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- Copyright 1994, Apple Computer, Inc.
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- February 28, 1994 Apple will begin publishing support information to the
- Internet, launching Apple’s initiative to publish support information to many
- online services over the next few months.
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- Apple will publish support information, including a subset of the Tech Info
- Library (all articles for the general public added or updated since February 1,
- 1994), and Apple software updates to the Home Gopher Server at the University
- of Minnesota. Gopher is a method of publishing information on the Internet in
- an easy-to-use hierarchy structure.
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- Gopher and its Macintosh client software called TurboGopher were developed by
- the University of Minnesota. With this freely distributed application,
- Internet users can browse through published information, search the Tech Info
- Library using keyword searches, or download Apple software updates.
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- Apple chose the Home Gopher Server as the first Internet "site" to publish
- information because Apple's Higher Education Marketing group has had a presence
- there for nearly a year. Further, a recent article in MacUser magazine
- referred readers to the Home Gopher Server to browse the limited Apple
- information which was there from the Higher Education marketing group.
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- Apple plans to publish support information to many online services in the next
- few months.
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- THE APPLE TECH INFO LIBRARY
- The Tech Info Library, located in the Home Gopher Server inside
- the Computer Information folder, is Apple's official technical and
- support database. Over 2,300 articles, created or updated within the last
- year, cover specifications, frequently asked questions, upgrades and
- problem troubleshooting. Users can either browse through the library by topic
- folder or search through the library using keywords.
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- Locating the Apple Tech Info Library
- Apple recommends using the TurboGopher client software to access the Apple Tech
- Info Library. The library is located in the following path:
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- Home Gopher Server
- Computer Information
- Apple Tech Info Library
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- TurboGopher Client software is available via anonymous File Transfer Protocol
- (ftp) to boombox.micro.umn.edu in the /pub/gopher directory.
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- Connecting to the Home Gopher Server:
- The host address is: consultant.micro.umn.edu
- The IP number is: 134.84.132.4
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- THE APPLE COMPUTER HIGHER EDUCATION GOPHER SERVER
- Apple is also publishing support information and Apple software updates on
- the Apple Computer Higher Education Gopher Server in the "USA Service,
- Support & Training folder."
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- The following is posted in the USA Service, Support & Training folder:
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- Apple Support Products, Services
- - Information on Apple's fee-based support products and services,
- including the Support Professional/Help Desk series and the
- HyperCard & AppleScript fee-based support program.
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- Apple Tech Support Alliances
- - Information on technical support alliances to which Apple belongs
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- Apple Software Updates
- - The Apple Software Updates folder includes all of the latest
- versions of Apple software, including most printer drivers, System
- Enablers, and updates to utilities, networking, and communication
- software. Users should be sure to read the Apple Software License
- Agreement, as well the "Contents of this folder" documents before
- downloading. All files have been uploaded as ".sea" (self-extracting
- archive) files which have then been converted to BinHex (.hqx) format.
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- Frequently Asked Q's about this folder
- - Frequently asked questions on where to find Apple support
- information on the Home Gopher server, as well as the support
- services Apple offers online are published here.
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- Latest Product and Support News
- - Apple posts the latest news on product updates, support products, and
- services to this folder.
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- MacIS Information
- - Information on the independent MacIS organization, a professional
- organization of Information Systems professionals who support Apple
- products in their organizations.
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- Training Products
- - Information on Training products available from Apple Computer, Inc.
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- LOCATING THE “USA SERVICE, SUPPORT & TRAINING” FOLDER:
- Apple recommends using TurboGopher client software to access the Apple Computer
- Higher Education Gopher Server. The "USA Service, Support & Training" folder
- is located in the following path:
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- Home Gopher Server
- Computer Information
- Apple Computer Higher Education gopher server
- USA Service, Support & Training
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- TurboGopher Client software is available via anonymous File Transfer Protocol
- (ftp) to boombox.micro.umn.edu in the /pub/gopher directory.
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- Connecting to the Apple Computer Higher Education Gopher server:
- The host address is: info.hed.apple.com
- The IP number is: 34.84.132.13
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