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From: BruceG6069@aol.com (Bruce Grubb)
This is a update (June 1,1995) to Mike Gleason's ftp list {He gave me permission to continue it}. It lists a good number of mac anonymous ftp sites with notes on some and a little blurb on how to use anonymous ftp.
: there is a planned overhaul of the mac-ftp-list.html file. Version 4.0.0 will be split into three files: mac-ftp-list.html, ftp-list.html, and site-notes.html. This will allow faster access, less waiting for users, and easier editing. Note that because of the crosslinking the files CANNOT be renamed.
Changes: Added Info-mac world wide web sites and warning of changes in .html version;;
Added sites: ftp.netscape.com; romulus.ucs.uoknor.edu; ftp.supra.com;
Defunct sites: dipmat.unife.it; plains.nodak.edu;
Note: Mike Gleason no longer supports this list and has given me his kind permision 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.
The fixed font must be in a monospaced font such as Monaco 9pt, Courier 10pt, or PC equivalent for this page to be readable.
Copyright 1995 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
AOL: BruceG6069
{AOL can only handle <27K e-mail so keep messages short}
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 which 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. Stuffit files end in ".sit" while Compact Pro files end in ".cpt" but you will probably only want to use Stuffit as it can decompress both formats. When ftp prompts you for a username and password, send "anonymous" as the username, and your email address as the password, for Mike Gleason it would be mgleason@cse.unl.edu and for me it would be bgrubb@scf.nmsu.edu. Here's a sample 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@scf.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
Please note that there are other ways to connect to ftp sites then through a unix box. There are commercial services such as CompuServe and AOL as well as a whole host of Telnet and FTP programs for the Macintosh. A list of such programs can be found in davido@Princeton.EDU (David L. Oppenheimer)'s excellent _FAQ list for comp.sys.mac.comm_ {/info-mac/comm/info/}. Http users use URLs, which are in the form ftp://sitename{or IP address}/filepathway. For the example above the URL would be ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/mac/ or ftp://128.252.135.4/systems/mac/.
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.
If you want to read a file on a remote site, but don't want download it, 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.
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." The reverse is also true, "nslookup 130.43.2.3" would print out "ftp.apple.com." Normally nslookup on an IP address just verifies the address as valid and to do a reverse lookup you must reverse the address and use the in-addr.arpa domain with the lookup type set to "ANY."
Most files you'll get off ftp are in that pain in the butt format, binhex. Mike Gleason usually downloaded to his unix box, and then used 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 one of the Info-Mac mirrors {info-mac/cmp directory} 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 in BINARY mode {see Warning below}.
Here's a handy chart to keep track which programs unmangle which formats:
unix gzip .uu/
Macintosh .cpt .sit .hqx .bin .zip .arc .tar .Z .gz/.z .uue
Stuffit Expander* D D D D
w/ DSEE* D X X X 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
SITcomm D X X X D D X X X
ArcMac X
BinHex 4.0 X
BinHex 5.0 D X
Compact Pro 1.5.1 X D/N X
Extractor 1.2.1 D D/N D
HQXer 1.1 X
MacCompress X
MacGzip D X
ShrinkWrap 1.3.1*^ D D D D D D D D D
SunTar 2.0.4 X X X D
Tar 4.0b X
UnZip D
UU Lite X
uucd 2.3 X
UUTool X
uuUndo D
ZipIt 1.3.2b1 D D X
Other unix gzip .uu/
computers .cpt .sit .hqx .bin .zip .arc .tar .Z .gz/.z .uue
extrac.exe D
macutil (unix)
hexbin D D
macunpack D D D D
mcvert (unix) X X
PKZIP X
unsitins.exe D
N = Cannot decode .sit dlx {Type SITD} files
D = Decode only
X = Encode and decode
U = Uncertain or Unknown
.sit refers to both 1.5 and dlx. Otherwise a '/' is used {1.5/dlx}.
Note: Almost every Mac communications program can decode .bin files.
* DropStuff with Expander Enhancer is an $30 shareware addon for Stuffit
Expander. DSEE is also used by other programs {marked with a *^}
to expand files. Current versions are 3.5.2 as of this writing.
** Stuffit Deluxe translators can be used with Stuffit Lite. Current
versions are 3.5.0 as of this writing.
.arj - PC format common to European sites. Decoded by unArjMac and DeArj.
.dd - Disk Doubler {Mac} format. Decoded by DDExpand and DiskDoubler.
.html - WWW document. Used by WWW browsers such as Netscape and lynx.
.image - Mac disk image. Decoded and/or mounted by DiskCopy, MountImage,
Drop*Disk, and ShrinkWrap.
.lzh - old PC/Amiga format, replaced by .arc and .zip; decoded by MacLHA
and macunpack.
