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From: jeff@ndcheg.cheg.nd.edu (Jeffrey C. Kantor)
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Subject: Re: Mac TCP/IP Packages
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Date: 21 Jun 90 14:01:00 GMT
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In article <1703@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> jrblack@shemtaia.weeg.uiowa.edu (James 
Roger Black) writes:
> We are looking to standardize on a single Mac TCP/IP package (Telnet, 
FTP, 
> etc.) for the University of Iowa.  So far we have been able to uncover 
only
> four alternatives:
> 
>  (1) NCSA Telnet in its various incarnations, which is what we're using 
now.
>  (2) TCP/Connect, a commercial NCSA derivative from Intercon.
>  (3) SuMac/IP from Stanford.
>  (4) MacPathway Access, a hypercard-based commercial package from 
Wollongong.
> 
> Have we missed any major contenders?  Does anybody have any war stories,
> evaluations, or relative rankings they'd like to share?
> 
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>  Roger Black                                   
jrblack@shemtaia.weeg.uiowa.

Others have mentioned various Telnet incarnations with and without ftp.  
But don't forget to include in the toolset things like Hypercard based ftp
(HyperFTP), popmail frontends (various contenders), and Hypercard based
netnews readers (From apple and Intercon).

Tools like these can satisfy the needs of certain classes of users quite
effectively.

Jeff Kantor
Notre Dame