HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: searsk@med.ge.com (Kevin D. Sears)
Subject: Re: TCP/IP thru ARA Possible?
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm
Organization: GE Medical Systems
Distribution: usa,world
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 92 13:27:41 GMT

In article <1992Oct2.165635.1786@ucbeh.san.uc.edu>, Michael.Breen@UC.EDU
wrote:
> 
> Is what I want possible? I thought I read, when ARA first came out, that you
> could Telnet or FTP through ARA if the machine that was being dialed into was
> properly TCP config'd.
> 
> ARA is great to use as it is... but reading the NetNews from home would be even
> better :)
> 
Yes chief, you can have your cake and eat it too! I'm reading NetNews from
home as we speak(or type). Here is my configuration/setup. I am assuming
that the ARA part is working for you correctly(ie you can connect to your
network and see zones, printers and other network resources).

Local Config(ie work)
----------------------
Mac IIci (System 7.0.1 w/TuneUp 1.1.1)
AppleTalk Remote Access v1.0
MacTCP v1.1
Cabletron Ethernet NIC
USR Courier v.32bis
GatorBox CS (GatorShare v2.0)

Remote Config(ie home)
----------------------
Mac SE/30 (System 7.0 w/TuneUp 1.1.1)
AppleTalk Remote Access v1.0
MacTCP v1.1
USR Courier v.32bis

Setup MacTCP in the Control Panel as follows:
--------------------------------------------
Obtain Address: Server
IP Address: select correct network class and subnet address(if used)
Routing Info: Gateway Address: leave at 0.0.0.0
DNS Info: we don't use; therefore, its blank

Setup Network in the Control Panel as follows:
---------------------------------------------
Select "Remote Only"

Now reboot the Mac for the changes to take affect. Launch ARA and establish
your   AppleTalk network connection. You can check to see if you have a
TCP/IP connection by going back to MacTCP and see if you have an IP address
assigned.

If you have further questions, please email me. I owe my success to John
Norstad(Disinfectant/NewsWatcher person), members of the NewsWatcher dev
group and Glen Glator(Cayman Tech Support).

Kevin D. Sears
System and Network Admin(a.k.a "Sr. Maintenance Droid")
GE Medical Systems
searsk@med.ge.com
Disclaimer: I know nothing, I see nothing!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: michel@cst02.segin.com (Michel Pollet)
Subject: Re: FTP access through mail? (A perl script for ftpmail)
Reply-To: michel%cst02.segin.com@relay.prime.com (Michel Pollet)
Organization: Segin, Groupe Axime
Date:  3 Oct 92 11:00:49 GMT

unsplit.pl :

Here is a perl script that I use to rebuild complete archives from ftpmail
chunks, I receive all the chunks on my unix box, save all under names like
mail.[number of the message], then I do
# unsplit mail.*
Even if you have receive multiple files from ftpmmail, it will rebuild
them all, be sure to NOT save two parts of a file in the save mail.x file
There may be some bugs in this script, and I may not works for long, the
'Subject:' line format have and will change I think.
Another note : There may be blank lines in the binhex files that you
rebuild, so take a look at the result.. 'mcvert' don't mind decoding these
files, but compactor Pro does !

All The disclaimers apply, I use this for MYSELF and I'm pretty happy with
it, so if you don't like it, trash it !

(And if you don't like ftpmail either, great!it's awfully loaded these time:-))

michel
------unsplit.pl-----
#!/usr/local/bin/perl

# This script takes some mail files as argument, analyse the
# Subject line to extract the differents parts of a file sended by
# ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com
#
# by Michel Pollet (michel@segin.com)
# Can be distributed freely

if ($#ARGV < 1) {
    printf "usage: mail_unsplit <mail1..n>\n";
    exit;
}
     
foreach $file (@ARGV) {
    open(file, "<$file");
    while (<file>) {
	chop;
	close(file) if (/^$/);
	next unless (/^Subject:/);
	s/^.*: //;
# These lines where used with other Subject line formats
#	($name, $mac, $part, $num) = split;
#	($key, $name, $part, $num) = split if ($name =~ /dir/);
#	($bb, $part, $num, $cc, $name) = split;
	($part, $num, $cc, $name) = split;
	printf("file %s part %s\n", $name, $num);
	next if ($part ne "part");
	$name =~ s/.*\///g;
	$no = 0;
	foreach $here (@dest) {
	    if ($here eq $name) { $no++; };
	}
	push(@dest, $name) if (!$no);
	push(@names, $name);
	push(@nums, $num);
	push(@files, $file);
#	    printf "File: $file $name $num\n";
    }
}
foreach $tt (@dest) {
    $wanted = 1;
    while ($wanted) {
	for ($i = 0, $found = 0; $i <= $#names && !$found; $i++) {
	    $found = $i + 1 if ($names[$i] eq $tt && $nums[$i] == $wanted);
	}
	if ($found) {
	    printf "processing $tt part $wanted\n";
	    unlink($tt) if ($wanted == 1);
# Yeah I use awk to rebuild the file itself, much simpler ...
	    $script = "{if(head){print;}}/^\$/{head++;};";
	    system("cat $files[$found-1]|awk '$script'>>$tt");
	    $wanted++;
	} else {
	    $wanted = 0;
	}
    }
}