.pit - old {~1989} Mac compression format created by PackIt programs,
replaced by .sit. In general, a program that handles .sit files can
decode .pit files as well.
.pkg - AppleLink package format, replaced by .sit. Decoded by all present
StuffIt programs.
.sea - Mac format, decompresses itself and needs no external programs.
.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 - ASCII text file.
.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. Decoded 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, .txt, and .uu 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 "unpacked" files. Otherwise you will get errors like "unreadable file" or "file is corrupt" when you try to decompress them.
These sites have many mac files, and are still getting new ones:
ezinfo.ethz.ch 129.132.2.72 /mac.dir/ 1
ftp.bups.bilkent.edu.tr 139.179.90.4 /pub/mac/ 2
ftp.funet.fi 128.214.248.6 /pub/mac/ 3
ftp.luth.se 130.240.18.2 /pub/mac/
ftp.switch.ch 130.59.1.40 limited access, See Note 4
ftp.utexas.edu 128.83.185.16 /pub/mac/ 5
ftpbio.bgsu.edu 129.1.252.66 /ftp/pub/alt.sources.mac/
irisa.irisa.fr 131.254.254.2 /News/comp.binaries.mac/ 6
mac.archive.umich.edu 141.211.32.2 /mac/ 7
micros.hensa.ac.uk 148.88.8.84 /micros/mac/ 8
sumex-aim.stanford.edu 36.44.0.6 /info-mac/ {see note} 9
Apple's support, seeding, and development sites:
abs.apple.com 130.43.1.101 /abs/ /pub/ (apple, MAE)
atg.apple.com 17.255.4.30 /pub/ (programming)
ftp.apple.com 130.43.2.3 /dts/ 10
ftp.austin.apple.com 17.127.4.50 /Apple.Support.Area/ {see note} 11
ftp.cambridge.apple.com 198.112.73.3 /pub/ {Mac Common LISP}
ftp.info.apple.com 204.96.16.4 /Apple.Support.Area/
ftp.support.apple.com 130.43.6.3 See Note 12
ftptoo.support.apple.com 130.43.6.4 /pub/ {New files/programs only}
seeding.apple.com 130.43.3.3 /ess/public/ (Apple OS tools)
These sites are home to a few specific file(s) or file types:
alfred.ccs.carleton.ca 134.117.1.1 /pub/pov-ray/ (PoV-Ray)
archives.math.utk.edu 128.169.202.163 /mac/ (Mathematics) 13
arthur.cs.purdue.edu 128.10.2.1 /pub/trinkle/ (mac32.tar.Z)
atlas.chem.utah.edu 128.110.196.10 /topsoft/ (Programming?}
bert.cs.byu.edu 128.187.2.20 /NCSA_Telnet/ (BYU's version)
biom3.univ-lyon1.fr 134.214.100.42 /pub/ (MacMul, GraphMu)
boombox.micro.umn.edu 128.101.95.95 /pub/ (gopher, POPmail, more)
brownvm.brown.edu 128.148.128.40 / (tn3270, term, lpr)
cambridge.apple.com 198.112.73.3 /pub/ {Mac Common LISP}
cassandra.ucr.edu 138.23.90.119 /pub/apple2/ (][+ emulator)
cecelia.media.mit.edu 18.85.0.104 /pub/ (CSound)
chook.cs.adelaide.edu.au 129.127.8.8 /pub/VHDL-Cookbook/
cs.orst.edu 128.193.32.1 /pub/mac/ (lab-logger)
cs.rice.edu 128.42.1.30 /public/mac/ (Eudora; Telebite)
csd4.csd.uwm.edu 129.89.7.4 /pub/mac/ (StuffIt, Gatekeeper, Old)
d31rz0.stanford.edu 36.76.0.151 /Igor/ (Igor demos, utilities)
dean.med.uth.tmc.edu 129.106.23.3 /MAC/ (Medical)
devtools.symantec.com 155.64.82.86 /ftp/Macintosh/ (Symantec)
eskimo.com 204.122.16.13 /ravensys/
fiji.wri.com 140.177.10.76 /pub/ (Mathematica)
ftp-boi.external.hp.com 192.6.71.2 /pub/ (HP)
ftp.acns.nwu.edu 129.105.113.248 /pub/disinfectant/ (Disinf HQ) 14
ftp.adobe.com 130.248.1.4 /pub/adobe/ (Abobe)
ftp.aggroup.com 192.216.124.1 / (EtherPeek, LocalPeek)
ftp.amug.org 204.62.193.2 /pub/newton/ (newton)
ftp.att.com 192.20.239.133 /pub/afterdark/ (programmer's list)
