Subject: Mac-FTP-list, Version 4.3.5
From: BruceG6069@aol.com (Bruce Grubb)
Here's Version 4.3.5 (Mar 1, 1998)
The Mac-FTP-list lists over 200 mac anonymous ftp sites (some with notes),
over 75 Mac web pages, and contains some instructions on how to use anonymous
ftp and find files as well a format chart showing which programs decompress
and decode which files. Also there is a section on how to use certain files.
To insure that the columns in the Format Chart section line up correctly the
document's text must be in a monospaced font such as Courier 10pt, Monaco 9pt
or a PC equivalent.
Credits:
To Mike Gleason for the original Mac-FTP-list and giving me permission to
continue it.
To Tim Jones, reichh45@potsdam.edu, and Robert C. Best III (author of the
excellent HTML editors, World Wide Web Weaver and HTML Web Weaver Lite)
for the work that made the HTML verison of the Mac FTP list possible. HTML
Web Weaver is available at any good info-mac mirror in the /comm/html/
directory.
World Wide Web providers take note: The html version of the mac-ftp-list
is composed of four crosslinked files which CANNOT be renamed:
mac-ftp-list.html, ftp-list.html, www-section.html, and site-notes.html.
Changes: Format chart updated; ftp://ftp.povray.org/pub/ dropped in favor of
http://www.povray.org/; ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/ replaced by
http://www.microsoft.com/; http://www.macsurfer.com/news/ is now
http://www.macsurfer.com/;
Added sites/URLs: http://www.stfinc.com/; http://www.applelinks.com/;
http://www.applelinks.com/xmirror/mirror.lasso;
Defunct sites/URLs: http://www.macfaq.com/; http://www.themic.com/;
http://members.aol.com/macpalace (http://128.148.215.35/);
http://www.ukarchive.co.uk/; http://www.ultimate-apple.com/;
ftp://kth.se/; ftp://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/pub/mac/;
http://macquisition.gsfc.nasa.gov/;
http://micros.hensa.ac.uk/micros/mac/mac.html;
ftp://ftp.intercon.com/InterCon/sales/Mac/;
ftp://ftp.svcdudes.com/pub/mac/;
ftp://ftp.markspace.com/pub/markspace/; ftp.mauisoftware.com/pub/mac/;
ftp://hensel.mathp6.jussieu.fr/dist/pari/mac/;
http://www.astro.nwu.edu/lentz/mac/faqs/;
Note: Mike Gleason no longer supports this list and has given me his kind
permission to continue it.
Revisions posted monthly to the USENET newsgroups comp.sys.mac.comm,
comp.sys.mac.misc, comp.sys.mac.apps, and comp.sys.mac.games.misc.
Archives:
.hqx files
Info-Mac's mirrors, mac.archive.umich.edu, its mirrors and
http://members.aol.com/BruceG6069/mac-ftp-list434.hqx
.html
http://members.aol.com/BruceG6069/mac-ftp-list.html
http://members.aol.com/BruceG6069/ftp-list.html
http://members.aol.com/BruceG6069/www-section.html
http://members.aol.com/BruceG6069/site-notes.html
Compressed version is an .hqx file which contains a text
version of the Mac-FTP-list.
.txt file
Format chart section; format-chart-130.txt, same sites as .hqx file.
Copyright 1998 by Bruce Grubb with document concept and portions of its text
Copyright 1991 by Mike Gleason. May be freely distributed and archived.
Please send newly discovered macintosh sites (with IP numbers and directories
to check if possible), bug fixes, and comments to:
Internet: BruceG6069@aol.com or bgrubb@acca.nmsu.edu
AOL: BruceG6069
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 either type in the URL ftp://sitename/file/pathway/ on a Web browser or
run ftp from a unix shell account 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 either
method with the IP number and it doesn't bite, it isn't gonna work.
To allow the best chance to connect to a site almost all of HTML version's
sites have both names and IP# links. The main exceptions are 'dymatic
addressing' and limited access sites.
Most mac ftp sites have encoded their files with BinHex 4.0 which end in
the suffix ".hqx". To decode these files, you can just download them to
your mac and use Stuffit Expander to decode and expand them, reguardless
of whether they are Stuffit (.sit) or Compact Pro (.cpt). This is much
better than in the old days when you had to download a file to your mac,
use Compact Pro or Stuffit to decode it, and THEN, figure which program
you needed use to decompress it.
In days long past one had to have a unix shell account to use FTP. Today
there are a whole host of options available - from commercial services
such as CompuServe and AOL to local and national ISPs. In addition there
are dozens of communication programs for the Macintosh that that make
using Telnet and FTP much easier now than years ago. A list of such
programs can be found at The Mac Orchard web page . Most of these programs are also in the subdirectories of /info-mac/comm/ on
many info-mac mirrors.
On a unix shell account, ftp prompts you for a username and password; you
send "anonymous" as the username, and your email address as the password.
Most browsers will do this automatically if they have been set up properly.
For the few that don't or can't try doing your URLs in this manner -
ftp://anonymous:email_address@site.name/ For Mike Gleason email_address
would be mgleason@cse.unl.edu and for me it would be BruceG6069@aol.com.
I should mention that browsers make poor FTP clients and can generate "This
FTP server does not support passive mode" on the sites with the 'DM' note.
Also there are a few sites that use non-standard names (with spaces or non-
printable [>ascii 127] characters) which can create problems for both unix
shell accounts and browsers. It is better to use something like Anarchie or
Fetch for ftp either of which avoids these problems.
Here's a sample unix shell account ftp session:
% ftp
ftp> open wuarchive.wustl.edu
Connected to wuarchive.wustl.edu.
220 wuarchive.wustl.edu FTP server (...) ready.
Name (wuarchive.wustl.edu:bgrubb): anonymous
331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
Password (wuarchive.wustl.edu:anonymous): bgrubb@acca.nmsu.edu
230- If your FTP client crashes or hangs shortly after login please try
230- using a dash (-) as the first character of your password. This will
230- turn off the informational messages that may be confusing your FTP
230- client.
230-
230- You are user number 221 out of a possible 225.
230-
230- All transfers to and from wuarchive are logged. If you don't like
230- this then disconnect now!
230-
ftp> cd systems/mac/
ftp> get ./info-mac/help/recent-files.txt Info-MacRecentFiles
ftp> get ./umich.edu/mac/00help/newfiles.txt umichRecentFiles
ftp> get ./info-mac/game/cumulonimbus.hqx cn.hqx
ftp> quit
% sz cn.hqx
Keep in mind that some sites may disenable the anonymous login for a while:
during certain hours of the day, for maintainance reasons, or because of too
much heavy traffic. Most will tell you the reason for refusing anonymous
login, but a few will say nothing more than "User anonymous unknown" or
"connection refused". Keep this in mind when a site on this list results in
either of these responses.
Power User Notes:
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If you want to read a file on a remote site, but don't want download it, and
are not using a WWW browser, quit ftp, page the file, then restart ftp, try
"get myfile.txt -" and ftp will dump the file to your terminal. Also exploit
ftp's pipe and shell abilities, like "get myfile.txt |more" will do the same
as above, except using "more" to page the file. On the other hand, Web
browsers can read these files on-line without all this effort.