-- 
- Michel Pollet: michel@segin.com (Office),michel@trantor.fr.mugnet.org (Home)-
-- All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.            --
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: Rick E Romkey <rer@sun1x.res.utc.com>
Subject: Mac SLIP
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A6EF1A2273011E65@dcemac.res.utc.com>
X-Xxdate: Wed, 30 Sep 92 08:47:30 GMT
Organization: United Technologies Research Center
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d9
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 12:34:57 GMT


Could somebody out there help me in deciding which SLIP software
I should get for my Macs.  What products are available?  Are there
Freeware/Shareware programs?  Have you had problems with
certain products, or recommendations of others?

Please reply by Email, and I'll post a summary.

Thanks!

Rick E Romkey
United Technologies Research Center
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis)
Subject: Re: MIME & Newsreaders?
Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation Tech Central
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 01:15:20 GMT

Bob> == Bob Snyder <rsnyder@atl.ge.com> 

 Bob> MIME may not be a bad idea, but I don't think it's time has come
 Bob> for news.  If I'm not completely mistaken about MIME, it's
 Bob> primarily for multimedia mail, such as sound or graphics.  Usenet
 Bob> news has a de facto limit of about 64K before it really starts to
 Bob> hurt many sites (see the news.* groups for the argument about
 Bob> this), and it wouldn't take long for a MIME document to get this
 Bob> big.....

It's also for pointers to ftp, multiple character set support (not as
cool as WorldScript, but not bad) and *built in fragmentation/reassembly*.

So if, say, comp.binaries.mac was posting MIME-ishly, a MIMEified
newsreader could auto-assemble and auto-unbinhex the files.  If I wanted
to include a-ring or n~ or the like in this posting, I could do it with
MIME by specifying ISO8859-1 character-set processing.  And so on.
--
Christopher K. Davis      |       NET.INSIGHTS INTO ARTISTIC CRITICISM:
<ckd@eff.org>   EFF #14   | ``[Y]ou don't cure bad art by locking it all up
System Administrator, EFF | in one museum, you cure it by throwing tomatoes
+1 617 864 0665  [CKD1]   | at bad artists.'' --Barry Shein <bzs@world.std.com>
From: Conrad_Nobili@Harvard.EDU (Conrad C. Nobili)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: MacIntercomm?
Date: 5 Oct 92 22:26:34 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm
Organization: Harvard University Office for Information Technology

In article <6129.2ad01891@hayes.com>, bcoleman@hayes.com (Bill Coleman)
wrote:

> While MacIntercomm does have this pre-emptive feature, Smartcom II for the
> Mac was amoung the first programs to properly perform file transfers in
> the background. It doesn't crash if you try to "do anything" during these
> transfers. And it is extremely difficult to get it to abort.

But one *can* get Hayes Smartcomm II for the Mac to abort a file transfer
simply by holding the mouse button down with the cursor in a menu for
several seconds, right, Bill?  You said as much, just not as clearly, in
your post.

> It is fine to be excited about the new features of a new program, but let's
> not exaggerate.

Spare us.  Hayes is now on the receiving end of a truthful "exaggeration"
and now it's complaining.  I hope the publishers of MacIntercomm
specifically target your product, perhaps even including a communications
software "diagnostic kit" as one of many that can be induced to fail by
performing *perfectly reasonable* actions like holding down the mouse
button while downloading....

Conrad C. Nobili  N1LPM  Conrad_Nobili@Harvard.EDU  Harvard University OIT
From: matthew@wavefront.wti.com (Matthew Coohill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: HELP PLEASE!!!
Date: 5 Oct 92 23:16:02 GMT
Article-I.D.: wavefron.600
Organization: Wavefront Technologies Inc, Santa Barbara, CA
X-Disclaimer: Not a spokesperson for Wavefront Technologies, Inc.


