PENN PRINTOUT
The University of Pennsylvania's Online Computing Magazine

October 1995 - Volume 12:1

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ISC-Supported Networking Software.

All ISC-supported software, except MicroPhone Pro, is available from ISC distribution points. MicroPhone Pro is available for purchase at the Computer Connection. You may also be able to obtain some of the software from your School. Both Wharton and the Medical School offer software distribution services.

ISC diskette distribution: The Computing Resource Center (CRC), at 3732 Locust Walk, distributes selected Macintosh and Windows PC software. Please bring along a supply of new, unformatted high-density (HD) disks.

Macintosh software. MacTCP/MacSLIP Distribution disks (two disks; includes Fetch, Netscape, and NCSA Telnet), Network Software Installer (one disk), and Disinfectant antiviral software (one disk).

Windows PC software. PPP Package (three disks; includes Netscape), EUSI Distribution (one disk containing software needed for a campus Ethernet connection), and Vi-Spy antiviral software (one disk).

FTP file server distribution: The server contains all of the Macintosh software except MacSlip and MicroPhone Pro, and all Windows PC software except Novell's TCP/IP, Novell's DIALER, and MicroPhone Pro. Access is via ftp.upenn.edu; use authenticated FTP (enter your Network ID when prompted for a User ID and your Network password when prompted for a password.

AppleShare file server distribution: The server contains all supported Macintosh software, except MacSLIP and MicroPhone Pro. Access is via the AppleTalk zone "UPenn-ISC-DCCS." Select the "Penn_Software" file server, and log in as user "Penn" with password "Penn."

 
                            Macintosh                Windows
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For IP connected computers (Ethernet or SLIP/PPP)
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"Drivers" 
  TCP/IP stack              MacTCP 2.06             Novell's TCP/IP Stack 4.2 
  SLIP/PPP                  MacSLIP 3.0             Novell's DIALER 4.2

E-mail                     Eudora 1.5              PC Eudora 1.4.4

File Transfer       
  FTP                       Fetch 2.1.2             WS_FTP 95.01.22         
  Kermit                    MicroPhone Pro 2.1.2    MicroPhone Pro 2.01
                                                   or MS-KERMIT 3.14
  
Network browsing      
  Netnews reader            Newswatcher 2.0         Trumpet 1.0revA
  WWW browser               Netscape 1.1N           Netscape 1.1N
    WWW audio player        Sound Machine 2.1       --included--
    WWW video player        Sparkle 2.1             MPEG player 1.5
    WWW image viewer        --built in--            --built in-- 
    WWW PDF viewer          Acrobat Reader 2.0.1    Acrobat Reader 2.0

Terminal emulation
  tn3270 emulation          Comet 3.1.1             McGill's TCP3270 v2.6.14
  vt100 emulation           MicroPhone Pro 2.1.2    MicroPhone Pro 2.0 
                            or NCSA Telnet 2.7b4    or Host Presenter 4.2
  
=============================================================================
For asynchronously connected computers
=============================================================================
File transfer
  Kermit                   MicroPhone Pro 2.1.2    MicroPhone Pro 2.0


Terminal emulation
  vt100                    MicroPhone Pro 2.1.2    MicroPhone Pro 2.0