If you need to know the IP address of an ftp site, a common unix program
called "nslookup" can help. With some versions, "nslookup ftp.apple.com"
would spit out "130.43.2.3." Doing the reverse is dependent on how your
site is set up. Some sites require reversing the address and using the
in-addr.arpa domain with the lookup type set to "ANY", while others can
use the address as written. There is now a Mac version of this program
called DNS lookup.
Most files you'll get off ftp are in binhex (.hqx) format. Since almost
all present modems support V.42bis and MNP5 compression (4:1 and 2:1
respectivly) it has actually become faster to download these files to your
machine and THEN decode them. The reason is simple; text files like .hqx,
.uu, and .txt can be compressed allowing the modem to increase throughput
for these files by 50% to 100%. Already compressed files like .bin, .sit,
and .cpt receive little if any benefit from V.42bis and MNP5. This
results in .hqx files being downloaded as fast or faster than .bin files.
This combined with background decoding/decompression (like StuffIt
Expander) and Web browsers has effectivly rendered downloading .hqx to
an unix box and decoding it there obsolete.
Here's a handy chart to keep track which programs unmangle which formats:
unix gzip .uu/ .b64/
Macintosh .cpt .sit .hqx .bin .arc .zip .tar .Z .gz/.z .uue .mime*
Stuffit Expander** D D D D
w/ DSEE 4.0** D X X D D D D D D D
w/ DSEE 4.5** D X X D D D D D D D D
ShrinkWrap*^ D D D D D D D D D D
StuffIt Lite*** D X X X {see note below}
StuffIt Deluxe*** D X X X D D X X D X D
ArcMac X
BinHex 5.0 D X
Compact Pro 1.5.1 X D/N X
MacCompress X
MacGzip D X
MPack 1.5.1 D D X
SunTar 2.1.3 X X X X
Tar 4.0b X
uucd 2.4.6 X D
YA-Base64 1.2.9 D D D
ZipIt 1.3.8 D D X
Other unix gzip .uu/ .b64/
computers .cpt .sit .hqx .bin .arc .zip .tar .Z .gz/.z .uue .mime*
binhex-pc-13 X
extrac.exe D
macutil (unix)
hexbin D D
macunpack D D D D D
mcvert (unix) X X
MPack D D X
PKZIP X
Stuffit Expander D D D D D D D
for Windows
unsitins.exe D
xferp110 (win) X X X
N = Cannot decompress .sit dlx {Type SITD} files
D = Decode only
X = Encode and decode
.sit refers to both 1.5 and dlx. Otherwise a '/' is used {1.5/dlx}.
.hqx = BinHex4; .bin = MacBinary (BinHex5)
Note: Almost every Mac communications program can decode .bin files.
* .b64/.mime (Base 64) refers to the encoding format used by the
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension. For more information consult
the MIME FAQ. .
** DropStuff with Expander Enhancer is an $30 shareware addon for Stuffit
Expander . The Stuffit
Engine which comes with DSEE is also used by other programs {marked with
a *^}. Current public versions are are 4.0 and 4.5 respectively; DSEE
version 4.5 is only available with StuffIt Deluxe 4.5 as of this writing.
*** Stuffit Deluxe 3.5/4.0 translators can be used with Stuffit Lite.
Current versions are 4.5.0 and 3.6.0 respectively as of this writing.
Other formats
.arj
PC format common to European sites. Decompressed by unArjMac, DeArj, and
Stuffit Expander for Windows.
.dd
Disk Doubler {Mac} format. Decompressed by DDExpand and DiskDoubler.
.exe
DOS/Windows executable file (program); also used to create
self-extracting archives. An .exe file used as a self-extracting
archive can usually be decompressed with Stuffit Expander w/ DSEE.
.html (.htm)
WWW document. Used by WWW browsers such as Netscape and lynx.
.image/.img/.ima/
These are all disk image extensions. They represent Mac disk image
(.image/.img), Microsoft Disk Image Utility (.img), and Winimage
(.ima) formats. Most can be decoded and/or mounted via the
StuffIt Engine 4.5 (part of StuffIt Deluxe 4.5) or ShrinkWrap 3.0
. For a history
of Shrinkwrap consult the 2.1 site .
Note that .img is also used as an graphic file extension and
needs GraphicConverter to view.
.lzh (related formats - .lha and .lzs)
old PC/Amiga format that is still quite popular in Japan, largely
replaced by .arc and .zip elsewhere; decompressed via the
Stuffit Engine 4.5 and StuffIt Deluxe 4.5, macunpack,
LHA Expander 1.0.3, French KISS 2.2.0 and MacLHA 2.2.1 (which also
allows compression).
.pit
old {~1989} Mac compression format created by PackIt programs, replaced
by .sit. In general, a program that handles .sit files can decompress
.pit files as well.
.pkg
AppleLink package format, replaced by .sit. Decompressed by all present
Mac StuffIt programs.
.rar
A DOS compression format. Decompressed by MacUnRAR.
.sea
A special version of a Mac compression format that decompresses
itself when opened. The most common .sea files are Stuffit,
Compact Pro, and Disk Doubler. On the PC Stuffit Expander for
Windows will expand Stuffit SEA files.
.shar
Unix shell archive. Decoded by Unshar.
.taz
another name for .tar.Z
.tgz
another name for .tar.z and .tar.gz (do not confuse with .tar.Z).
.txt (.abs, .doc)
ASCII text file. There is a slight differance between ASCII text files
of Mac, PCs, and UNIX systems which can cause problems when trying to
read them. Mac ASCII uses carrage returns, UNIX uses line feeds, and
PC uses both.
.z
Early {~1993} suffix for Gzip files. Due to confusion with the UNIX
'compress' suffix {.Z} it was abandoned in favor of the .gz suffix.
.zoo
old {~1989} PC/Amiga format, replaced by .arc. Decompressed by MacZoo
and MacBooz.
CAUTION: While Gzip is aimed at replacing the .Z format, they are
_different_ unix compression formats, and the suffixes are NOT inchangable.
Many sites now support on-the-fly translation of these formats; just type
in the file name minus the .Z or .gz suffix.
WARNING: .hqx, .uu, .b64, and .txt files are the ONLY files that can be
downloaded in ASCII mode; all others must be downloaded in BINARY {IMAGE}
mode for the file to decompress properly. This is especially true of
".bin" and "unstuffed" files. Otherwise you will get errors like
"unreadable file" or "file is corrupt" when you try to decompress them.
If you need further information please check out the comp.compression FAQ
or David Lemson's compression chart at
ftp://ftp.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/doc/pcnet/compression.
Finding files and programs
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If you are looking for a specific mac file or program you will want to use
one or more of the many databases or search engines available some of which
are listed in the Web section. Since I only keep track of sites I have no
idea where individual files are located, which is why I have included a list
of Web search engines one of which involves archie sites. Please note that database information is not always up-to-date so files and sites listed may
no longer exist.
Using files
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Here are some tips if you have downloaded a file and are not sure how to open
it. First, do NOT ask people what program opens the file. Odds are that no
one will know how to deal with the file.