ftp.berksys.com 192.216.216.1 /pub/AfterDark/mac/ (After Dark)
ftp.cayman.com 143.137.137.1 /pub/ (GatorBox stuff)
ftp.cc.purdue.edu 128.210.10.6 /pub/mac/ (RevRdist)
ftp.cc.umanitoba.ca 130.179.16.24 /Mac-Develop/Newton/
ftp.cc.utexas.edu 128.83.186.13 /microlib/mac/ (Gatekeeper HQ) 15
ftp.cilabs.org 130.43.2.17 /pub/ (OpenDoc Developer Info)
ftp.claris.com 192.35.50.16 /pub/USA-Macintosh/ (Claris)
ftp.colorado.edu 128.138.129.170 /pub/MacIGES/ (ImageWorkshop)
ftp.csua.berkeley.edu 128.32.43.51 /pub/jwang/ (compatibility/AV info)
ftp.dartmouth.edu 129.170.16.54 /pub/mac/ (Dartmouth XCMDs, etc)
ftp.edvz.uni-linz.ac.at 140.78.3.8 /pub/mac/system/
ftp.embl-heidelberg.de 192.54.41.33 /pub/software/mac/
ftp.farallon.com 163.176.4.10 /pub/farallon.products/
ftp.globalvillag.com 192.187.202.60 /pub/software/ (communications)
ftp.gsfc.nasa.gov 128.183.115.28 /mac/ (MacSecure.3.1.hqx)
ftp.gte.com 132.197.8.2 /pub/chuck/ (Chassis, sample code)
ftp.imag.fr 129.88.32.1 /archive/macintosh/ /pub/Cabri/ 16
ftp.intercon.com 149.52.1.143 /InterCon/sales/Mac/
ftp.maui.com 199.4.33.101 /pub/mauisw/ (TimeTracker)
ftp.microsoft.com 198.105.232.1 /Softlib/MSLFILES/
ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu 141.142.20.50 /Mac/ (NCSA Telnet, etc) 17
ftp.netcom.com 192.100.81.1 /pub/ca/carnation/
ftp.netcom.com 192.100.81.1 /pub/da/davida/ (S.N.A.P)
ftp.netcom.com 192.100.81.1 /pub/jo/johnneil/ (John Neil)
ftp.netcom.com 192.100.81.1 /pub/le/leonardr/Aladdin/
ftp.netcom.com 192.100.81.1 /pub/ms/mspace/
ftp.netcom.com 192.100.81.1 /pub/oe/oenabler/ (Mac accelerators)
ftp.netcom.com 192.100.81.1 /pub/se/seaquest/ (communications)
ftp.netcom.com 192.100.81.1 /pub/us/userland/
ftp.netscape.com 198.95.249.66 /netscape[version #]/mac/
ftp.novell.com 137.65.1.3 /pub2/MAC/ (Novell)
ftp.onramp.net 199.1.11.2 /pub/mac/ (communications)
ftp.povray.org 192.216.222.14 /pub/ (PoV-Ray)
ftp.primate.wisc.edu 144.92.43.19 /pub/mac/ (TransSkel & misc) 18
ftp.psi.com 136.161.128.3 /wp/ (PSIWP, an X.500 client)
ftp.qualcomm.com 192.35.156.5 / (Eudora)
ftp.radius.com 140.82.20.1 /pub/radius/software/mac/ (radius)
ftp.rahul.net 192.160.13.5 /pub/lumina/
ftp.rasterops.com 192.124.147.42 /pub/Macintosh/ (rasterops)
ftp.sonicsys.com 199.2.23.254 /pub/ (sonicsys)
ftp.sri.ucl.ac.be 130.104.1.1 /pub/ (network, French versions)
ftp.starnine.com 198.211.93.5 / (Mail*Link)
ftp.stat.ucla.edu 128.97.4.153 /pub/ (statistics tools)
ftp.std.com 192.74.137.7 /pub/bbedit/
ftp.stolaf.edu 130.71.128.9 /pub/macpsych/ (psychology)
ftp.supra.com 198.145.168.2 /pub/mac/ (supra modem)
ftp.svcdudes.com 198.6.226.3 /pub/mac/ (Microphone)
ftp.tek.com 134.62.48.21 /cpid/bbs/ (Tektronix)
ftp.tribe.com 199.35.172.41 /pub/Miscellaneous/Mac/ (networking)
ftp.utas.edu.au 131.217.10.1 /mac/ (Mews)
ftp.uu.net 192.48.96.9 /languages/abc/ (ABC prog lang) 19
ftp.wimsey.com 198.162.16.1 /pub/mac/ (Internet communications)
ftp.winternet.com 198.174.169.7 /pub/shadowmac/bbs/ (BBS)
ftp.wordperfect.com 151.155.3.17 /mac/ (WordPerfect)
ftpbio.bgsu.edu 129.1.252.66 /ftp/pub/ (alt.sources.mac archive)
gaea.kgs.ukans.edu 129.237.140.40 / (scripting)
geom.umn.edu 128.101.25.35 /pub/software/snappea/ (Snap pea)
hensel.mathp6.jussieu.fr 134.157.51.2 /dist/pari/mac/ (pari/Math)
hobbes.lbl.gov 128.3.12.38 /pub/mac/ (Radiance)
ics.onenet.net 164.58.253.10 /pub/chess/Macintosh/ (chess)
ics.uci.edu 128.195.1.1 /mac/think-c/ 20