	Howdy!

	I am having problems in several areas and decided to let experts
  have a shot at handling them.

	For one, I work for a company with alot of of workstations.  We would
  like to take one of the RGBs from a workstation and hook it into a Mac for
  24-bit color.  Does anyone know of any cards for the Mac (IIfx and/or IIci)
  that will give you 24-bit on an RGB monitor (i.e., SGI, SUN, TEK, HP, etc)?

	Secondly, I have CD-ROM drives for Sun and SGI... can I use them on
  my Mac (IIsi)?  How do I hook them up?  I have an external APS drive that
  has SCSI out and I think I can chain it, but do the new SGI drives have
  a format different than the Mac?  Huh?

	Lastly/Thirdly, I am trying (desperately) to get Eudora to work on our
  Mac(s).  I am experimenting with a Classic (6.0.7), a Cayman Gatorbox CS, and
  a SUN Sparc (as the server).  We have POP-3 running on the Sun, we are using
  MacTCP on the Mac, but I can't seem to get the thin to work.  I start up as
  myself, type my password, it says "finding out local network information",
  finding wavefront.wti.com (Sparc Server) and then it says...

	"Server not responding.  The connections came up halfway and then
		failed"  {185082}

	If you know the answer to any of these questions, please reply VIA
  E-MAIL!!!  I am not subscribed to this discussion group.

	Mail me at...

		matthew@penguin.wti.com

	Thanks in advance!

  Matt Coohill
From: D.Stevens@uk.ac.uea (Dave Stevens)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: NCSA Telnet on Mac+
Date: 2 Oct 92 13:39:08 GMT
Organization: School of Maths, University of East Anglia
X-Xxdate: Fri, 2 Oct 92 14:39:39 GMT
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d7

Is anybody out there able to run NCSA Telnet on a Mac+, system 7
with MACTCP. We have a number of Macs, but the +'s will only
produce a window for the remote host and nothing else. We have
tried NCSA telnet up to 2.4.19.
                               Thanks,      Dave Stevens
From: rterry@hpcupt1.cup.hp.com (Ray Terry)
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 15:21:48 GMT
Subject: Re: Mac BBS software.... what options are there ?
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm

>Glad to see you out here, Ray.  After ending MacScience, I wondered if you had 
>left networks completely.  I still think you ran the best Science-oriented BBS 
>in the country. 

Hi Glen!

I'm still around, here and there...

Thanks for the kind words.

Ray
From: rthomas@terapin.com (Richard Thomas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Some *Have* to have Red Ryder (was where is...)
Date: 2 Oct 92 23:35:23 PST
Organization: BBS

In article <1992Sep29.211755.4701@amgen.com>, mikeb@sam.amgen.com (Michael
Brennan) writes:
>In article <1686CB1D3.DOBENSON@ua1vm.ua.edu> Joe Demon,
>DOBENSON@ua1vm.ua.edu writes:
>>  Some of us have to use Red Ryder -- I have a Mac 512 that will only
>>run System 4.1, and I am not interested in upgrading the computer.
>
>May I suggest taking a look at Zterm as an alternative to Red Ryder?
>According to Zterm's documentation, "It requires 512k, the 128k ROM or
>later and System 4.1 or later", so it should be compatible with your
>system.
>
>Zterm is a modern, actively supported program that, in my view, is vastly
>superior to Red Ryder.  In fact, I'm beginning to prefer it to Microphone
>or White Knight, and the shareware fee is only $30.  White Knight and
>Microphone, on the other hand, are both overpriced.  I've just started
>trying out Zterm within the last couple of weeks, and am thinking of
>switching to it from White Knight.
>
>Zterm is available on numerous ftp sites, including
>sumex-aim.stanford.edu.


Z-term is by far the Best Terminal Program I've ever seen written for the Mac.
You get the Z-modem protocol (I've found it to be 30-50% faster than X-modem),
Ansi,  VT100,  and many other features.  I'm about to send in the registration
fee,  it's well worth $30.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: Michael Brennan <mikeb@sam.amgen.com>
Subject: Re: Some *Have* to have Red Ryder (was where is...)
Organization: Amgen
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 21:17:55 GMT

In article <1686CB1D3.DOBENSON@ua1vm.ua.edu> Joe Demon,
DOBENSON@ua1vm.ua.edu writes:
>  Some of us have to use Red Ryder -- I have a Mac 512 that will only
>run System 4.1, and I am not interested in upgrading the computer.