The reason is that DOS's three letter extension allows 26^3 or 17,576
possible file formats. The Mac is even more of a nightmare with -two- four
letter tags each one allowing 250^4 or 3,906,250,000 different possible
combinations. So, on the Mac not only does one have over -3 billion-
possible formats to choose from but also 3 billion possible -programs- to
choose from. Compounding the problem is the fact that certain three letter
extensions can really be any one of several different formats and in DOS
people create their own three letter extensions.
The best thing to do is to try and see if there is any way to figure out
what -broad- type of file it is: Word Processor, picture, sound, or movie.
Word Processor
Tex-Edit Plus will read
most of these out there though some will require Adobe Acrobat
Reader (.pdf) or a commerical Word Processor such as
MS Word or WordPerfect.
Pictures
GraphicConverter (Shareware, $30-$35, /info-mac/gst/grf/,
http://www.lemkesoft.de/) is one of the most powerful shareware
graphic programs for the Mac. It is able to open 88 graphic formats,
edit them, and save in 35 of these formats including .gif, .tiff,
.png , and .jpeg. But even it cannot
view propriety formats such as used by Photoshop or Canvas or
relatively obsure formats such as .cel or .ecc.
More details on graphic formats in general can be found in the
PC Webopaedia
and the
Graphic File Formats FAQ .
Sound files
Sound App 2.4.1 (Freeware, /info-mac/gst/snd/) will play most sound
formats out there including .mod, .wav, .au, and .aiff.
Movie files
Varies depending on the movie file type. .Ani, .dl, .fli/.flc, and
.gif can be viewed by GraphicConverter. QT (.mov) by Movie Player
2.5.1. Mpeg needs Sparkle 2.4.5 (/info-mac/gst/mov/) for 680x0 or
QT MPEG extention for PPCs. Most .avi formats can be handled by
MS Internet Explorer.
Other files
Hopefully there is a document file that tells you what is needed
otherwise it is pretty much a lost cause.
These sites have many mac files, and are still getting new ones:
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ftp.amug.org 204.62.193.2 /pub/bbs-in-a-box/ 1
204.62.193.2 /pub/contrib/
204.62.193.2 /pub/mirrors/info-mac/
204.62.193.2 /pub/newton/
ftp.bups.bilkent.edu.tr 139.179.90.35 /pub/mac/ 2
ftp.funet.fi 128.214.248.6 /pub/mac/
ftp.luth.se 130.240.16.39 /pub/mac/ [IM mirror+]
ftp.ShadowMAC.org 198.174.169.113 /pub/ 3
ftp.utexas.edu 206.77.62.2 /pub/mac/ (see note) 4
info-mac.org 18.23.0.24 unknown, see note 5
mac.archive.umich.edu 141.211.120.11 /mac/ 6
micros.hensa.ac.uk 194.80.32.51 /micros/mac/ 7
VOLftp.tin.it 195.31.191.10 /pub/mac/ WR
Apple's support, seeding, and development sites:
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download.info.apple.com 17.254.0.22 /Apple.Support.Area/
ftp.apple.com 17.254.0.53 /dts/ 8
ftp.apple.com.au 203.14.177.101 /pub/ A-W
ftp.austin.apple.com 204.96.16.4 /Apple.Support.Area/ 9
ftp.cambridge.apple.com 198.112.73.3 /pub/ {Mac Common LISP} A-W
ftp.info.apple.com 204.96.16.4 /Apple.Support.Area/ A-W
ftp2.info.apple.com 204.96.17.16 /Apple.Support.Area/
ftp3.info.apple.com 204.96.17.20 /Apple.Support.Area/
ftp.info.euro.apple.com 194.151.19.38 /Apple.Support.Area/
ftp.support.apple.com 130.43.6.3 /pub/apple_sw_updates/ 10
ftptoo.support.apple.com 130.43.6.4 /pub/ {New files/programs only}
research apple.com 17.255.4.30 /pub/ (programming)
seeding.apple.com 130.43.3.3 /ess/public/ (Apple OS tools)
solutions.apple.com 17.255.34.19 /abs/ /pub/ (apple, MAE) A-W
These sites are home to a few specific file(s) or file types:
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archives.math.utk.edu 128.169.244.106 /software/mac/ (Mathematics) 11
biom3.univ-lyon1.fr 134.214.92.37 /pub/mac/ (MacMul, GraphMu)
boombox.micro.umn.edu 134.84.132.2 /pub/ (gopher, POPmail, more)
brownvm.brown.edu 128.148.19.19 / (tn3270, term, lpr)
d31rz0.stanford.edu 36.76.0.151 /WaveMetrics/ (Igor)
ftp.acns.nwu.edu 129.105.113.248 /pub/disinfectant/ (Disinf HQ) 12
ftp.adobe.com 130.248.1.8 /pub/adobe/ (Abobe)
ftp.aggroup.com 192.216.124.26 /Public/ (EtherPeek, LocalPeek) DM
ftp.aladdinsys.com 204.147.235.106 /pub/ (Aladdin) 13
ftp.AmbrosiaSW.com 206.27.96.210 /pub/ (Ambrosia)
ftp.barebones.com 204.107.232.35 /pub/ (bbedit) DM
ftp.berksys.com 192.216.216.1 /pub/misc/ (Berkeley Systems)
ftp.cayman.com 143.137.137.1 /pub/ (GatorBox stuff)
ftp.cc.utexas.edu 128.83.40.2 /microlib/mac/ (Gatekeeper HQ) 14
ftp.claris.com 192.35.50.27 /pub/USA-Macintosh/ (Claris)
ftp.corel.com 206.116.221.4 /pub/ [Corel]
ftp.dartmouth.edu 129.170.16.79 /pub/mac/ (Dartmouth XCMDs, etc)
ftp.globalvillag.com 192.187.202.60 /pub/software/ (communications)
ftp.hp.com 192.170.128.20 /pub/ (HP)
ftp.imag.fr 129.88.30.10 /pub1/macintosh/ /pub/Cabri/ 15
ftp.jna.com 38.15.15.2 /pub/jna/
ftp.maceast.com 207.17.232.11 /pub/mac/MkLinux/
ftp.mobiuscon.com 205.252.38.5 /Server/pub/ (FidoNet) DM
ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu 141.142.3.75 /Mac/ (NCSA Telnet, etc) 16
ftp.netbsd.org 206.86.8.12 /pub/NetBSD/ (BSD UNIX)
ftp.netcom.com 206.217.29.2 /pub/ca/carnation/ DM
ftp.novell.com 137.65.3.11 /pub/ (Novell)
ftp.onramp.net 199.1.11.5 /pub/mac/ (Internet)
ftp.primate.wisc.edu 144.92.43.19 /pub/mac/ (TransSkel & misc) 17
ftp.radius.com 140.82.20.1 /pub/radius/software/mac/ DM
ftp.rahul.net 192.160.13.5 /pub/lumina1/
ftp.scriptweb.com 158.140.2.2 / (scripting)
ftp.sonicsys.com 207.135.124.192 //pub/ (sonicsys)
