Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!mnemosyne.cs.du.edu!mercury.cair.du.edu!diana.cair.du.edu!mbrookov From: mbrookov@diana.cair.du.edu (Matthew B. Brookover) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: need ftp client for Macintosh Message-ID: <1991Jan31.165122.8880@mercury.cair.du.edu> Date: 31 Jan 91 16:51:22 GMT References: <1991Jan30.171902.19757@mercury.cair.du.edu> Sender: news@mercury.cair.du.edu (netnews) Organization: University of Denver Lines: 54 I have received a number of replies to questions about ftp clients: In article <1991Jan30.171902.19757@mercury.cair.du.edu> mbrookov@diana.cair.du.edu (Matthew B. Brookover) writes: >Is there an ftp client program for the Mac? > >I need an ftp client program for the Mac. I have NCSA Telnet, which >has a usabe ftp server, but it requires a password to do file >transfers. The password thing is a pain in public access Mac labs. > >At one time I remeber seeing somthing about a hypercard stack that used >MACtcp to do ftp, and another hypercard stack that would read news via >nntp. Where can I get these stacks? Are they public domain? Here are the replies: From: Clark Anderson The password in Telnet isn't mandatory. I took it off all our machines here because it's such a hassle. Just go into the config.tel file and comment out the 'passfile' line with a # symbol. From: Harri Valkama Several possibilities. You can use MacTCP and Hyperftp stack, or if you are without MacTCP then you can fetch yourself BYU-Telnet which is both ftp server and client and Telnet. You can find these from Sumex or from nic.funet.fi (128.214.6.100). Nic has them at /pub/mac/comm. From: Jim Matthews > Is there an ftp client program for the Mac? Yes, there are several, both free and commercial. The free ones that I know of are HyperFTP (a HyperCard stack) and the BYU version of NCSA Telnet. The commercial ones are InterCon's TCP/Connect II, Novell's HostAccess, and NRC's MacFTP. > At one time I remeber seeing somthing about a hypercard stack that used > MACtcp to do ftp, and another hypercard stack that would read news via > nntp. Where can I get these stacks? Are they public domain? Those stacks are freeware, and available on sumex-aim.stanford.edu. I belive that they are in the /info-mac/comm directory. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This morning I ftp'd hyperftp and tried it out, it is very nice. I think it will end up in our labs. I also plan to try out the BYU version of NCSA telnet. Thanks for the help. Matt -- Matthew B. Brookover Computing and Information Resources University of Denver mbrookov@diana.cair.du.edu