Subject: Mac-FTP-list, Version 4.4.7 From: BruceG6069@aol.com (Bruce Grubb) Here's Version 4.4.7 (Mar 1, 1999) The Mac-FTP-list lists over 200 mac anonymous ftp sites (some with notes), over 110 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; Added sites/URLs: None; Defunct sites/URLs: None; 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-list447.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-136.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 the Mac-FTP-list ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Mac-FTP-list is composed of four parts: the introduction (this section) Mac FTP sites, Mac related http sites, and finally notes on certain sites. The FTP section is set up in three columns. The first column is the site name and the third column is the pdirectory pathway; usually you can either type in the URL ftp://sitename/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 second 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. With the exceptions of 'dymatic addressing' and limited access sites the HTML version has both links for each site. Most mac files on the Internet have been encoded BinHex 4.0 (ends in the suffix ".hqx") though on occation you will encounter the MacBinary (.bin) format. To decode these files, you can just download them to your mac and use Stuffit Expander to decode and expand them, regardless 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 some of which 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 and MacOS FTP clients 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 some browsers have problems with with FTP sites that do not support passive mode or use non-standard names (with spaces or non-printable [>ascii 127] characters). For these sites use an FTP client like Anarchie or Fetch. 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: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you need to know the IP address of an any 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. The program Mac TCP Watcher includes DNS lookup as one of the options. Today's high speed modems, background decoding/decompression (like StuffIt Expander), and Web browsers have effectively rendered the old method of 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 D D w/ Engine** D X X D D D D D D D D ShrinkWrap*^ D D D D D D D D D D D StuffIt Lite*** D X/4 X X (see note below) StuffIt Deluxe*** D X X X D D X X D X D ArcMac X Compact Pro 1.5.1 X D/N X Decoder 1.3.4 D D MacCompress X MacGzip D X MPack 1.5.1 D D X SunTar 2.1.4 X X X X D Tar 4.0b X uucd 2.5.0 X 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* Aladdin Expander 2 D/4 D D D D D D Aladdin Expander 5b D D D D D D D Aladdin DropStuff X X binhex-pc-13 X extrac.exe D macutil (unix) hexbin D D macunpack D D/N D D D mcvert (unix) X X MPack D D X PKZIP X xferp110 (win) X X X D = Decode only N = Cannot decompress current Deluxe .sit [Type SITD] files 4 = Cannot handle Stuffit 5.0 format X = Encode and decode .sit refers to all versions of the Stuffit format. A '/' denotes the inability to handle certain formats as outlined in the legend above. .hqx = BinHex4; .bin = BinHex5, MacBinary I, II, and III 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. . ** Engine refers to the StuffIt Engine which is part of StuffIt Deluxe and DropStuff with Expander Enhancer [a $30 shareware addon for Stuffit Expander] Programs that can use the Stuffit Engine are marked with a *^. Current public versions of the Expander and the Engine are 5.1 as of this writing. Note - DSEE 4.5 is NOT compatable with SE 5.0. *** Stuffit Deluxe 3.5-5.0 translators can be used with Stuffit Lite. Current versions are 5.0.1 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/ (related format - .smi) 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 mounted via StuffIt Expander 4.5/5.0 or ShrinkWrap 3.0 . To eliminate the need for a mounter program there now exists a self mounting disk image format called .smi. 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 Aladdin Expander 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 Suffix used by both Unix pack and early (~1993) Gzip files. Due to confusion between these compression methods and Unix 'compress' suffix (.Z) it was abandoned in favor of the .gz suffix. Unix pack itself has been effectively replaced by both Unix compress and Gzip. .