iraun1.ira.uka.de 129.13.10.90 /pub/mac/ (SingleShare,NewsView)
jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov 128.183.44.1 /pub/aux/ (A/UX)
linc.cis.upenn.edu 130.91.6.8 /pub/NH3.1/ (NetHack archive list)
midway.uchicago.edu 128.135.12.73 /pub/OzTex/
mobiuscon.com 198.69.129.75 /pub/ (FidoNet)
mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu 128.174.201.12 /etext/ (Project Gutenberg)
munnari.oz.au 128.250.1.21 /mac/ (CAP, Multigate stuff) 21
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 130.14.25.1 /entrez/ 22
neptune.ethz.ch 129.132.101.33 /Oberon/MacII/, /XYZ/ (MacOberon)
newton.uiowa.edu 128.255.63.55 /pub/newton/ (newton)
novamail.cerl.uiuc.edu 128.174.180.9 /pub/lime/ (Lime demo, for MIDI)
oddjob.uchicago.edu 128.135.4.2 /pub/MAC/Yerk/
otter.stanford.edu 36.21.0.104 /mma/, /mac/ (Mathematica)
pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu 128.146.37.18 /mac/ (LabanWriter)
Phantom.ucc.uconn.edu 137.99.29.55 /Network/
redback.cs.uwa.edu.au 130.95.1.150 /Other/ (Western AU authors)
rever.nmsu.edu 128.123.3.18 /pub/macfaq/ 23
sol.bucknell.edu 134.82.1.8 /pub/mac/ (Excalibur, Gatekeeper}
ssyx.ucsc.edu 128.114.133.1 /pub/mac/ (HyperUnix, ClientDA)
statlab.uni-heidelberg.de 129.206.113.100 /pub/network/ (NetWork stuff)
suniams1.statistik.tu-muenchen.de 131.159.64.1 /incoming/MacMiNT (MacMiNT)
sunsite.unc.edu 198.86.40.81 /pub/academic/medicine/mac-medical/
tau.sm.luth.se 130.240.0.3 /pub/mac/nisus/ (macros, etc)
terminator.cc.umich.edu 141.211.164.8 /mac/max500/ (maX.500 white pages)
uniwa.uwa.edu.au 130.95.128.1 /pub/mac/ (Communications)
walrus.wr.usgs.gov 130.118.7.254 /pub/mac/ (Geology)
www.iquest.com 199.170.120.21 /pub/fairgate/ (CodeWarrior)
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:
archie.au 139.130.4.6 Access limited to Australia
archive.orst.edu 128.193.4.2 /pub/mirrors/archive.umich.edu/
cnuce_arch.cnr.it 131.114.1.10 /pub/info-mac/
crystal.ualr.edu 144.167.10.24 /mac/info-mac/
daemon.ncsa.uiuc.edu 141.142.22.33 /Info-Mac-Binaries/
ftp.amug.org 165.247.10.2 /pub/info-mac/
ftp.auckland.ac.nz 130.216.1.1 Access limited to NZ
ftp.cdrom.com 192.216.191.11 /pub/mac/ [partial info-mac, umich]
ftp.center.osaka-u.ac.jp 133.1.4.13 /info-mac/
ftp.circa.ufl.edu 128.227.8.90 /pub/software/ufmug/mirrors/Info-mac/
ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de 130.149.17.7 /pub/mac/info-mac/
ftp.dataplex.net 199.183.109.245 /pub/info-mac/
ftp.edu.tw 140.111.1.10 /Macintosh/info-mac/
ftp.euro.net 193.67.112.3 /Mac/info-mac/
ftp.fenk.wau.nl 137.224.129.4 /pub/mac/info-mac/ H
ftp.francenet.fr 194.2.144.1 /pub/miroirs/info-mac/
ftp.gsfc.nasa.gov 128.183.115.28 /mac.dir/ [dftsrv.gov]
ftp.hawaii.edu 128.171.44.70 /mirrors/info-mac/
ftp.ibp.fr 132.227.60.2 /pub/mac/info-mac/
ftp.iij.ad.jp 192.244.176.50 /pub/info-mac/
ftp.inter.spin.ad.jp 165.76.8.4 /pub/Mac/Merit.mirror/
ftp.jussieu.fr 134.157.0.130 /pub/mac/info-mac/
ftp.jyu.fi 130.234.1.1 /info-mac/
ftp.lab.kdd.co.jp 192.26.91.15 /pub2/info-mac/
ftp.loria.fr 152.81.10.10 /pub/mac:umich/
ftp.lth.se 130.235.20.3 /mac/ [info-mac] 24
ftp.luth.se 130.240.18.2 /pub/mac/info-mac/
ftp.nic.surfnet.nl 192.87.46.3 /ftp/mirror-archive/software/info-mac/
ftp.nus.sg 137.132.12.100 /pub/zk/mac/ [info-mac, delayed]
ftp.orst.edu 128.193.4.2 /pub/systems/info-mac/
ftp.pcvan.or.jp 202.33.23.36 /pub/info-mac/
