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From: mjohnson@Apple.COM (Mark B. Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: news on what's FTPable from APPLE.COM (was ResEDIT, etc)
Message-ID: <43881@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 12 Aug 90 01:09:54 GMT
References: <858@earth.cs.utexas.edu> <13640004@hpislx.HP.COM>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <13640004@hpislx.HP.COM> geske@hpislx.HP.COM (Brent Geske) writes:
>> a little bird has told me that there will shortly be a new site FTP.APPLE.COM
>> online, which will have expanded archives including new goodies previously
>> not available for FTP ...
>> 
>I do "nslookup ftp.apple.com" and see:
>
>	Name Server:  hpccoa.corp.hp.com
>	Address:  15.255.216.1
>	
>	Non-authoritative answer:
>	Name:    bric-a-brac.apple.com
>	Address:  130.43.2.3
>	Aliases:  ftp.apple.com
>
>and yet "ping ftp.apple.com" or "ping bric-a-brac.apple.com" FAILS.
>Apparently the site name has been sent out but the machine is not yet
>active.  Stay tuned...

The site was active, but a recent power loss fried a drive.  The current
machine and drive are being loaded with all sorts of goodies and will
hopefully be up and running before September.  Don't worry, you won't be
able to miss the announcement when I get it back online.


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