This list was transformed into HTML by Kevin Reichhart,
using Robert C. Best III's excelent HTML editor,
Here's Version 3.9.4 (Feb 1,1995)
Changes: archie information updated; sumex references are all now info-mac or
[info-mac]; format table updated .lzh moved to special format
section;
Added sites: redback.cs.uwa.edu.au; ftp.francenet.fr; ftp.pcvan.or.jp;
hwarang.postech.ac.kr; ftp.dataplex.net; teletron.com;
ftp.circa.ufl.edu; mirrors.aol.com; ftp.orst.edu;
Defunct sites: none
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.
Archives:
.hqx file - sumex-aim.stanford.edu {Info-Mac}, mac.archive.umich.edu, and
their mirrors
.sit file - Compuserve {Internet Forum} and AOL
.txt file - Format chart section; format-chart-101.txt,
same sites as .hqx file.
E-mail - through macftp@integra.jsc.nasa.gov
FileMaker - sumex-aim.stanford.edu, mac.archive.umich.edu, their mirrors, and
AOL {Thanks Seastack@aol.com}
Must be in a monospaced font such as Monaco 9pt, Courier 10pt, or PC
equivalent 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}
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
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
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,
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 X D/N X
Extractor 1.2.1 D D/N D
HQXer 1.1 X
MacCompress X
MacGzip D X
ShrinkWrap 1.2*^ D D D D D D D D D
SunTar 2.0.3 X X X D
Tar 4.0b X
UnZip D
UU Lite X
uucd 2.1.8 X
UUTool X
uuUndo D
ZipIt 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
.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.
Special formats
.arj - PC format common to Europian sites. Decoded by unArjMac and DeArj.
.dd - Disk Doubler {Mac} format. Decoded by DDExpand and DiskDoubler.
.image - Mac disk image. Decoded and/or mounted by DiskCopy, MountImage, 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.
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:
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dipmat.unife.it 192.167.208.253 See Note ezinfo.ethz.ch 129.132.2.72 /mac.dir 2
ftp.apple.com 130.43.2.3 /dts 3
ftp.austin.apple.com 17.127.4.50 /Apple.Support.Area {see note} 4
ftpbio.bgsu.edu 129.1.252.66 /ftp/pub/alt.sources.mac
ftp.funet.fi 128.214.248.6 /pub/mac 5
ftp.luth.se 130.240.18.2 /pub/mac
ftp.support.apple.com 130.43.6.3 See Note 6
ftp.switch.ch 130.59.1.40 limited access, See Note 7
ftp.utexas.edu 128.83.185.16 /pub/mac 8
irisa.irisa.fr 131.254.254.2 /News/comp.binaries.mac 9
mac.archive.umich.edu 141.211.32.2 /mac 10
micros.hensa.ac.uk 148.88.8.84 /micros/mac 11
sumex-aim.stanford.edu 36.44.0.6 /info-mac {see note} 12
These sites are home to a few specific file(s) or file types:
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abs.apple.com 130.43.1.101 /abs /pub (apple, MAE)
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)
atg.apple.com 17.255.4.30 /pub (programming)
atlas.chem.utah.edu 128.110.196.10 /topsoft (Programming?}
aux.support.apple.com 130.43.6.2 / (A/UX stuff)
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 129.105.16.52 /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.cambridge.apple.com 198.112.73.3 /pub
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 128.32.149.19 /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 /pub/Cabri, /archive/macintosh 16
ftp.info.apple.com 204.96.16.4 /Apple.Support.Area
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.novell.com 137.65.1.3 /pub2/MAC (Novell)
ftp.onramp.net 199.1.11.2 /pub/mac (communications)
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.svcdudes.com 198.6.226.3/pub/mac (Microphone)
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 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) ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 130.14.25.1 /entrez 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 (Network)
rascal.ics.utexas.edu 128.83.138.20 /mac (Anti-Virus, c.s.m.a) redback.cs.uwa.edu.au 130.95.1.150 /Other (Western AU authors)
rever.nmsu.edu 128.123.3.18 /pub/macfaq 24
seeding.apple.com 130.43.3.3 /ess/public (Apple OS tools)
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 /x500 (maX.500 white pages)
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:
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archie.au 139.130.4.6 Access limited to Australia
archive.orst.edu 128.193.4.2 /pub/mirrors/archive.umich.edu
crystal.ualr.edu 144.167.10.24 /mac/info-mac
cnuce_arch.cnr.it 131.114.2.96 /pub/info-mac [info-mac, umich]
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 /info-mac
ftp.edu.tw 140.111.1.10 /Macintosh/info-mac
ftp.fenk.wau.nl 137.224.129.4 /pub/mac/info-mac
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.jyu.fi 130.234.1.1 /info-mac
ftp.loria.fr 152.81.10.10 /pub/mac:umich
ftp.lth.se 130.235.20.3 /mac [info-mac] 25
ftp.luth.se 130.240.18.2 /pub/mac/info-mac
ftp.nus.sg 137.132.12.100 /pub/zk/mac [info-mac, delayed]
ftp.orst.edu 128.193.4.2 /pub/info-mac
ftp.pcvan.or.jp 202.33.23.36 /pub/info-mac
ftp.pht.com 198.60.59.99 /mirrors [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/mac, pub/info-mac
ftp.sunet.se 130.238.127.3 /pub/mac [info-mac, umich] ftp.switch.ch 130.59.1.40 limited access, See Note 7
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.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
/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 /archive/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] 27
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 /sumex [info-mac]
mirror.archive.umich.edu Special see mac.archive.umich.edu note 9
mirrors.aol.com 198.81.1.25 /pub [info-mac, umich]
mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu 128.174.201.12 /pub/mac; /pub/info-mac
nctuccca.edu.tw 192.83.166.10 /Macintosh/umich-mac [umich]
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}
shark.mel.dit.csiro.au 144.110.16.11 /info-mac
src.doc.ic.ac.uk 146.169.17.5 /computing/systems/mac/info-mac 28
utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp 133.11.11.11 /Mac
wuarchive.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4 /systems/mac {See note} 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/Macintosh/SuperCard
tolsun.oulu.fi 130.231.96.16 /pub/mac
ucsd.edu 132.239.1.1 /midi/software/mac, /pub/mac
These sites have a lot of files, but do not get much new:
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f.ms.uky.edu 128.163.128.6 /pub/mac [info-mac <02/21/93]
ftp.bio.indiana.edu 129.79.224.25 / (large science archive) 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
oak.oakland.edu 141.210.10.117 /pub2/macintosh
micros.hensa.ac.uk 148.88.8.84 /micros/mac
plains.nodak.edu 134.129.111.64 /pub/mac/pub
pomme.src.umd.edu 128.8.111.252 /info-mac [<02/20/93]
ra.nrl.navy.mil 128.60.0.21 /MacSciTech
teletron.com 165.90.134.2 /Pub/Mac
These Mac sites no longer exist or have major problems:
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anl.anl.fr 192.54.179.1 site gone
apple.com 130.43.2.2 see ftp.apple.com 3
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
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
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
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
Current archie servers (as of Dec 8, 1994):
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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:
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1. dipmat.unife.it (192.167.208.253) "/* Dipmat files/Software Macintosh"
Reasonablly large site with a good selection of software. "It contains
a small, but rather up-to-date collection of essential Macintosh software,
a scientific bibliography (mainly mathematics, but also, for example,
files about Mensa and gifted children), some local stuff."
(ESG%IFEUNIV.bitnet@icineca.cineca.it). Its only problem is that spaces
are used and so directory and file names MUST be in "...", otherwise
command failed (Directory not found), or command failed (file not found)
will result.
2. 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.
3. ftp.apple.com (130.43.2.3) /dts
This is Apple's official ftp site to supply the world with System software
{up to 7.0.1}, utilities, technical notes, sample source code, press
release archives, and developer tools. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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).
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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)
12. sumex-aim.stanford.edu (36.44.0.6) /info-mac
Site's name is 'Info-Mac' _not_ 'sumex'. "We ask that you use our mirrors
INSTEAD of our server, because the load there now makes it difficult for
us to manage the archive!" (Info-Mac Archive Mirror Sites)
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.
Note: login to sumex-aim itself is next to impossible, use one of its
mirrors {/info-mac directory or [info-mac]}.
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 posts or files to info-mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu,
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.
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 (129.105.113.52 129.105.49.1) /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))
HELP: Contact info@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
TRANSFER MODE: ASCII.
23. rascal.ics.utexas.edu (128.83.138.20) /mac
The definitive anti-viral support site as well as the archive site for
MacLayers, DialScript, and comp.sys.mac.announce.
24. 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.
25. 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.
26. 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.
27. 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.
28. src.doc.ic.ac.uk (146.169.16.11) /computing/systems/mac/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.
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/machintosh}. 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.
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.