ftp.pht.com 198.60.59.99 /pub/mac/ [info-mac, umich]
ftp.riken.go.jp 134.160.41.2 /pub/mac/ [info-mac, umich]
ftp.rrzn.uni-hannover.de 130.75.2.2 /ftp1/info-mac/
ftp.sunet.se 130.238.127.3 /pub/mac/ [info-mac, umich] 25
ftp.switch.ch 130.59.1.40 limited access, See Note 4
ftp.technion.ac.il 132.68.7.8 /pub/unsupported/mac/
ftp.tidbits.com 192.135.191.2 /pub/tidbits/tisk/ [info-mac]
ftp.u-tokyo.ac.jp 130.69.254.254 /pub/info-mac/
ftp.uji.es 150.128.1.2 /pub/mirror/mac/info-mac/
ftp.ulaval.ca 132.203.6.11 /mac/info-mac/
ftp.uni-kl.de 131.246.94.94 /pub/info-mac/ [partial]
ftp.uni-paderborn.de 131.234.10.42 /mac/ [umich]
ftp.uni-stuttgart.de 129.69.18.15 /pub/systems/mac/info-mac/
ftp.uni-stuttgart.de 129.69.18.15 /afs/umich.edu/group/itd/archive/mac/
ftp.univie.ac.at 131.130.1.4 /mac/info-mac/
ftp.ucs.ubc.ca 137.82.27.62 /pub/mac/info-mac/
ftp.uu.net 192.48.96.9 /systems/mac/info-mac/
ftp.uwtc.washington.edu 128.95.202.40 /pub/Macintosh/ [collection]
garbo.uwasa.fi 193.166.120.5 /mac/ [funet]
giza.cis.ohio-state.edu 128.146.8.52 /pub/oztex/ [midway]
grind.isca.uiowa.edu 128.255.200.3 /mac/ [info-mac, umich] 26
hwarang.postech.ac.kr 141.223.1.1 /pub/mac/info-mac/
imftp.mgt.ncu.edu.tw 140.115.83.90 /pub/mac/info-mac/
info.nic.surfnet.nl 192.87.46.3 /mirror-archive/software/info-mac/
king.ncb.gov.sg 160.96.3.121 /info-mac/ /umich/
mirror.archive.umich.edu Special see mac.archive.umich.edu note 7
mirror.apple.com 17.255.34.47 /mirrors/ [info-mac, umich] H
mirrors.aol.com 198.81.1.25 /pub/ [info-mac, umich]
mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu 128.174.201.12 /pub/info-mac/, /pub/mac/
nctuccca.edu.tw 192.83.166.10 /Macintosh [info-mac, /umich-mac]
newton.sys.uea.ac.uk 139.222.2.2 / (info-mac)
oswego.oswego.edu 129.3.1.1 /pub/mac/ [collection]
proper.com 165.227.25.1 /mac/general/ [info-mac]
radon.sys.uea.ac.uk 139.222.2.2 /Newton_Archive/ [Newton]
ricevm1.rice.edu 128.42.30.2 /{NA, email/Bitnet}
romulus.ucs.uoknor.edu 129.15.10.20 /mirrors/mac/ [collection]
solaris.ims.ac.jp 133.48.140.1 /pub/mac/info-mac/
src.doc.ic.ac.uk 146.169.17.5 /packages/info-mac/ 27
stewart.pnet.msen.com 148.59.244.112 "/A_MUG Files/" [umich] 28
wuarchive.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4 /systems/mac/ {See note} 29
These sites have just a few mac files:
bode.ee.ualberta.ca 129.128.16.96 /pub/mac/
crab.rutgers.edu 128.6.128.6 /pub/mac/
eff.org 192.77.172.3 /pub/mac/
fs-1.iastate.edu 129.186.151.151 /pub/mac/
ftp.alpcom.it 193.42.134.2 /software/mac/LMontalcini/
ftp.lu.se 130.235.132.90 /pub/mac/ {use ftp.lth.se}
ftp.nevada.edu 131.216.1.11 /pub/heathers/ (sounds)
genbank.bio.net 134.172.2.69 /pub/mac/
hpcsos.col.hp.com 15.255.240.16 /packet/mac/
icarus.cns.syr.edu 128.230.1.49 /software/mac/ (w/ Unix_Mac)
icarus.riacs.edu 134.12.1.1 /pub/
mailer.cc.fsu.edu 128.186.6.103 /pub/mac/
procyon.cis.ksu.edu 129.130.10.80 /pub/Macintosh/
teetot.acusd.edu 192.55.87.19 /pub/SuperCard/
tolsun.oulu.fi 130.231.96.16 /pub/mac/
utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp 133.11.11.11 /Mac
These sites have a lot of files, but do not get much new:
ftp.bio.indiana.edu 129.79.224.25 / (large science archive) 30 ftp.cit.cornell.edu 132.236.218.20 /pub/mac/ ftp.cso.uiuc.edu 128.174.5.61 /mac/MUG/ 31 ftp.ms.uky.edu 128.163.132.108 /pub/mac/ joker.optics.rochester.edu 128.151.240.1 /mac/sounds/ merlin.cs.purdue.edu 128.10.2.3 /pub/mac/ micros.hensa.ac.uk 148.88.8.84 /micros/mac/ pomme.src.umd.edu 128.8.111.252 /info-mac/ [<02/20/93] ra.nrl.navy.mil 128.60.0.21 /MacSciTech/ sparky.nodak.edu 134.129.111.67 /pub/mac/pub/ teletron.com 165.90.134.2 /Pub/Mac/