ftp.sri.ucl.ac.be 130.104.1.5 /pub/ (network, French versions)
ftp.starnine.com 198.211.93.5 /pub/
ftp.stolaf.edu 130.71.128.9 /pub/macpsych/ (psychology)
ftp.supra.com 205.229.114.12 /pub/mac/ (supra modem)
ftp.uchicago.edu 128.135.136.33 /pub/OzTeX/
ftp.uiowa.edu 128.255.1.15 /pub/newton/
ftp.utas.edu.au 131.217.10.29 /mac/ (Mews)
ftp.uu.net 192.48.96.9 /languages/abc/ (ABC prog lang) 18
geom.umn.edu 128.101.25.35 /pub/software/ (Geometry)
ics.onenet.net 164.58.253.10 /pub/chess/Macintosh/ (chess)
linc.cis.upenn.edu 158.130.12.3 /pub/NH3.1/ (NetHack archive list)
mathsource.wolfram.com Special (alias) /pub/ (Mathematica)
munnari.oz.au 128.250.22.2 /mac/ (CAP, Multigate stuff) 19
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 130.14.25.1 /entrez/ 20
neptune.ethz.ch 129.132.10.10 /Oberon/MacII/, /XYZ/ (MacOberon)
otter.stanford.edu 36.190.0.87 /mma/ (Mathematica)
puma.bevd.blacksburg.va.us 198.82.200.98 /pub/NetBSD/ (BSD UNIX utils)
quest.cc.purdue.edu 128.210.250.54 /pub/mac/ (RevRdist)
redback.cs.uwa.edu.au 130.95.1.150 /Others/ (Western AU authors)
sunsite.unc.edu 152.2.254.81 /pub/academic/medicine/mac-medical/
uniwa.uwa.edu.au 130.95.128.1 /pub/mac/ (Internet)
www.skytouch.com 207.54.0.32 /soft/mac/ W
zippy.nimh.nih.gov 128.231.98.32 /pub/nih-image/ (NIH-Image)
These sites are shadow/mirror archives (the same stuff) of something else:
(Key: IM = info-mac, UM = umich)
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archie.au 139.130.23.2 /mac/ [IM, UM]
cis.utovrm.it 160.80.22.17 /Info-Mac/, /umich/
cnuce-arch.cnr.it 131.114.1.10 /pub/info-mac/
crystal.ualr.edu 144.167.69.46 /mac/info-mac/
f.ms.uky.edu 128.163.132.108 /pub/mac/ [collection]
fiesta.tsc.udel.edu 128.175.9.61 /pub/mac/
ftp.agt.net 198.80.55.1 /pub/info-mac/
ftp.auckland.ac.nz 130.216.1.1 /pub/mac/
ftp.ausom.net.au 203.8.161.1 /pub/mirrors/info-mac/
ftp.bitcon.no 193.69.224.22 /pub/mac/info-mac/
ftp.calvacom.fr 194.2.168.3 /pub/mac/info-mac/
ftp.cdrom.com 165.113.58.253 /.12/mac/ [UM, MacSciTech]
ftp.center.osaka-u.ac.jp 133.1.102.21 /info-mac/
ftp.chem.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp 133.1.94.117 /pub/mac/
ftp.circa.ufl.edu 128.227.8.89 /pub/software/mac/
ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de 130.149.17.12 /pub/mac/info-mac/
ftp.dataplex.net 208.2.87.2 /pub/info-mac/
ftp.edu.tw 140.111.1.10 /Macintosh/info-mac/
ftp.epix.net 199.224.64.46 /mirrors1/info-mac.org/
ftp.euro.net 194.134.0.9 /Mac/ [IM, UM]
ftp.fenk.wau.nl 137.224.129.4 /pub/mac/info-mac/ W
ftp.francenet.fr 193.149.96.1 /pub/miroirs/info-mac/
ftp.hawaii.edu 128.171.3.70 /mirrors/info-mac/
ftp.hk.super.net 202.14.67.233 /pub/mirror/info-mac/
ftp.ibp.fr 128.123.3.5 /pub/mac/info-mac/
ftp2.ibp.fr 132.227.60.2 /pub/mac/info-mac/
ftp.iij.ad.jp 192.244.176.50 /pub/info-mac/
ftp.ims.ac.jp 133.48.144.51 /pub/mac/info-mac/
ftp.ind.net 157.91.128.9 /pub/mac/info-mac/
ftp.info.au 139.130.23.2 /mac/
ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de /pub/info-mac/
137.226.112.13
ftp.inter.spin.ad.jp 165.76.72.4 /pub/Mac/Merit.mirror/
ftp.is.co.za 196.4.160.12 /info-mac/
ftp.lab.kdd.co.jp 192.26.91.3 /info-mac/ /umich/
ftp.linkline.be 194.51.224.5 /mirror/info-mac/
ftp.loria.fr 152.81.10.10 /pub/mac/umich/
ftp.midata.fi 194.112.0.162 /pub/mac/ [collection]
ftp.nus.sg 137.132.12.100 /pub/mac/ [IM]
ftp.nws.orst.edu 128.193.128.6 /pub/mirrors/ [IM, UM]
ftp.orst.edu 128.193.4.12 /pub/systems/
ftp.ou.edu 129.15.2.40 /mirrors/info-mac/
ftp.pcvan.or.jp 192.47.117.131 /pub/info-mac/
ftp.pht.com 198.60.59.99 /pub/mac/ [IM, UM]
ftp.riken.go.jp 134.160.41.2 /pub/mac/ [IM, UM]
ftp.rrzn.uni-hannover.de 130.75.2.2 /pub/mirror/info-mac/
ftp.scruz.net 165.227.192.254 /users/aladdin/public/ 13
ftp.sunet.se 130.238.253.5 /pub/mac/ [IM, UM] 21
ftp.technion.ac.il 132.68.7.8 /pub/unsupported/mac/
ftp.telelink.net 207.152.1.3 /pub/mac/ (collection)
ftp.tidbits.com 204.29.20.101 /pub/tidbits/tisk/ [IM]
ftp.ucs.ubc.ca 137.82.27.62 /pub/mac/info-mac/
ftp.uji.es 150.128.98.10 /pub/mirror/mac/info-mac/
ftp.ulaval.ca 132.203.250.26 /mac/info-mac/
ftp.uni-erlangen.de 131.188.3.71
/pub/smallcomputers/Newton/ftp.amug.org/
ftp.uni-kl.de 131.246.94.94 /pub/info-mac/ [partial]
ftp.uni-paderborn.de 131.234.22.34 /mac/ [UM]
ftp.uni-stuttgart.de 129.69.18.15 /afs/umich.edu/group/itd/archive/mac/
129.69.18.15 /pub/systems/mac/info-mac/
ftp.unina.it 192.132.34.17 /pub/mac/
ftp.unipd.it 147.162.100.180 /pub/info-mac/
ftp.univie.ac.at 131.130.1.4 /mac/info-mac/
ftp.unsw.edu.au 149.171.96.60 /pub/mac/ [collection]
ftp.uu.net 192.48.96.9 /systems/mac/info-mac/
ftp.vuw.ac.nz 130.195.2.249 /info-mac/
ftp.web.ad.jp 202.248.0.38 /info-mac/
garbo.uwasa.fi 193.166.120.5 /mac/ [funet]
gatekeeper.digital.com.au 203.0.44.12 /pub/mac/bbs-in-a-box/ [AMUG]
203.0.44.12 /pub/mac/info-mac/
203.0.44.12 /pub/mac/umich/
grind.isca.uiowa.edu 128.255.200.7 /mac/ [IM, UM] 22
hwarang.postech.ac.kr 141.223.100.101 /pub/mac/info-mac/ DM
hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu 18.23.0.15 /info-mac/
imftp.mgt.ncu.edu.tw 140.115.83.90 /pub/mac/info-mac/
king.ncb.gov.sg 160.96.7.121 /info-mac/ /umich/
leica.ccu.edu.tw 140.123.7.3 /pub2/mac/ [UM]
mac.uio.no 129.240.12.13 /info-mac/ /umich/
mirror.archive.umich.edu Special see mac.archive.umich.edu note 5
mirror.apple.com 17.254.3.100 /mirrors/ [IM, UM] W
mirrors.aol.com 152.163.200.5 /pub/ [IM, UM]
nctuccca.edu.tw 192.83.166.10 /Macintosh/ [IM, UM]