May I suggest taking a look at Zterm as an alternative to Red Ryder?
According to Zterm's documentation, "It requires 512k, the 128k ROM or
later and System 4.1 or later", so it should be compatible with your
system.

Zterm is a modern, actively supported program that, in my view, is vastly
superior to Red Ryder.  In fact, I'm beginning to prefer it to Microphone
or White Knight, and the shareware fee is only $30.  White Knight and
Microphone, on the other hand, are both overpriced.  I've just started
trying out Zterm within the last couple of weeks, and am thinking of
switching to it from White Knight.

Zterm is available on numerous ftp sites, including
sumex-aim.stanford.edu.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: sdorner@qualcomm.com (Steven Dorner)
Subject: Re: Eudora/popper are balking
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1992 22:54:04 GMT

Dirk Herr-Hoyman wrote:
> I believe everyone is running Eudora 1.2.1, MacTCP 1.01/1.02, and popper is 
> 1.7.

I don't know what your problem is with popper; might simply be a slow DNS
for inverse lookups on the UNIX side (but that's only a guess).

However, each and every one of the three pieces of software you're using is
out of date. You should be using Eudora 1.2.2, MacTCP 1.1 (or 1.1.1), and
popper 1.831.

Eudora 1.2.1 has problems sending some messages over MacTCP.  MacTCP 1.0
has trouble with System 7, and other problems.  Popper 1.7, if compiled
with the DEBUG flag on, can ***lose mail*** if a connection goes down
unexpectedly.

My guess is that none of this is causing your current problem, but they
certainly could make other Bad Things happen.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: cld@wucs1.wustl.edu (Christopher L. Davis)
Subject: Users and Groups Maintenance Problem
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 15:19:17 GMT

Hello.  I have a question and scanned the comm group faq for an answer and 
	couldn't find one.  I am setting up a network consisting of a number
	of different computers, and one area is a macintosh cluster.  I was
	trying to figure out a way to keep a master group of users on a floppy
	disc, so I could just put the users on the machines without haveing to
	create each user and assign their password.  Doing this however, is
	much more difficult than you would think.  It won't let me drag the
	user icons to the floppy, and when I drag the whole Users and Groups
	control panel it works, But when I get to the target machine and I
	open the floppy's version of users and groups, the current users and
	groups are displayed.  Has anyone gotten around this??  I admit I am
	by no means a literate mac user, but it seemed that this should be 
	simple enough to do.  Oh, this is using System 7.0.1 File sharing 
	over Ethernet.  If I need to provide any other info, let me know by
	mail.  Thanks in advance.

Chris Davis   cld@wucs1.wustl.edu  (preferred)
	      chris@csc1.prin.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: need help with modem rank and file
Subject: What are the order of modem speeds?
Organization: The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 03:54:13 GMT

    I think somebody is trying to ask this question now, and I know that I am--
what are the speed order of various modems.  I know they go something like
this:
     300bps
     1200bps
     2400bps
     2400bps w/9600 fax
 
Could somebody fill out the rest of this list for me?  Thanks in advance.
 
rjones1@ua1vm.ua.edu
From: exby@pogo.Colorado.EDU (|J| Exby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: High speed modems... which to buy?
Date: 1 Oct 92 05:01:11 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder

ar4@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Piper Keairnes) writes:


>PEP-This is a telebit propritary 19200 protocal...it's only disadvantages are
>it is expensive since you can only get it on Telebit modems and it does not
>handle line noise well.

I *strongly* disagree with this.  I have used Telebit T2500s
over very adverse calling situations to Mexico, the Carribean
London and S. Africa and the T2500 PEP connections have "always"
been more robust that V32 connections.  no contest.
It help up well during interactive and file transsfer sessions
and in short, I wouldnt want to tinker with anything other modem
over such conditions.  T2500s are a gem.

>Super PEP-This is what the world blazers use and I think it is 28800.  again it
>does not handle line noise well.

I doubt super-PEP is any different - see above.

>is the standard today...it will connect at very good speeds to a telebit and
>any other modem.  They are also cheep...you can get them for under $300 
>compaired to over $1000 for a telebit for $500 for a US Robotics.  The other
>thing that you will probably get for "free" with your modem is send recieve fax
>wich is nice.  You MUST buy a hardware handshaking cable...you can get the modem to work without it but it will increse throughput by up to 50% for $8.

I agree with these recommendations also, but havent thoroughly 
tested consistent V42 connections over very noizy lines.