These Mac sites no longer exist or have major problems:
anl.anl.fr 192.54.179.1 site gone apple.com 130.43.2.2 see ftp.apple.com 11 aux.support.apple.com 130.43.6.2 files moved; ftp.support.apple.com beach.utmb.edu 129.109.1.207 Mac directory gone ccb.ucsf.edu 128.218.1.14 Mac files removed dartvax.dartmouth.edu 129.170.16.4 see ftp.dartmouth.edu dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov 128.183.10.3 see ftp.gsfc.nasa.gov dipmat.unife.it 192.167.208.253 site appears to be gone f.ms.uky.edu 128.163.128.6 anonymous logon disabled ftp.std.com 192.74.137.7 Mac directory gone ftphost.aukuni.ac.nz 130.216.3.1 see ftp.auckland.ac.nz impaqt1.mem.drexel.edu 129.25.10.1 site gone jyu.fi 128.214.7.5 site gone kth.se 130.237.72.201 being overhauled lth.se 130.235.16.3 see ftp.lth.se 25 mcsun.eu.net 192.16.202.1 Mac directory gone oak.oakland.edu 141.210.10.117 Mac files removed plains.nodak.edu 134.129.111.64 files moved to sparky.nodak.edu rascal.ics.utexas.edu 128.83.138.20 Machine problems shark.mel.dit.csiro.au 144.110.16.11 files inaccessable or gone sics.se 192.16.123.90 see ftp.lth.se 25 slug.pws.bull.com 128.35.10.203 see irisa.irisa.fr spider.navsses.navy.mil 157.187.16.101 site being phased out splicer.cba.hawaii.edu 128.171.17.7 site gone toklab.ics.osaka-u.ac.jp 133.1.12.100 see ftp.center.osaka-u.ac.jp ucsd.edu 132.239.1.1 anonymous logon disabled utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp 133.11.11.11 see ftp.u-tokyo.ac.jp watmsg.waterloo.edu 129.97.129.9 site gone wsmr-simtel20.army.mil 26.2.0.74 see wuarchie.wustl.edu 29
Info-mac
http://centaur.postech.ac.kr/network/ftpserv.html http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive.html http://ici.proper.com/mac/files/ http://nctuccca.edu.tw/cgi-bin/ftpls/ http://solaris.ims.ac.jp/mirror.html http://www.amug.org/index.html http://www.nic.surfnet.nl/ftp/mirror-archive/software/info-mac/ http://www.nus.sg/NUShome.html http://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/export/info-mac/ http://www.pht.com/ftp.html http://www.riken.go.jp/archives/info-mac/ http://www.univie.ac.at/ftp/systems/mac/info-mac/
Current archie servers (as of June 21, 1994):
archie.ac.il 132.65.16.18 Israel archie.ans.net 147.225.1.10 ANS, NY, USA archie.au 139.130.4.6 Australia (regional server) archie.cs.mcgill.ca 132.206.51.250 Canada archie.doc.ic.ac.uk 146.169.2.10 Imperial College, London, UK archie.foretune.co.jp 133.123.1.1 Japan (regional server) archie.funet.fi 128.214.6.102 FUnet, Helsinki, Finland archie.hana.nm.kr 128.134.1.1 Korea archie.hensa.ac.uk 129.12.21.25 United Kingdom archie.internic.net 198.48.45.10 NJ, USA archie.