newton.sys.uea.ac.uk 139.222.1.51 /Newton_Archive/ (Newton)
oswego.oswego.edu 129.3.1.1 /pub/mac/ [collection] DM
physgi.phy.ncku.edu.tw 140.116.22.210 /pub/mac/ [collection]
proper.com 165.227.249.2 /mac/general/ [IM]
sunsite.anu.edu.au 150.203.168.6 /pub/mac/ [IM, UM]
sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch 193.5.24.1 /mirror/ 23
193.5.24.1 /software/platform/macos/ 23
sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk 193.63.255.1 /packages/info-mac/ 24
tornado.rfx.com 207.104.219.80 /pub/info-mac/
uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu 128.174.5.14 /pub/systems/mac/ [IM, UM] W
Project Gutenberg 128.174.5.14 /pub/etext/gutenberg/
wuarchive.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4 /systems/mac/ {See note} 25
www.geepie.fr.eu.org 134.214.76.174 /pub/ [Apple, collection] W
www.vector.co.jp 202.224.35.3 /mirror/amug/
These sites have just a few mac files:
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cassandra.ucr.edu 138.23.90.119 /pub/apple2/ (][+ emulator)
chook.cs.adelaide.edu.au 129.127.8.8 /pub/VHDL-Cookbook/
crab.rutgers.edu 165.230.211.2 /pub/mac/
dolphin.csudh.edu 155.135.16.1 /pub/mac/
ftp.alpcom.it 193.42.134.2 /software/mac/LMontalcini/
ftp.cilabs.org 199.182.213.62 /pub/ (OpenDoc Developer Info)
ftp.cs.vu.nl 130.37.16.3 /pub/minix/macintosh/ (MacMinix)
ftp.gsfc.nasa.gov 128.183.251.168 /pub/mac/
ftp.gte.com 132.197.120.22 /pub/chuck/ (Chassis, sample code)
ftp.gwu.edu 128.164.9.5 /pub/ada/gw-adaed/mac/
(Ada compiler)
ftp.ics.uci.edu 128.195.1.46 /mac/
ftp.lu.se 130.235.132.90 /pub/mac/
ftp.lysator.liu.se 130.236.253.20 /pub/mac/
ftp.nevada.edu 131.216.1.11 /pub/mac/
ftp.qualcomm.com 192.35.156.53 /pub/eudora/
ftp.sensei.com.au 203.18.28.70 /mac/ /aux/
ftp.venture.co.za 196.3.232.41 /pub/ WR
genbank.bio.net 204.31.212.2 /pub/mac/
giza.cis.ohio-state.edu 164.107.8.52 /pub/mac-unix/
hobbes.lbl.gov 128.3.12.38 /pub/mac/ (Radiance)
icarus.cns.syr.edu 128.230.1.49 /software/mac/ (w/ Unix_Mac)
mailer.cc.fsu.edu 128.186.6.103 /pub/Micro/mac/
radon.sys.uea.ac.uk 139.222.2.2 /Macintosh/ DM
These sites have a lot of files, but do not get much new:
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ftp.ari.net 198.69.192.1 /pub/MacSciTech/
ftp.bio.indiana.edu 129.79.225.25 / (large science archive) 26
ftp.cit.cornell.edu 132.236.218.20 /pub/mac/
ftp.embl-heidelberg.de 192.54.41.33 /pub/software/mac/
ftp.ms.uky.edu 128.163.132.108 /pub/mac/
ftp.std.com 192.74.137.7 /obi/ (text files)
jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov 128.183.44.1 /pub/aux/ (A/UX)
128.183.44.1 /pub/mac/
joker.optics.rochester.edu 128.151.240.1 /mac/sounds/
These Mac sites no longer exist or have major problems:
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arthur.cs.purdue.edu 128.10.2.1 user Anonmous unknown 12/97
chemotaxis.biology.utah.edu 128.110.195.111 site appears to be gone 12/96
ftp21.netscape.com 207.12.240.35 use web page 09/97
ftp.cc.umanitoba.ca 130.179.16.23 password required 09/97
ftp.ccs.carleton.ca 134.117.1.38 "Service not available" 09/97
ftp.chem.utah.edu 128.110.196.10 user Anonmous unknown 11/97
ftp.farallon.com 163.176.4.10 use webpage 09/97
ftp.intercon.com 149.52.11.11 Access limited 03/98
ftp.svcdudes.com 149.52.11.11 use STF Technologies webpage 03/98
ftp.ira.uka.de 129.13.10.90 Mac files gone 09/97
ftp.markspace.com 157.22.1.7 site seems to be gone 03/98
ftp.mauisoftware.com 206.126.14.232 site seems to be gone 03/98
ftp.rasterops.com 207.43.114.3 mac files gone 12/97
ftp.wimsey.com 204.191.160.2 mac files gone 04/97
ftp.wordperfect.com 206.116.221.14 "connection refused" 09/97
ftp.tek.com 134.62.48.21 "Host is not responding" 09/97
hensel.mathp6.jussieu.fr 134.157.51.2 mac files gone 03/98
ics.uci.edu 128.195.1.1 see ftp.ics.uci.edu 12/97
icarus.riacs.edu 134.12.1.1 not ready for use
irisa.irisa.fr 131.254.254.2 Mac files gone 10/97
kth.se 130.237.72.201 User anonymous unknown 03/98 sparky.nodak.edu 134.129.111.67 site being overhauled
statlab.uni-heidelberg.de 129.206.113.100 mac files gone 09/97
suniams1.statistik.tu-muenchen.de 131.159.64.1 mac files gone 12/97
walrus.wr.usgs.gov 130.118.25.14 site seems to be gone 03/98
World Wide Web section
Large Mac Web sites and archive sites
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http://www.leo.org/archiv/macintosh/ [German Archive]
http://www.ameritel.net/lusers/abrody/mac.html [Macintosh Related Sites]
http://www.cucug.org/mac/ [Macintosh Web Directory]
http://wwwhost.ots.utexas.edu/mac/main.html [U Texas/Microlib]
http://www.freepress.com/myee/ultimate_mac.html [Ultimate Mac]
http://users.aol.com/myee/umac.html [Eastern US]
http://members.aol.com/myee/umac.html [AOL]
http://www.uq.edu.au/~bcggriff/umac.html [Australia]
http://www.myth.net/umac/ [Canada, myth.net]
http://support.oncomdis.on.ca/umac/ [Canada, oncomdis.on.ca; dated]
http://www.ssrc.hku.hk/mirror/umac.html [Hong Kong]
http://oscar.math.ryukoku.ac.jp/umac/umac.htm [Japan]
http://www.xs4all.nl/~tns/umac.html [Netherlands]
http://home.sol.no/molavese/umac/ [Norway]
http://www.technobiz.com/mirror/umac.html [Singapore]
http://delphi.com.tw/umac/ [Taiwan]
http://www.futurenet.com/macweb/UMAC/umac.html [United Kingdom]
http://www.everythingmac.com/ [Everything Macintosh]
http://www.tcp.ca:80/gsb/Mac/index.html [GB's Mac Watch Page]
http://www.eskimo.com/%7Epristine/ [Pure Mac]
http://www.shadowmac.org/ [ShadowMAC] 3
