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• oleBuzzard's k0p website •
http://iti2.net:80/k0p/
   oleBuzzard is updating his website for k0p, and there looks to be plans for links to other underground mac websites again.  The page of links is currently under construction.

   Wired magazine recently featured k0p's website regarding the FileMaker PW crack (courtesy of The Jackal).  oleBuzzard has the crack available on the kn0wledge Phreak CD, the CD retails for $29.95.  Wired published k0p's entire ad for the website, so oleBuzzard is no doubt getting a lot of new traffic to the website!  For more information on the CD, here's a shortened portion of the ad:
          - 450Megz of Pure MAYHEM!!!
          - * LARGEST Collection of U-G Mac Warez EVER Compiled!
          - * H/P/A thru Z EVERYTHING UNDERGROUND
          - * Over 5,800 Total Philez!
          - * Only $29.95!(+US$6.95 s/h) Mac or PC
For full details, you can find the entire ad on k0p's website.

• #macftp •

   Just starting out, #macftp is your source to trade mac warez sites.  All sites are welcome, and a new site list is generated daily.  Look in the topic for the site of the day.  The same rules apply in #macftp as they generall do elsewhere, no asking for ops, no flooding, etc. etc. etc.

   This channel seemed like a good idea in the first few days of operation, but after a weekend of botwars, the channel was taken over by the ITT.  After having control for several days, all ITT bots/users left it to its original creators, who are now struggling to get shell bots in the channel.  My advice:  Don't drop by the channel, it's completely unorganized, run by a couple of 10 year olds, and a waste of space on IRC.  Maybe in a month this channel will be creditable...but don't put your money on it.

• #mactrade FAQ •

I snagged the latest #mactrade FAQ while online and will include below

so that the word gets out about this channel.  I covered this channel

breifly in the last issue, but here is a revised text of what goes on

in here:

FAQ for  #MacTrade

We will make this as simple as possible.  Join the channel,chat, ask

for warez, do a /msg nick xdcc list or /ctcp nick xdcc or /xdcc nick

list(same effect) or list on anyone with +v (they are green,

ircle users), yes, even advertise a channel(not excessively), or

anything else you want to do in the way of good taste.  We are not

here to babysit...do not do anything that gets in the way of warez

trading.  We shouldn't have to tell you what will get you kicked,

but we will tell you nonetheless. 

Do Not:

-Ask for ops

-Nick Flood

-CTCP Flood

-Nick Collide

-Attempt Takeovers

-Act Lame (This means you!)

Aside from these negatives, #Mactrade is here to get you any and all

the warez you are looking for.  We will even go so far as to recommend

another channel if they have what you need.  So sit back and get your

warez on.

#MACTRADE

Offering:

If you wish to offer on #Mactrade you should let the ops know you wish

to do so. In doing so you will gain voice (+v).  You will then appear

green in the userlist in Ircle and if you are using Unix you will gain

a + in front of your name.  You may also want to change your nick to

reflect the type of client you are using.  Ircle users should be

nickCTCP and Unix users nickDCC.   

Ops Role Call:

WaRezLoVe or WaRezDCC etc.

The_Box

Mylo

Quetta

Bru

Evileyez

Styxdeath

Badgered

#MACTRADE

• #macfilez FAQ •

Official #MacFileZ FAQ v. 1.02 - Aug 8 1996.

These shall be the rules here, and the rules here shall be these....If you follow them, all will be well and your warez shall keep flowing...

**TO ALL OPS**
Thou shalt NOT op friends, relatives, bots, or anything else without good reason or permission.  It makes the channel very vulnerable to attack, let the bots do the opping.  Thou shalt NOT set channel keys, make the channel +m/+i or other such unfriendly things, unless it is for a very good reason.  Thou shalt monitor the channel for things that users shouldn't do  (listed below) and take appropriate action.

**TO ALL USERS**   
Thou shalt NOT ask for ops. - #Macfilez has a strict-Op policy  
Thou shalt NOT hack ops. 
Thou shalt NOT Flood or otherwise annoy other people.  Thou shalt NOT do things that piss off the ops.  #Macfilez is basically a "big non-physical interactive Warez site".  Politics are pretty much irrelevant as long as the warez gets around.  Therefore its pretty pointless to seek ops, or seek to get someone booted or other pointless things.  This is not channel #buttfuckopz.     Just remember that #macfilez is a unified collective, that is safe from attack and infiltration because it exists in no one place.  Try to avoid asking for files that are already being offered.  Check what is being offered before being lame.

**To those that are lookin for sitez**  
This channel, for all its friendliness and kindheartedness is not the place to be trading sitez.  It is bad policy to trade sitez anywhere as it makes them very likely to be shut down.  If you have a site THAT YOU CONTROL/ RUN/ SYSOP and you really think that you should announce this publically, you will not be prevented to do so (ok, we might complain a little but thats besides the point)  but do NOT ask or announce or give out OTHER PEOPLE's sites without explicit permission.