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp 130.54.23.2 Japan archie.kyoto-u.ac.jp 130.54.20.1 Japan (regional server) archie.luth.se 130.240.12.30 Sweden archie.ncu.edu.tw 192.83.166.12 Taiwan archie.nz 130.195.9.4 New Zealand archie.rediris.es 130.206.1.2 Spain archie.rutgers.edu 128.6.18.15 Piscataway, NJ, USA archie.sogang.ac.kr 163.239.1.11 Korea archie.sura.net 128.167.254.179 SURAnet, College Park, MD, USA archie.switch.ch 139.59.1.40 SWITCH, Zurich, Switzerland archie.th-darmstadt.de 130.83.128.118 Germany archie.twnic.net 192.83.166.10 Taiwan archie.uct.ac.za 137.158.128.1 South Africa archie.und.ac.za 146.230.128.40 South Africa archie.uni-linz.ac.at 140.78.3.8 Austria archie.uninett.no 128.39.2.20 Norway archie.unipi.it 131.114.21.10 Italy archie.univ-rennes1.fr 129.20.128.38 France archie.univie.ac.at 131.130.1.23 Austria archie.unl.edu 129.93.1.14 Lincoln, NE, USA archie.uqam.ca 132.208.250.10 Canada archie.wide.ad.jp 133.4.3.6 Japan Note: "If you're on the Internet, you can "telnet [site name]" and login in as "archie", at which point you'll get basic directions and pointers to other Archie machines." (TidBITS#130; Gateways 1: Internet)
Notes on some of the above sites:
H. WWW page at site.
1. ezinfo.ethz.ch (129.132.2.72) /mac/
While ezinfo is primarily a BBS for Users in Switzerland and Europe, this
host also provides anonymous FTP and DECNET access to its archives.
Preferrably use night hours as the BBS is heavily used by local users
during daytime hours. Guests can only see 50% of the menus on the BBS.
The Macintosh files are taken from comp.binaries.mac, with local
uploads now and then. Recent files are stored in ./mac/news/ for one
month before being redistributed in their respective directories.
HOW TO UPLOAD: mail .hqx files to danny@ezinfo.ethz.ch
RECENT FILES: see above.
HELP: eis_manager@ezinfo.ethz.ch
TRANSFER MODE: ASCII.
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: Use BINARY.
3. ftp.funet.fi (128.214.248.6) /pub/mac/
A very large European site that shadows Info-Mac and gets its own
original files sometimes. Non-Europeans shouldn't call often, to keep
costs down.
ALL FILES: /pub/mac/_file.lst
RECENT FILES: /pub/mac/ChangeLog
HELP: /pub/mac/HELP
HOW TO UPLOAD: Use ftp to put files into /pub/mac/incoming.
TRANSFER MODE: BINARY.
4. ftp.switch.ch (130.59.1.40) /software/mac/ /mirror/info-mac/
/mirror/umich-mac/ /mirror/Oberon/MacII/
Alias: nic.switch.ch. "Access to this FTP service is exclusively
allowed for - Swiss universities, schools & organisations with a SWITCH
service contract, - foreign education & research organisations. If you do
not belong to one of these categories, you are NOT allowed to log in as
'anonymous' or 'ftp'. With one of the special user-ids, like 'public', a
restricted access is open to everyone." (FTP login message).
5. 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.
6. irisa.irisa.fr (131.254.2.3) /News/comp.binaries.mac/
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: ASCII.
7. 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.
8. 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)
9. sumex-aim.stanford.edu (36.44.0.6) /info-mac/
Site's name is 'Info-Mac' _not_ 'sumex'. "We ask that you use our info-mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu,
macgifts@macgifts@sumex-aim.stanford.edu,
or macgifts@mac.archive.umich.edu.
ftp{>800 K} - submit to daemon.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Incoming
description to backmod@sumex-aim.stanford.edu
TRANSFER MODE: ASCII.
10. 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.
ALL FILES: /dts/help/dir-files-all
RECENT FILES: /dts/help/dir-files-recent
HELP: /help, or mail mjohnson@apple.com.
TRANSFER MODE: ASCII.
11. ftp.austin.apple.com (17.127.4.50) /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.
