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Subject: Re: Apple FTP site opens
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Date: 22 Jul 89 21:09:00 GMT
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/* Written  8:33 am  Jul 13, 1989 by mjohnson@Apple.COM in silver:comp.sys.mac */
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Apple Developer Technical Support is proud to offer a new service 
to the Apple II and Macintosh development communities:  Anonymous 
FTP to an Apple Internet host loaded with the most up-to-date DTS 
tools and documentation available.

FTP is the user interface to the ARPANET standard File Transfer 
Protocol, and it allows you to transfer files to and from a remote 
network site.  To access and retrieve files from the Apple 
archive, you should FTP to apple.apple.com (130.43.2.2) using
account:anonymous and password:guest.  Once you logon, change 
directories to pub/dts/ (cd pub/dts/) and get the README file (get 
README) which explains the archive content and structure.  If you 
are unfamiliar with FTP or do not know if you site supports it, 
use your on-line help or check with your local site administrator.

You will always find the most current Technical Notes and Sample 
Code posted in the dts/ directory, as well as other documents or 
materials relevant to development on an Apple platform.

Look in the help/ directory for a current list of all the archived 
files (dir-yy-mm-dd) and a list of the most recent additions
(recent-yy-mm-dd).  The following is a basic outline of the 
directory structure and the contents of the archive:

README              - General info about content and structure
aii                 - Apple II information
  tn                - Apple II Technical Notes
  ftn               - Apple II File Type Notes
  sc                - Apple II Sample Code
help                - Helpful info about these directories
  dir-YY-MM-DD      - Directory of all files in the dts/ directory
  recent-YY-MM-DD   - Directory of all files added within 14 days
mac                 - Macintosh information
  docs              - Macintosh Technical Documentation
  hacks             - Useful, unsupported hacks
  mpw               - Current MPW Interface files
  q+a               - Macintosh Q & A Stack
  sc                - Macintosh Sample Code
  sys.soft          - System Software information  
  tn                - Macintosh Technical Notes
press               - Apple Press Releases

Tools and utilities sold by APDA (e.g., ResEdit, etc.) are not 
available from this archive due to licensing restrictions.  In the 
future, if we can make these sorts of tools available and still 
please our attorneys, we will.

This service is long overdue, and we thank the many volunteers on 
the networks who maintain other archives and make Apple's tools 
and documentation available to the masses.  If you normally get 
your files from these other sites, you should be able to continue 
doing so, as we are working with these people to make sure that 
their files are updated on a much more timely basis than in the 
past.

This archive site is just a small effort in Apple's attempts to 
provide our developers with the best tools and developer technical 
support in the industry, and we are very interested in your 
feedback.  Please send comments and suggestions to us at one of 
the addresses listed below.

Thanks for your suggestions and patience in making this archive 
site reality.  Special thanks to Erik Fair of Apple Engineering 
Computer Operations; Lance Nakata, Bill Lipa, and Jon Pugh of 
Info-Mac and SUMEX; and Werner Uhrig of the University of Texas.

Mark B. Johnson                                            AppleLink: mjohnson
Developer Technical Support                         domain: mjohnson@Apple.com
Apple Computer, Inc.         UUCP:  {amdahl,decwrl,sun,unisoft}!apple!mjohnson

"You gave your life to become the person you are right now.  Was it worth it?"
                                                         - Richard Bach, _One_
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