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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 about 100 graphic formats, edit them, and save in about 40 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 obcure formats such as .cel or .ecc. More details on graphic formats in general can be found in the PC Webopaedia . Sound files Sound App 2.5.0 (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. Quicktime 3.0 is able to view .mov, .mpg (PPC Macs only), .fli/.flc, and .avi (up to IV 3.2) formats. GraphicConverter is able to view .Ani, .dl, gif, and .fli/.flc formats. 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: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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+] 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 VOLftp.tin.it 195.31.191.10 /pub/mac/ WR Apple's support, seeding, and development sites: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: Since Apple has added an web support area where these files can be optained ftp site support has dropped off. Given that there maybe download restrictions for sites outside your area and the wider range of files available there it is suggested that the nearest Apple web site be used rather than these ftp sites. ftp.apple.com 17.254.0.53 /dts/ ftp.apple.com.au 203.14.177.101 /pub/ ftp02.apple.com 17.254.0.22 /Apple.Support.Area/ ftp.info.apple.com 204.96.16.4 /Apple.Support.Area/ ftp.info.euro.apple.com 194.151.19.38 /Apple.Support.Area/ These sites are home to a few specific file(s) or file types: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- archives.math.utk.edu 128.169.244.106 /software/mac/ (Mathematics) 6 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.aladdinsys.com 204.147.235.106 /pub/ (Aladdin) 7 ftp.AmbrosiaSW.com 206.27.96.210 /pub/ (Ambrosia) 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) 8 ftp.claris.com 192.35.50.27 /pub/USA-Macintosh/ (Claris) ftp.dartmouth.edu 129.170.16.79 /pub/mac/ (Dartmouth XCMDs, etc) ftp.globalvillag.com 192.187.202.60 /pub/software/ (communications) ftp.imag.fr 129.88.30.10 /pub1/macintosh/ /pub/Cabri/ 9 ftp.jna.com 38.15.15.2 /pub/jna/ ftp.maceast.com 207.17.232.11 /pub/mac/MkLinux/ ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu 141.142.3.75 /Mac/ (NCSA Telnet, etc) 10 ftp.netbsd.org 206.86.8.12 /pub/NetBSD/ (BSD UNIX) ftp.novell.com 137.65.2.108 /pub/ (Novell) ftp.onramp.net 199.1.11.5 /pub/mac/ (Internet) ftp.primate.wisc.edu 144.92.43.19 /pub/mac/ (TransSkel & misc) 11 ftp.radius.com 140.82.20.1 /pub/radius/software/mac/ ftp.rahul.net 192.160.13.5 /pub/lumina1/ 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) 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) 12 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 130.14.25.1 /entrez/ 13 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) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 /pub/mac/umich/ 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.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/ 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] 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/ 7 ftp.sunet.se 130.238.253.5 /pub/mac/ [IM, UM] 14 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 131.246.119.80 /pub/info-mac/ [partial] ftp.uni-paderborn.de 131.234.22.34 /mac/ [UM] ftp.uni-stuttgart.de 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] hwarang.postech.ac.kr 141.223.100.101 /pub/mac/info-mac/ 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/ mic8.hensa.ac.uk 148.88.2.8 /mirrors/info-mac/ 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] 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/ 15 193.5.24.1 /software/platform/macos/ 15 sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk 193.63.255.1 /packages/info-mac/ 16 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} 17 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: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.acns.nwu.edu 129.105.113.248 /pub/ 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/ These sites have a lot of files, but do not get much new: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ftp.ari.net 198.69.192.1 /pub/MacSciTech/ ftp.bio.indiana.edu 129.79.225.25 / (large science archive) 18 ftp.cit.cornell.edu 132.236.218.20 /pub/mac/ ftp.embl-heidelberg.de 192.54.41.33 /pub/software/mac/ ftp.iij.ad.jp 202.232.2.51 /pub/mac/umich/ 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: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ftp.austin.apple.com 204.96.16.4 site appears gone 04/98 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.