12. ftp.support.apple.com (130.43.6.3) "/pub/Apple SW Updates/"
AppleLink and E-World mirror. "Since this is a real mirror copy of the
archive on AppleLink you may encounter some interesting directory and file
names. To get around these intersting names simply use quotes ("") to
encapsulate the path. You may also run into another problem with non-
printable (>ascii 127) characters in filenames. Use mget Mac* to retrieve
a file that starts with Mac and also contains non-printable and thus
non-typeable characters." (brooks@ftp.support.apple.com (Kevin Brooks))
I assume that as is the case with ftp.apple.com callers outside America
are restricted as to what they can download.
13. archives.math.utk.edu (128.169.202.163) /mac/
A site for shareware and public domain software suitable for use in
mathematics education at the college and university level. Gopher access
supports WAIS searching of abstracts as well as numerous gopher links
to other sites of mathematical interest.
14. 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.
15. ftp.cc.utexas.edu (128.83.186.13) /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. You can also subscribe to their mailing list (email to
chrisj@emx.utexas.edu or chrisj@mail.utexas.edu and ask) to get informed
when new additions arrive {chrisj@mail.utexas.edu is faster.}
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.}
TRANSFER MODE: ASCII.
16. ftp.imag.fr (129.88.32.1) /pub/Cabri/, /archive/macintosh/
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. It is recommened that CABRI be
retrieved from wuarchive.wustl.edu.
TRANSFER MODE: BINARY.
17. ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu (141.142.20.50) /Mac/
NCSA keeps Telnet, ContigAsm, Contour, DataScope, GelReader,
HypercardAnimator, NCSA Image, Import2HDF, Layout, and PalEdit here.
TRANSFER MODE: ASCII.
18. 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.
19. ftp.uu.net (192.48.96.9) /languages/abc/
You can find a mac version of the ABC programming language here, and also
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.
20. ics.uci.edu (128.195.1.1) /mac/think-c/
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.
21. munnari.oz.au (128.250.1.21) /mac/
Home of Webster Multiport Gateway tools, and other mac networking goodies,
like Columbia Appletalk Package, Timelord, & Messages.
TRANSFER MODE: BINARY.
22. 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
TRANSFER MODE: ASCII.
23. rever.nmsu.edu (128.123.3.18) /pub/macfaq/
This archive contains almost all freely distributable software mentioned
in the FAQ lists for comp.sys.mac.misc, comp.sys.mac.system and
comp.sys.mac.apps. (eharold@corona.sunspot.noao.edu (Elliotte Harold))
TRANSFER MODE: BINARY.
24. ftp.lth.se (130.235.20.3) /mac/
European Info-Mac shadow. Due to people using the site as a gif trading
post the ftp upload was eliminted.
HOW TO UPLOAD: email files to Peter.Moller@dna.lth.se
TRANSFER MODE: ASCII.
25. ftp.sunet.se (130.238.127.3) /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/
26. grind.isca.uiowa.edu (128.255.200.3) /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.
27. src.doc.ic.ac.uk (146.169.16.11) /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/
28. stewart.pnet.msen.com (148.59.244.112) "/A_MUG Files/"
Umich mirror that also has a huge collection of Christian files and
carries the CyberChurch Christian network online. This is a TeleFinder
based site so you will encounter many interesting directory and file
names. To get around these interesting names simply use quotes ("") to
encapsulate the path. You may also run into another problem with non-
printable (>ascii 127) characters in filenames. Use the unix wild card
{*} to get those files.
29. wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4) /systems/mac/
This is the de-facto king of shadow archives; it mirrors three mac
sites: Info-Mac {/systems/mac/info-mac/}, mac.archive.umich.edu
{/systems/mac/umich.edu/}, and the now defunct Simtel site
{/systems/mac/macintosh/}. Also shadows several non-Mac archives.
Limit: 225/250 simultaneous users.
Note: login to this site can become difficult when sumex gets new files.
TRANSFER MODE: ASCII for .hqx files, BINARY for everything else.
WWW: http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/mac/info-mac/
30. ftp.bio.indiana.edu (129.79.224.25) /{see below}
All sorts of scientific applications, in /biology/mac/, /chemistry/mac/,
/science/mac/, and /molbio/mac/.
HELP: /archive.doc
HOW TO UPLOAD: /incoming
TRANSFER MODE: ASCII.
31. ftp.cso.uiuc.edu (128.174.5.61) /mac/MUG/
A local user group was kind enough to store copies of it's massive disk
collection here. Unfortunately the collection is old {most recent date
Sep 11, 1992} and the main index file was last updated Nov 15, 1989.
As a result the contents of entire disks are unknown until after
downloading them, which in turn can lead to wasted internet bandwidth.
ALL FILES: /mac/MUG/0Biglist.MUG
HELP: /mac/MUG/0README.MUG
TRANSFER MODE: ASCII.
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