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Article #10481Re: Mac netnews stack -- free or thru APDA?
From: Mark B. Johnson
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 1990 17:47
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 1990 17:47
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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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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!dino!ceres!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!apple!mjohnson 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 Lines: 29