>Piper Keairnes - Computer Science   ** PUCC Consultant for money. **
>INTERNET: ar4@sage.cc.purdue.edu    **   Mac programmer for fun.  **

::j
From: hmayor@mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu (Heather Mayor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: 9600 bps modem
Date: 29 Sep 1992 20:32:53 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx

I am interested in buying a 9600 bps external modem for my
desktop mac to network with a powerbook that has an internal
Global Village Silver data/fax modem.  I do not want to buy
another fax modem and I know that compatibility is
important!  Any ideas.


*--------------------------------------------------------------*
H* Heather D. Mayor           *D*  hmayor@mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu    *M             
H* Department of Microbiology *D*           OR                *M
H* Baylor College of Medicine *D*    hmayor@bcm.tmc.edu       *M
H* 1 Baylor Plaza             *D* VOICE 713-798-4929          *M
H* Houston, TX 77030  U.S.A.  *D*   FAX 713-798-7375          *M
*--------------------------------------------------------------*

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: daver@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Ruby)
Subject: Old HP Deskwriter won't work
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 18:33:38 GMT


I've been loaned an old HP Deskwriter that I'd like to try to
hook up to my SE at home.   It has the standard PC parallel
(centronix) port and an RS232 port.  Obviously, I'll need a
special cable, but what kind?  I tried using my modem cable, which
has the right ends for this, but it didn't budge when I tried printing.

Also, what drivers do I want?  This is an older HP, I believe, than
the hp-deskwriter-c.  I've tried an odd assortment of drivers from
sumex and nothing has ever even flashed as I've tried printing.
I suspect I need a magic cable or something, but I don't know.
Any help would be great.  Even if it's a pointer to who at HP I 
should try talking to.

David Ruby                                 daver@uiuc.edu   
Lincoln Hall Network Administrator         University of Illinois
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 takes-a-lickin-and-keeps-on-tickin-man." MST3000- The Indestructable Man
From: hmayor@mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu (Heather Mayor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: America on Line
Date: 6 Oct 1992 15:34:59 GMT
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu

I believe it's possible to access America on Line and other
similar services through the Internet.  I must have missed the
announcement.  I would like to know the details.  Thanks!
*--------------------------------------------------------------*
H* Heather D. Mayor           *D*  hmayor@mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu    *M             
H* Department of Microbiology *D*           OR                *M
H* Baylor College of Medicine *D*    hmayor@bcm.tmc.edu       *M
H* 1 Baylor Plaza             *D* VOICE 713-798-4929          *M
H* Houston, TX 77030  U.S.A.  *D*   FAX 713-798-7375          *M
*--------------------------------------------------------------*
From: munroe@dmc.com (Dick Munroe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: V.32/V.42 bis + FAX internal modem for PB170?
Date: 27 Sep 92 16:54:38 EDT
Organization: Doyle, Munroe Consultants, Inc., Hudson, MA

I'm looking for pointers to PowerBook (170) internal modems, 
V.32/V.42 bis plus FAX, preferably compatible with Apple's FAX software. 
Are there any good ones out there?
-- 
Dick Munroe				Internet: munroe@dmc.com
Doyle Munroe Consultants, Inc.		UUCP: ...uunet!thehulk!munroe
267 Cox St.				Office: (508) 568-1618
Hudson, Ma.				FAX: (508) 562-1133

GET CONNECTED!!! Send mail to info@dmc.com to find out about DMConnection.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
From: lamont@dcl-nxt15 (Brad Lamont)
Subject: Holding menu down during transfer (was MacIntercomm?)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 01:29:21 GMT

Conrad_Nobili@Harvard.EDU (Conrad C. Nobili) writes:

>But one *can* get Hayes Smartcomm II for the Mac to abort a file transfer
>simply by holding the mouse button down with the cursor in a menu for
>several seconds, right, Bill?  You said as much, just not as clearly, in
>your post.

Just as an irrelevent followup to this, in order to prevent this problem
during transfers, I use MenuHook Patch to allow background processing
while selecting menus.  I've had it for months and have no problems with it.

I got it from sumex.  Maybe, it'll help someone out there.  It has really 
helped me alot :-)

Brad
--
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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lamont@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu
From: wilkins@soliton.physics.arizona.edu (Mark Wilkins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: SupraFaxModem Caller ID upgrade...
Date: 27 Sep 92 05:46:49 GMT
Organization: University of Arizona, Tucson AZ



   Does anyone know of any software which will support the SupraFaxModem 
caller ID feature?  I know that I can just run a terminal program and watch
the messages go by, but has anyone else announced intentions to support it
in a more useful way?


-- Mark Wilkins
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm