Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!paloalto-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!cyclone-transit.snfc21.pbi.net!206.13.28.124!cyclone-sf.pbi.net!216.65.16.3!news-out.nibble.net!news-in.nibble.net!feed.newsfeeds.com!newsfeeds.com!feeder.nmix.net!reader.nmix.net!oracle.zianet.com!bgrubb From: Bruce Grubb Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.answers,news.answers Subject: comp.sys.mac.comm FAQ (v 2.2.1) Aug 1 2000 3/3 Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 16:43:45 -0600 Organization: NMIX Lines: 191 Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: oracle.zianet.com X-Trace: reader.nmix.net 965169291 89800 204.134.124.52 (1 Aug 2000 22:34:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@nmix.net NNTP-Posting-Date: 1 Aug 2000 22:34:51 GMT User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.0 (PPC) Archive-name: macintosh/comm-faq/part3 Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu comp.sys.mac.comm:293310 comp.answers:41767 news.answers:188850 ===================================================================== Appendix ======== [A] List of Common Abbreviations -------------------------------- Abbrev- iation Description ------- ------------------------------------------------------ ADB Apple Desktop Bus ARA Apple Remote Access (was AppleTalk Remote Access) bps bits per second CSLIP Compressed SLIP csmc comp.sys.mac.comm CTB Communications Tool Box CTS Clear-To-Send DSR Data-Set-Ready DTR Data-Terminal-Ready FTP File Transfer Protocol IP Internet Protocol LAP Link Acess Protocol MNP Microcom Networking Protocol NNTP Net News Transfer Protocol PPP Point-to-Point Protocol RTS Request-To-Send SID Sound Input Device SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol; also seen as SLIP TCP Transmission Control Protocol [B] Mac program archive list link and Vendor Information ------------------------------------------------------------------ Nearly all shareware or freeware programs described in this FAQ are available from one of the many archives that mirror the InfoMac and UMich archives. Over 90 of these mirror sites are listed in the FTP section of the Mac-FTP-list These vendors are either mentioned in this FAQ or provide products relating to Macintosh networking. Neither the editor of this list nor any of the contributors necessarily endorse any of the vendors or their products. The following information is provided for your convenience only. Please bring any errors or additions to the attention of the editor. Aladdin Software [USA] (408) 685 9175 Alverson Software e-mail: davea@xetron.com Apple Developers Association (APDA) [USA] (408) 974 4667 Asante Ascend Communications Attatchmate Carnation Software Celestin Company [USA] (800) 835-5514 [USA] (206) 385-3767 [FAX] (207) 385-3586 AOL: Celestin e-mail: celestin@pt.olympus.net COM One [France] Compatible Systems [USA] (800) 356 0283 Creative Solutions, Inc. [USA] (800) 367-8465 [USA] (301) 984-0262 [FAX] (301) 770-1675 AppleLink: CSI CompuServe: 70240,504 e-mail: 70240.504@compuserve.com Dayna Communications [USA] (801) 269-7200 Farallon Computing [USA] (510) 814-5100 FreePPP Group Global Village [USA] (415) 390-8200 [USA] (800) 736-4821 Hayes Corporation [USA] (404) 441-1617 [CANADA] (519) 746-5000 [UK] 081-848-1858 [UK] 081-569-1774 {BBS} [HK] 852-887-1037 ICE Engineering, Inc. [USA] (313) 449-8288 Mark/Space Softworks [USA] (408) 293-7299 Mercury System, Inc. [USA] (310) 553-0881 [USA] (310) 553-1291 (fax) QUALCOMM, Incorporated [USA] (800) 2-EUDORA [USA] (619) 587-1121 Quiotix Corporation [USA] (650) 843-1300 Raine Storm Softworks Sassy Software Shiva [USA] (800) 458-3550 Software Ventures Corporation [USA] (510) 644-1325 Sonic Systems [USA] (408) 736-1900 [USA] (800) 535-0725 Synergy Software [USA] (215) 779-0522 Webster Computer Corp. [AUSTRALIA] 61 3 764 1100 Walker Richer & Quinn, Inc. [North America] (800) 872-2829 [Elsewhare] +1.206.217.7100 ZyXEL Communications [USA] (800) 255-4101 [USA] (714) 693-0808 [CANADA] (416) 534-1508 [CANADA] (416) 534-1312 [C] Contributors ---------------- The editor of this FAQ would like to graciously thank all of the following individuals who have contributed in some form or another to the answers provided above, and to the many others not listed who have nonetheless encouraged and corrected us along the way. Erik Adams (DivX information) Steve Baumgarten (Versaterm) Jack Brindle (BinHex, MacBinary) Eric Behr (MacTCP) Jim Browne (NCSA Telnet) Josh Cole (Networking, MacTCP, AppleDouble) Bill Coleman (Smartcom) Steve Dorner (Eudora, SLIP) Don Gilbert (SLIP) Tom Gewecke (European E-Mail, Archives) Elliotte Rusty Harold (General, File Transfer Programs) Mikael Hansen (AutoShare) Patrick Hoepfner (various tidbits) Greg Kilcup (CSLIP, PPP) Andy Y. A. Kuo (Networking) Yves Lempereur (MacBinary/BinHex) Peter N. Lewis (General) Ward McFarland (Mac serial port speeds) David Oppenheimer (original c.s.m.comm FAQ maintainer) Leonard Rosenthol (General, StuffIt) Richard Saint (MacPPP [now FreePPP] FAQ) Bonze Saunders (dataComet Inforamation) Dan Schwarz (Mac serial port speeds) Eric P. Scott (General) Jon L. Spear (General, Baud Etymology) Tony Stuckey (AppleDouble information links) Christopher Swan (Black Night) Werner Uhrig (Macintosh Expert) dzubera (56K and .z information) ===================================================================== .