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From: davea@hpfcmgw.HP.COM (Dave Arns)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Contacting sumex and Apple
Message-ID: <12240001@hpfcmgw.HP.COM>
Date: 16 Jul 90 20:13:06 GMT
Organization: HP Fort Collins, CO
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Greetings:

I have a question about something that is apparently so basic that nobody talks
about the details because everybody knows them.  My question is this:  What are
"sumex" and "apple.com"?  I have never seen a definition of them, but from the
context of various notes, it appears that they are machines from which system
software updates, shareware and/or public domain software is available.  Is
this accurate?

If so, how do I access them?  I have tried to ftp to "apple.com", both by its
name and its IP address 130.43.2.2.  The result is:

    ftp: connect: Connection timed out

When I try "sumex-aim.stanford.edu", I get:

    ftp: sumex-aim.stanford.edu: Unknown host

Is the error caused by something I am doing wrong, or because something needs
to be set up differently on my system, or what?

And finally, I have also heard mention of something called "simtel" (I think
that's the name).  Is this a similar service?

Thanks.

Dave Arns


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