to info-mac. Occasionally they get backlogged, but if you
could only call one site, this would have to be the one. They also have
their own list info-mac digests, on usenet it is 'comp.sys.mac.digest.'
Because of space constraints, they periodically delete old (~1 yr) files.
UPLOAD: email posts or .hqx files to info-mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu
HELP: look in the /info-mac/help directory. Read them all.
RECENT: /info-mac/recent-files.txt
ALL FILES: /info-mac/all-files.txt
INQUEUE: /info-mac/archive-queue.txt
XFER MODE: Use ASCII.
(5) ub-mts.cc.umich.edu
Although this is a non-unix machine, They have really done a good job.
They have had a steady flow of new files for quite awhile now, many of
them that you won't find on Sumex. Adobe Type 1 compatible fonts abound
here! Note to get a file on unix, try:
ftp> get PC2:XX/MYFILE myfile.hqx
Don't do a directory of PC2: It could take years!!!
UPLOAD: email .hqx files to Macintosh_Public_Domain@um.cc.umich.edu
RECCNT: get PC2:!RECENT pc2.recent
ALL FILES: get PC2:!INDEX pc2.allfiles
XFER MODE: Use ASCII.
(6) wsmr-simtel20.army.mil
Another non-unix machine. I have only successfully logged on once, and
while they have a tremendous number of files, most of them are stale.
I can't really comment on them until I connect again.
(7) apple.com
Naturally, apple.com is a good place to get such things as the tech notes,
sample-code notes (but they haven't posted the most current :-( ), and
system software releases.
CONTACT: mjohnson@apple.com if you need to ask DTS something.
XFER MODE: Use ASCII.
(8) doc.cso.uiuc.edu
This site has a huge amount of macintosh files; they're actually
compressed user group disks available for ftp. This is a good place to
find mass quantities of source code. Unfortunately, they haven't updated
the database in about 6 months. I have also had problems with 'dir'
and 'ls -l'. I can only get 'ls' to work...
ALL FILES: /mac/MUG/0Biglist.MUG
HELP: /mac/MUG/0README.MUG
XFER MODE: Use ASCII.
(9) ftp.apple.com
This is Apple's soon-to-be dedicated ftp site. There isn't much of
anything here yet... It'll probably be ready about the time System 7.0
is released ;-)
XFER MODE: Use ASCII.
(A) plains.nodak.edu
This site has gotten kind of stale, but I did find some source code that
I hadn't seen anywhere else; of course they have a variety of other
things to offer too.
XFER MODE: Use ASCII.
(B) ics.uci.edu
This is the home site 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).
(C) math.uni-heidelberg's NetWork stuff is moving over to
"statlab.uni-heidelberg.de" sometime in the near futuue.
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