**To those who wish to offer*** 
We suggest that you Adjust your nick to reflect the type of client you use.     (e.g. Those who use IRCLE or other CTCP command set XDCC clients use <nickCTCP> (e.g. Those who use IrcII scripts  or other MSG command set XDCC  clients use <nickDCC>  Its not a good idea to have your nick changed if youre not offering, because people will continue to request a file list from you.     It is equally not a good idea to have your XDCC enabled when youre not offering. We recommend that you to keep your list to 15 files or less in order to avoid spamming people that request your list. (This means you IRCLE people *smirk*)  We strongly recommend that all your files be in .sit format.  Please make sure the filez are NOT corrupted before offering!! and include descriptive filename or descriptions, such as version number.  

**To those who wish to get filez that are being offered**
Once in the channel, you can easily indentify people/bots that are offering by their nicks (ending with DCC or CTCP) and/or by the +v mode applied to them (it's those green people for ircle users).  First make sure you set your irc client to auto receive, it'll make your life a little easier than having to /dcc get everytime your requesting a file.
The XDCC command to use for unix offerors is /Msg NickDCC Xdcc <cmd> while for ircle offerors is /ctcp nickCTCP xdcc <cmd>
while <cmd> stands for:
1. List - to get a listing of the filez being offered
2. send #n - to receive one of the pack being offered where n = the pack number.
e.g. /Msg SaxDCC xdcc list   or  /ctcp ExtinCTCP Xdcc list  <-- will make the offeror send you the list of filez being offered.  Before listing (xdcc list) someone, wait and check if the offeror isn't doing a public offering, which means he/she/it has set the client/bot to publicly announce its offering.  Note: Some offerors sometimes mind if you actually list them while they do public offering, and if he/she has op, you might just get kicked.
If u see something you want, say #3 LameShareWare.sit  ,  you would type:
/msg nickDCC xdcc send #3 or /ctcp nickCTCP xdcc send #3 to get the file.
make sure to include the "#" before the pack number. 

**"My modem got disconnected before I finish, can I resume my DCC??"**
Only if your client /script supports DCC resume. something like atlantis.irc script for ircii... pretty kewl script... very similar to phoenix w/fluff, U can use it to do offering etc...

**File Formats**
Basically almost all files can be uncompressed/decoded using Stuffit Expander, here are a few notes:

1. SIT (Stuffit archive)
For those of you who are not familiar with macintosh file types, here's a litte info for you.  Files ending in .sit are Stuffit files and need to be expanded.  It carries the filetype of [SITD/SIT!].
Although sometimes it get lost during transmission/translation between binary / MacBinary.
If after you completely receive the file, it comes up as a generic icon or anything other than stuffit icon, don't panic... first make sure it is a stuffit file.  a .sit ending would be a good indication that it is a stuffit file originally.  Simply use one of your favorite FileTypeChanger and change it to [SITD/SIT!] and then try to expand it.   If Stuffit Expander sez that the file is corrupted chances are you got a bad download.  Try opening the file by using Stuffit Pro instead of the Expander, you might be able to get parts of the file if not all.

2. SegN (Stuffit Segments)
Some BIG filez are sometimes Segmented to make it easier for distribution.  e.g.  filexxx.sit.1 , filexxx.sit.2,  filexxx.sit.3 etc...  When you get all of the segments in 1 directory, you will need to join these files into 1 file, which in turn will be expanded afterwards.   Should you loose The filetypes during transfer/conversion... set each of the segments filetype by following this rule:
Seg #     FileType / Creator
1.                Seg1     / SIT!
2 .               Seg2     / SIT! 
3 .               Seg3     / SIT!       
4 and up SegN    / SIT!

3. Hqx (Binhexed)
If a file ends with .hqx chances are this is a binhexed encoded binary file. The filesize will be Bigger than the original compressed form. Simply drop it to Stuffit Expander.  If you received the file completely, it will decode it and uncompressed it.

4. Image (DiskCopy / ShrinkWrap Images)
Image files can be "mounted" to the desktop by using ShrinkWrap, and it will act as one or  more volumes mounted on your desktop really to install from. 

**I'm Offering using ircle, how come ppl on unix shell have problems getting stuff from me?? ** 
Quite often these things happens, there might be some incompatibility issues between them.  Although we heard it's getting better...

** Where can I get these "tools" from?? **

Stuffit Expander
You can find the newest version at http://www.aladdinsys.com/  its free!!  Make sure you get also the DropStuff w/ EE.  Because some of the other "engine" to do conversion comes wth DropStuff /w EE. 

ShrinkWrap
These can be found at http://www.halycon.com/shrinkwrap/

Ircle
You can find the latest version @ http://www.xs4all.nl/~ircle/

Phoenix.irc
This is one of the most popular ircII scripts to do file offerring.   U can ftp anonymously from unix.mclv.net [204.95.95.2]

Thanks for reading the FAQ and try to follow the above rules.....Enjoy your stay in #macfilez and happy Warezing.

Edited by: Sm00th - an681706@anon.penet.fi
SpellChecked by: Jaz0
on behalf of all the Ops @ MacFileZ.net :)

"He who dies with da most warez WINS!!!"

NOTE:  The above texts explain SPECIFICALLY what you are and aren't to do in these channels, please take 5 minutes to read through them so you know what's going on after you join either of these channels.
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