Apple computer Web sites (A-W)
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http://www.apple.com/ [Apple Computer's Main Web site] 9
http://www.apple.com/main/sites.html [Apple Computer site list]
http://www.asia.apple.com/ [Asia Apple]
http://www.apple.com.au/ [Apple Computer Australia]
http://www.apple.co.nz/ [New Zealand]
http://www.apple.ca/ [Apple Canada]
http://www.euro.apple.com/ [Apple Computer Europe]
http://www.euro.apple.com/uk/ [Apple UK & Ireland]
http://www.apple.co.jp/index-e.html [Japan]
http://www.apple.ru/ [Apple Russia]
http://applenet.apple.com/ [AppleNet]
http://chrp.apple.com/ [MacOS Lisensing & CHRP/PPCP Info]
http://quicktime.apple.com/ [Quicktime Continuum]
http://speech.apple.com/ [PlainTalk]
http://www.mae.apple.com/ [MAE]
http://www.amp.apple.com/ [Apple Multimedia Program]
http://www.austin.apple.com/ [Software Updates] 10
http://www.media.apple.com/ [Publishing and New Media]
http://www.solutions.apple.com/ [Apple Solutions]
http://www.support.apple.com/ [Tech Support and Infomation] 11
http://www.info.apple.com/ [www.support.apple.com mirror] 11
http://www2.info.apple.com/ [www.support.apple.com mirror] 11
http://support.info.apple.com/tso/tso-home.html
[Apple Online Technical Support]
Info-Mac, UMich, and related Web sites
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http://www.pht.com/info-mac/mirror-list.html [Info-Mac mirrors]
http://centaur.postech.ac.kr/network/ftpserv.html [Korea FTP list]
http://www.mid.net/INFO-MAC/ [MIDnet IM Search Interface]
http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive.html [MIT HyperArchive]
http://tornado.rfx.com/ [Scott's Info-mac Archive Searcher]
http://www.nus.sg/FTP/archives.html
http://www.rarf.riken.go.jp/archives/mac/
http://www.univie.ac.at/ftp/systems/mac/info-mac/
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~sdamask/umich-mirrors/ [UMich mirrors]
http://web.nexor.co.uk/public/mac/archive/welcome.html [NEXOR Mac catalog]
http://www.amug.org/index.html [Arizona Mac Users Group]
http://cdrom.amug.org/http/files.html [Arizona MUG BBS in a Box]
http://www.vector.co.jp/ftp/mirror/amug/ [Arizona MUG mirror]
http://associate.com/bbs_mug.html [Associated Services' Mac archive] 27
http://www.jumbo.com/ [Jumbo: Mac, IBM, OS/2]
http://www.cwbol.com/macarc/ [Mac Internet Software]
http://www.macshare.com/ [Mac Support Pages]
http://www.echonyc.com/~andrewj/drive-thru.html [MacTCP Drive-Thru]
http://www.macatawa.org/~mthomas/ [Macintosh on the Internet]
http://www.macversions.com/ [MacVersions]
http://www.net-army.com/pba/utl-c/utl-c.html [Mac Software Collection]
http://tempest.tcct.nmt.edu/ [Rayzer's Macintosh Archive]
http://ftp.cised.unina.it/pub/Mac/ [University of Naples, Italy]
http://mac.unsw.edu.au/ [UNSW Mac Archive collection, au]
http://www.volftp.vol.it/ [VOLftp home page, Italy]
Mac Web sites with few specific file(s) or file types
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http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/ [Ambrosia software]
http://www.aladdin.com/ [Aladdin Systems inc.]
http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/~jwang/AV/ [Macintoash AV FAQ]
http://www.webcom.com/~carn/carnation/HT.Carn.Home.html [Carnation Software]
http://www.DDG.com/MacSpin/index.html [DDG.com MacSpin]
http://www.DDG.com/TokaMac/index.html [DDG.com TokaMac]
http://www.farallon.com/ [Farallon]
http://www.rockstar.com/ppp.shtml [FreePPP]
http://www.xmission.com/~morrison/MFS [Mac Flight Simulators]
http://www.moxienet.com/macnet/ [Mac on the Net]
http://www.spectra.net/~dsaur/orchard.html [Mac Orchard, Internet]
http://www.macware.com/frame.html [MacWare Revue; Reviews]
http://www.markspace.com/ [Mark/Space Softworks]
http://www.microsoft.com/ [MicroSoft Homepage]
http://www.jna.com/ [John Neil & Associates]
http://www.ese.ogi.edu/pub/network/newswatcher/ [Newswatcher Index]
http://www.netscape.com/ [Netscape]
http://www.povray.org/ [PoV-Ray]
http://net-army.com/powerbook/ [Powerbook Army]
http://www.msoft.it/sniffer/sniffer-ingl.html [The Software Snifff...er]
http://www.stfinc.com/ [STF Technologies, Microphone]
http://www.symantec.com/ [Symantec]
http://www.tidbits.com/ [TidBITS]
Miscellaneous Mac Web sites
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http://www.applelinks.com/ [Applelinks]
http://www.applelinks.com/xmirror/mirror.lasso [Applelinks Mirror]
http://www.cnet.com/ [C|net]
http://www.dol.net/~Ragosta/complmac.htm [Complete Macintosh Web Site]
http://www.dakota.net/~schnaidt/cult/ [Cult of Macintosh]
http://www.evangelist.macaddict.com/ [Macintosh Evangelist]
http://www.macintouch.com/ [Macintouch]
http://www.carrier.co.at/res/mac/ [Macintosh in Austria]
http://www.owplaza.com/msd/ [Macintosh Shopping Directory]
http://www.netcom.com/~cnangia/macguide.html [MacOS Buyer's guide]
http://www.macsurfer.com/ [MacSurfer's Headline News]
http://www.madmansdream.com/FairyTales/TableofContents.html [Pro Mac]
http://www.versiontracker.com/ [Version Tracker]
http://www.zdnet.com/ [Ziff-Davis Interactive]
Search engines
Recommended search engines for individual files: ArchiePlex,
C|Net shareware and downloadable file Search engines, Cusi and Filez.
Sites that also contain lists/links to search engines: ArchiePlex, Cusi
and SavvySearch. If you are unsure as to which search engines to use
check _The Guide for Searching the Internet_ at
http://www.enterprise.net/anadas/search/ for more information.
