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From: mjohnson@Apple.COM (Mark B. Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac netnews stack -- free or thru APDA?
Message-ID: <39499@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 15 Mar 90 17:47:23 GMT
References: <615@cica.cica.indiana.edu> <39485@apple.Apple.COM>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <39485@apple.Apple.COM> blob@Apple.COM (Brian Bechtel) writes:
>In article <615@cica.cica.indiana.edu> GilbertD@IUBio.Bio.Indiana.Edu (Don Gilbert) writes:
>>The Netnews Reader hypercard stack written by Harry Chesley is of interest 
>>to many netnews readers.  It is bundled with a HyperTCP developer's kit 
>>from APDA, which sells for about $30 and requires MacTCP to operate.  I 
>>cannot find anything in the docs with it that comment on the copyright or 
>>distribution status of this stack.   Is the news reader stack available 
>>for free distribution or do users need to purchase the developer's kit 
>>thru APDA (many of whom have no interest in C source code for TCP or in 
>>joining APDA) ?
>
>I walked down the hall and asked Harry.  He says that the stack is
>free, redistribute it as you will.  Note that MacTCP is *NOT* free;
>there is either an individual charge or site license fee which must be
>paid.  You also need to set up an NNTP server with which the netnews
>reader stack can communicate.
>
If you already have MacTCP at your site, you can download the HyperCard
MacTCP Toolkit which includes the Netnews stack from the Apple FTP site
(IP 130.43.2.2).  Look in ~ftp/pub/dts/mac/stacks/


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