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.support.apple.com 130.43.6.3 http://www.apple.com/support/ 04/98 ftp.uu.net 192.48.96.9 mac files gone 02/99 gatekeeper.digital.com.au 203.0.44.12 mac files gone 08/98 grind.isca.uiowa.edu 128.255.200.7 password required 08/98 hensel.mathp6.jussieu.fr 134.157.51.2 mac files gone 03/98 icarus.riacs.edu 134.12.1.1 not ready for use kth.se 130.237.72.201 User anonymous unknown 03/98 mac.archive.umich.edu 141.211.120.11 site seems to be gone 08/98 research apple.com 17.255.4.30 files gone 04/98 sparky.nodak.edu 134.129.111.67 site being overhauled 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.applelinks.com/ [Applelinks] http://www.cucug.org/mac/index.html [Cucug's Macintosh Web Directory] http://www.everythingmac.com/ [Everything Macintosh] http://www.tcp.ca:80/gsb/Mac/index.html [GB's Mac Watch Page] http://www.insanely-great.com/ [Insanely Great Mac] http://www.honeycomb.net/os/oses/mac.htm [Macs and other platform FAQs] http://www.macassistant.com/ [MacAssistant] http://www.maccentral.com/ [MacCentral Online] http://www.ameritel.net/lusers/abrody/mac.html [Macintosh Related Sites] http://macsupport.miningco.com/ [Mac support] http://www.macresource.com/ [Mac Resource] http://mac.map.com/ [Macintosh Watering Hole] http://www.cucug.org/mac/ [Macintosh Web Directory] http://www.mactimes.com/puremac/ [Pure Mac] http://shadowmac.org/ [ShadowMAC] 3 http://www.thessasource.com/ [thessaSOURCE] http://wwwhost.ots.utexas.edu/mac/main.html [U Texas/Microlib] http://www.flashpaper.com/umac/ [Ultimate Mac] http://members.aol.com/myee/umac.html [Eastern US] http://www.uq.net.au/~zzggriff/umac.html [Australia, uq.net.au] http://www.webfactory.com.au/umac/ [Australia, webfactory.com.au] http://www.myth.net/umac/ [Canada, myth.net] http://support.kawartha.com/umac/ [Canada, kawartha.com] 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.c2i.net/colavese/umac/ [Norway] http://www.technobiz.com/mirror/umac.html [Singapore] http://www.accent-sweden.com/umac/ [Sweden] http://delphi.com.tw/umac/ [Taiwan] http://www.futurenet.com/macweb/UMAC/umac.html [United Kingdom] Apple computer Web sites ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.apple.com/ [Apple Computer's Main Web site] http://www.apple.com/support/ [Apple support, US] http://www.asia.apple.com/ [Asia Pacific, India and Sinapore] http://www.apple.com.au/ [Australia] http://www.apple.be/ [Belgium] http://www.apple.com.br/ [Brazil] http://www.apple.ca/ [Canada] http://www.applechile.cl/ [Chile] http://www.euro.apple.com/ [Europe] http://www.apple.de/ [Germany] http://www.appleclub.com.hk/ [Hong Kong] http://www.apple.co.jp/index-e.html [Japan] http://www.latinamerica.apple.com/ [Latin America] http://www.apple.co.nz/ [New Zealand] http://www.apple.com.tw/ [Taiwan] http://www.uk.euro.apple.com/ [UK & Ireland] http://applenet.apple.com/ [AppleNet] http://www.apple.com/quicktime/ [Quicktime] http://speech.apple.com/ [PlainTalk] http://www.apple.com/publishing/ [Publishing and New Media] Info-Mac, UMich, and related Web sites ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.pht.com/info-mac/ [Info-Mac Webpage] http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive.html [MIT HyperArchive] http://tornado.rfx.com/ [Scott's Info-mac Archive Searcher] http://micros.hensa.ac.uk/mirrors/mirrors.html [HENSA, UK] 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.umich.edu/~archive/mac/ [Umich web site] 19 http://www-personal.umich.edu/~sdamask/umich-mirrors/ [UMich mirrors] http://www.nexor.co/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] 20 http://www.jumbo.com/ [Jumbo: Mac, IBM, OS/2] http://www.cwbol.com/macarc/ [Mac Internet Software] http://Macs.Bon.Net/Startup.html [Macs.Bon.Net] http://www.macshare.com/ [MacShare Com] http://www.echonyc.com/~andrewj/drive-thru.html [MacTCP Drive-Thru] http://www.macatawa.org/~mthomas/ [Macintosh on the Internet] http://www.net-army.com/pba/utl-c/utl-c.html [Mac Software Collection] 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.adobe.com/ [Adobe systems] http://www.aggroup.com/ [AG group Inc. EtherPeek] http://www.aladdin.com/ [Aladdin Systems inc.] http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/ [Ambrosia software] http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/~jwang/AV/ [Macintoash AV FAQ] http://www.barebones.com/ [Bare Bones Software, BBEdit] http://www.webcom.com/~carn/carnation/HT.Carn.Home.html [Carnation Software] http://www.corel.com/ [Corel, WordPerfect] http://www.DDG.com/MacSpin/index.html [DDG.com MacSpin] http://www.DDG.com/TokaMac/index.html [DDG.com TokaMac] http://www.emulation.net/ [Emulators for MacOS] http://www.rockstar.com/ppp.shtml [FreePPP] http://www.hp.com/ [Hewlet Packard] http://www.macaddict.com/ [Macaddict] http://www.xmission.com/~morrison/MFS [Mac Flight Simulators] http://www.macledge.com/ [Mac Gamer's Ledge] http://cafe.ambrosiasw.com/csmg-faq/resource-guide.html [Mac Game Resources] http://www.macgaming.com/ [MacGaming] http://www.imgmagazine.com/ [Inside Mac Games] http://www.moxienet.com/macnet/ [Mac on the Net] http://www.macorchard.com/ [Mac Orchard, Internet] http://www.macware.com/ [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.netopia.com/ [Netopia, Timbuktu] http://www.netscape.com/ [Netscape] http://wmj.ese.ogi.edu/pub/network/newswatcher/ [Newswatcher Tracker] http://www.nisus.com/ [Nisus] http://www.povray.org/ [PoV-Ray] http://net-army.com/powerbook/ [Powerbook Army] http://www.scriptweb.com/ [MacOS ScriptWeb] http://www.msoft.it/sniffer/sniffer-ingl.html [The Software Snifff...er] http://www.symantec.com/ [Symantec] http://www.tidbits.com/ [TidBITS] Miscellaneous Mac Web sites ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.macfixit.com/ [Macfixit] 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.enproindia.com/macguide/index.html [MacOS Buyer's guide] http://macreviewzone.com/ [MacReviewZone] http://www.mactimes.com/ [MacTimes Network] http://www.macplanet.net/ [MGP network] 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.esm.psu.edu/HTMLs/Faculty/Gray/software.html [Mac software] http://www.webintosh.com/index.shtml [Webintosh] 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. 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.download.com/] C|Net's shareware search engine [http://www.shareware.com/] Cusi [http://www.nexor.com/public/cusi/] 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/] SavvySearch [http://www.savvysearch.com/] WebCrawler [http://www.webcrawler.com/] Yahoo [http://www.yahoo.com/] 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: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. shadowmac.org (198.174.169.113) /pub/ This is the prince of Mac shadow archives and provides a continually growing archive file library of it's own. Mac mirrors: Apple, Bio_Indiana_Mac, Info-Mac, MacPsych, MacSciTech, OnRamp, UIowa (Newton), UMich (Mac and Newton), UTexas, and UTK_Mac_Math. Also mirrors of Unix OS's for Macs: LinuxPPC (PPC), MkLinux (PPC), MacLinux (680x0) and NetBSD (680x0 and PPC). General information mirrors: CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network), RTFM newsgroups FAQs & texts, and Fidonet related mirrors. Maintains copies of some older and no longer existing Mac mirrors for Mac related general info: Mac-Develop and MacFAQ. 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/ Recent Files: /pub/newfiles/newfiles.txt or newfiles.tab Help: /pub/info/ (read them all) WWW: http://ShadowMAC.org/ (Homepage) WWW: http://ShadowMAC.org/pub/library/ (filebase - catagorical) WWW: http://ShadowMAC.org/pub/libraries/ (filebase - yearclass) WWW: http://ShadowMAC/mirrors.html (mirrors/shadow archives) WWW: http://ShadowMAC.org/pub/newfiles/ (Recent Files download & list) WWW: http://ShadowMAC.org/upload.html (upload your new files via web) 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. 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 7. 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/ 8. 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. 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/ 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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/ 14. 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/ 15. 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/ 16. 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/ 17. 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/ 18. 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/ 19. Umich web site This is the web site of the Umich archive. The ftp site disappeared around August 1998 and neither this site nor none of the mirrors have had new files after June 1998. Gopher: gopher://gopher.archive.umich.edu/ WWW: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~sdamask/umich-mirrors/ 20. 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.