Alta Vista [http://www.altavista.digital.com/]
Archie shell information [http://www.ucc.ie/info/net/archiedoc.html]
and ArchiePlex list [http://www.nexor.com/archie/]
C|Net's downloads search engine [http://www.downloads.com/]
C|Net's shareware search engine [http://www.shareware.com/]
Cusi [http://pubweb.nexor.co.uk/public/cusi/cusi.html]
DejaNews [http://www.dejanews.com/]
Excite [http://www.excite.com/]
Filez [http://www.filez.com/]
Galaxy [http://galaxy.tradewave.com/]
InfoSeek [http://guide.infoseek.com/]
Inktomi [http://inktomi.berkeley.edu/query.html]
Lycos [http://www.lycos.com/]
Magellan [http://www.mckinley.com/]
Open Text [http://www.opentext.com/]
SavvySearch [http://guaraldi.cs.colostate.edu:2000/]
WebCrawler [http://www.webcrawler.com/]
Yahoo [http://www.yahoo.com/search.html]
Note: Archie can be also be used directly either via Anarchie or a unix
shell account [type archie at the prompt].
Notes on some of the above sites:
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W. WWW page at site. WR: replace 'ftp' with 'www' for web page.
1 ftp.amug.org (204.62.193.2) /pub/
The Arizona Macintosh Users Group (AMUG) ftp site is one of the major
Mac sites on the net. The only problem the site has is that it tends
to be very hard for non-members to log on and there are few mirror
sites.
WWW: http://www.amug.org/
2. ftp.bups.bilkent.edu.tr (139.179.90.4) /pub/mac/
Bilkent University Preparatory School Macintosh archive. It contains
more than 2000 files collected from well known archives and still
getting new ones.
All Files: /BUPS-MacArchive/AllFiles.txt
Recent Files: /BUPS-MacArchive/NewFiles/
Help: /BUPS-MacArchive/!!README
How to Upload: FTP - put to the directory /BUPS-MacArchive/Upload or
e-mail to: buyuktas@bilkent.edu.tr
Transfer Mode: BINARY.
WWW: http://www.bups.bilkent.edu.tr/Documentation/bups.html
3. ftp.ShadowMAC.org (198.174.169.113) /pub/
This is the prince of mac shadow archives; not only does it
mirror some 14 mac sites (amug_mac (bbs-in-a-box), apple,
bio.indiana_mac, info-mac, mac-develop, macfaq, macpsych,
macscitech, onramp_mac, uiowa_newton, umich_mac, utexas_mac,
and utk_mac_math), but it provides its own growing archive
library, also provides mirrors of general information sites
like CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network), RTFM
newsgroups FAQs & texts, and Fidonet related mirrors as
well. Note at present it supports only 100 FTP users in a
class between 0800 thru 1700 CST weekdays and more FTP users
outside those hours, so be gentle.
All Files: /pub/allfiles.txt or /pub/allfiles.tab
Recent Files: /pub/newfiles/newfiles.txt or /pub/newfiles/newfiles.tab
Help: /pub/info (read them all)
WWW: http://www.ShadowMAC.org/ (Homepage)
WWW: http://www.ShadowMAC.org/pub (ShadowMAC's filebase)
WWW: http://www.ShadowMAC.org/mirrors (mirrors/shadow archives)
WWW: http://www.ShadowMAC.org/reference (reference pages)
WWW: http://www.ShadowMAC.org/upload.html (uploading new files via WWW)
4. ftp.utexas.edu (128.83.185.16) /pub/mac/
Alias: mojo.ots.utexas.edu. This is an Mac freeware and shareware
archive operated by Chris Johnson on one or more systems run by the
Univeristy of Texas System Office of Telcommunication Services.
It also has SLIPtelnet in the /pub/slip/mac/ncsa directory.
WWW: http://ftp.utexas.edu/mac/main.html
http://wwwhost.ots.utexas.edu/mac/main.html
5. info-mac.org (18.23.0.24) [unknown]
Info-Mac's new home. "Software is only available from one of the
many mirrors listed below." (Info-Mac mirror Web page)
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 which is handy for those who
don't have USENET access.
Mirror sites: /info-mac/ directory or [IM].
All Files: /info-mac/help/all-files.txt
Recent Files: /info-mac/help/recent-files.txt
Mirror Sites: /info-mac/help/mirror-list.txt
Help: Look in the /info-mac/help directory, read them all.
How to Upload: email files to macgifts@info-mac.org
or macgifts@mac.archive.umich.edu.
Files >800 K - e-mail file description to
archivist@info-mac.org and send file in .hqx
format to ftp://macgifts:macgifts@info-mac.org/
WWW: http://www.pht.com/info-mac/
6. mac.archive.umich.edu (141.211.32.2) /mac/
This big site has a large number of files, many of them unique. There
are many outline fonts here {Adobe type 1, type 3, and TrueType}. About
the only gripe I have is the tremendous number of subdirectories, e.g.
/mac/system.extensions/font/truetype... but that's a small price to pay
for the work they have put into this site.
mirror.archive.umich.edu is a special pointer that will randomly connect
you to one of the mac.archive.umich.edu mirrors.
All Files: /mac/00help/index.txt
Recent Files: /mac/00help/newfiles.txt
In Queue: Look in the /mac/incoming directory.
Help: /mac/00help
How to Upload: ftp - put files in the /mac/incoming/ directory or
e-mail to macgifts@mac.archive.umich.edu
{e-mail results in crossposting to other archives}
Transfer Mode: ASCII for .hqx files, BINARY for everything else.
Gopher: gopher://gopher.archive.umich.edu/
WWW: http://www.umich.edu/~archive/
http://www.archive.umich.edu/
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~sdamask/umich-mirrors/
7. micros.hensa.ac.uk 148.88.8.84 /micros/mac/
Has an awkward way naming their directories with letters of the alphabet
and numbers, so one has to get the index files in the directories first
to see what they have. (Wojtek Rypniewski wojtek@embl-hamburg.de)
WWW: http://micros.hensa.ac.uk/micros/mac.html
8. ftp.apple.com (130.43.2.3) /dts/
This was Apple's original ftp site to supply the world with System
software up to 7.0.1, utilities, technical notes, sample source code,
press release archives, and some developer tools. Support has fallen
off in favor of sites like ftp.support.apple.com. Callers outside
America are restricted to what they can download.
Help: /help, or mail mjohnson@apple.com.
WWW: http://www.apple.com/
9. ftp.austin.apple.com (204.96.16.4) /Apple.Support.Area/Apple.SW.Updates/
This is one of Apples' "seeding" sites. Most of the software is in the
/Apple.Support.Area/Apple.SW.Updates directory. As with ftp.apple.com
callers outside America are restricted as to what they can download.
WWW: http://www.austin.apple.com/
WWW: [mirror] http://www2.info.apple.com/
10. ftp.support.apple.com (130.43.6.3) /pub/apple_sw_updates/
This is one of main Apples' support sites and has largely filled
the role of ftp.apple.com. I assume that as is the case with
ftp.apple.com callers outside America are restricted as to what
they can download.
WWW: http://www.support.apple.com/
WWW: [mirror] http://www.info.apple.com/
WWW: [mirror] http://www2.info.apple.com/
11. archives.math.utk.edu (128.169.244.106) /mac/
"The Mathematics Archives (archives.math.utk.edu) is a comprehensive
site for mathematical resources on the Internet. It is accessible
using anonymous ftp, gopher, or a web browser. In addition to a large
collection of mathematical software, an extensive collection of WWW and
gopher links to other mathematical resources on the Internet is
maintained." (fife@calvin.edu [Earl D. Fife])
Gopher: gopher://archives.math.utk.edu/software/mac/
WWW: http://archives.math.utk.edu/software/.mac.directory.html
12. ftp.acns.nwu.edu (129.105.113.248) /pub/
The headquarters of John Norstad's excellent anti-virus program,
Disinfectant {/pub/disinfectant}. Other interesting /pub directories
are: /pub/newswatcher; /pub/nupop; and /pub/ph.
TRANSFER MODE: ASCII.
13. ftp.aladdinsys.com (204.147.235.106) /pub/
Aladdin Systems' formal anonymous ftp site. In addition to Aladdin's
Mac software there are PC decoders for StuffIt files - SITEX10.EXE (win)
and unsitins.exe (dos) (See format table for mare details).
Mirrors: ftp://amug.org/pub/contrib/aladdin/
ftp://ftp.scruz.net/users/aladdin/public/
WWW: http://www.aladdinsys.com/
14. ftp.cc.utexas.edu (128.83.40.2) /microlib/mac/
Alias: microlib.cc.utexas.edu. University of Texas at Austin
Computation Center's Macintosh software archive, and headquarters of
Chris Johnson's anti-virus utility Gatekeeper. Has an editorial policy
on what programs it accepts.
All Files: /microlib/mac/file-list.txt
Recent Files: Get the file called "Update-[date]" in /microlib/mac.
How to Upload: email to macgifts@mac.archive.umich.edu
{also results in cross-posting to other archives.}
WWW: http://www.utexas.edu/cc/micro/microlib/mac/
15. ftp.imag.fr (129.88.30.10) /pub/Cabri, /pub1/macintosh/
Home of the CABRI (graph, geometry) software. Also contains
some comp.binaries.mac files in MacBinary format.
Transfer Mode: BINARY.
16. ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu (141.142.3.75) /Mac/
NCSA keeps Telnet, ContigAsm, Contour, DataScope, GelReader,
HypercardAnimator, NCSA Image, Import2HDF, Layout, and PalEdit here.
Transfer Mode: ASCII.
17. ftp.primate.wisc.edu (144.92.43.19) /pub/mac/
Contains some programs by Paul DuBois, and a few other utilities:
BlobMgr, FaceLift, Grep, TransSkel, ZoomIdle, MakeWrite, SicnEdit,
gnome, and psuedo-fpu.
Transfer Mode: ASCII.
18. ftp.uu.net (192.48.96.9) /languages/abc/
You can find a mac version of the ABC programming language here, and
a mac version of STDWIN as /amiga-sources/stdwin/mac.tar.Z. UUNet also
archives huge amounts of other material, like USENET news, GNU stuff,
bsd sources, internet specs, popular unix packages, and bug fixes.
All Files: /index/master.Z, /index/master-time.Z
Recent Files: /index/changes.week.Z, /index/changes.day.1.Z
In Queue: /index/incoming.Z
Help: /help, /index/README
How to Upload: /tmp
Transfer Mode: BINARY.
19. munnari.oz.au (128.250.22.2) /mac/
Home of Webster Multiport Gateway tools, and other mac networking
goodies, like Columbia Appletalk Package, Timelord, & Messages.
Transfer Mode: BINARY.
20. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov (130.14.25.1) /entrez/
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) developed and
supports a public domain program named Entrez (pronounced "ON-tray") for
browsing a comprehensive set of DNA and protein sequence databases and a
subset of the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE bibliographic
database. NetEntrez {freely available program available here} can be
used to access the Entrez network service provided by the NCBI.
NetEntrez has no access charges and does not use a CD-ROM drive. For
users without Internet connectivity, ordering information for Entrez
CD-ROM subscriptions is posted there, too.
(gish@host.nlm.nih.gov (Warren Gish))
BLAST {molecular biology searcher} can be found in the
blast/network/experimental/macintosh directory.
Help: Contact info@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
WWW: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
21. ftp.sunet.se (130.238.253.5) /pub/mac/
In addition to mirroring both Info-mac {/pub/mac/info-mac} and Umich
{/pub/mac/mirror-umich} this Sweden archive has large amounts of DOS,
Windows, and UNIX files.
Info: 'arkiv-underh' in the root directory {in Swedish,
I think}
TRANSFER MODE: ASCII for .hqx files, BINARY for everything else.
WWW: http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/mac/info-mac/
22. grind.isca.uiowa.edu (128.255.200.7) /mac/
The Iowa Student Computing Association filesystem. In addition to FTP
it also has telnet downloading interface (Zmodem, NetZmodem, Kermit,
Xmodem, FTP) with search, new_files, and batch downloading, login as
'iscabbs'. ISCA also has one of the largest Internet BBS's at
bbs.isca.uiowa.edu, they support over 200 users online at once.
Coming soon: PANDA, the information arcade message system.
Transfer Mode: BINARY.
23. sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch (193.5.24.1) /mirror/
/software/platform/macos/
Swiss SunSITE is located in Zurich and is the biggest Europian
shadow archie I know of; it mirrors info-mac, umich-mac, AMUG, netscape,
MachTen, oztex, peterlewis, and Apple's support site. In addition
it mirrors many non-Mac archives.
WWW: http://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/ftp/
http://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/search/ftp/
Mirror list http://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/search/mirror/
24. sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk (193.63.255.1) /packages/info-mac/
A London based Info-Mac & umich {packages/mac/umich} shadow.
.gz site with on-the-fly translation {see CAUTION note above}
Limit: 300 simultaneous users.
Help: mail ukuug-soft@doc.ic.ac.uk to contact the maintainers.
Transfer Mode: ASCII for .hqx files, BINARY for everything else.
WWW: http://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/info-mac/
25. wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4) /systems/mac/
Alias: ftp.wustl.edu. This is the de-facto king of US shadow
archives; in addition to up-to-date archives of Info-Mac,
mac.archive.umich.edu, and AMUG there is also an older Mac file
archive {/systems/mac/info-mac/Old/} as well as the shadows of
several non-Mac archives.
Limit: 225/250 simultaneous users.
Note: login to this site can become difficult when macgifts gets new
files.
Transfer Mode: ASCII for .hqx files, BINARY for everything else.
WWW: http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/mac/info-mac/
26. ftp.bio.indiana.edu (129.79.225.25) /{see below}
All sorts of scientific applications, in /biology/mac/, /chemistry/mac/,
/science/mac, and /molbio/mac/.
Help: /archive.doc
How to Upload: /incoming
Gopher: gopher://iubio.bio.indiana.edu/11
WWW: http://ftp.bio.indiana.edu/
27. Associate Systems - http://associate.com/bbs_mug.html
AMUG mirror that also has a huge collection of Christian files and
carries the CyberChurch Christian network online. As far as I can
tell http is the only type of access allowed. (
geocities.com/siliconvalley/park) (
geocities.com/siliconvalley)