TechInfo V MAC0.9 Beta Test

Copyright ©1990 by Network Services of the Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology

This document describes the TechInfo Macintosh application.  

WHAT IS TECHINFO?
TechInfo is an electronic document retrieval system using the MITnet.  
All documents are public and contain information on a variety of topics 
such as campus events, class schedules, job openings and services 
provided by MIT academic and administrative offices.  Selected documents 
from Tech Talk, i/s and MIT's Policies and Procedures are also 
available.
 
WHAT YOU NEED TO USE TECHINFO FOR THE MAC
	MacTCP on you Macintosh
If you are already running TechMail, you have the MacTCP library. 
Look in you System Folder to make sure.  If you have not installed 
this software, call the Network Services Help Desk at 253-4101 for 
a copy.
	An MITnet Connection,
You can have either of two kinds of connections to MITnet, either
1. A Mac with an Ethernet card and a connection to the MITnet or
2. A Mac on an AppleTalk network with a Kinetics FathPath or 
similar box connecting it to the MITnet.

If your Macintosh does not have access to MITnet via one of the above, 
use the standard dialup access to TechInfo.  For information on how to 
dial up this Service, call the Network Services Help Desk at 253-4101.

HOW TO USE TECHINFO FOR THE MAC
	Double click on the TechInfo icon.

When the Disclaimer Notice appears, read it and click on Continue to 
view the Main Menu of TechInfo.

HOW TO GET UPDATED VERSIONS OF TECHINFO FOR THE MAC
You can get TechInfo updates in two ways.  The first way is to call the 
Network Services Help Desk (x3-4101) and ask for it.  The second way is 
to collect it via FTP over MITnet.  To do this you need
	MacIP 4.0 or HyperFTP
	BinHex 4.0 or StuffIt 1.5 (DON'T use BinHex 5.0)

How To Get Updated TechInfo Versions Over MITnet
1. Start FTP
2. Connect to net-dist.mit.edu
3. Logon as anonymous.  Use your name as the password, it it's   
	requested.
4. At the FTP> prompt, enter "cd /pub/techinfo"
5. To copy the new version to TechInfo to your hard disk, enter "get 
	TechInfo.hqx".
6. To Close or Logoff your connection to net-dist.mit.edu, enter 
	"bye".  To leave FTP, quit as from any Macintosh application.
7. Run your BinHex software (BinHex 4.0 or StuffIt 1.5) program, 
	decoding TechInfo.hqx into TechInfo.  

DOCUMENTATION

See A Quick Quide to TechInfo on MITnet for Macintosh Users that you 
received with this disk.

HELP

Send Electronic Mail to comment-techinfo@mit.edu or call the Network 
Services Help Desk at 253-4101.

DISTRIBUTION
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute TechInfo and its 
documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, 
provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that 
both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in 
supporting documentation, and that the names of MIT and Network Services 
not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of 
the software without specific, written prior permission.  MIT and 
Network Services make no representations about the suitability of this 
software for any purpose.  It is provided "as is" without express or 
implied warranty.

MacTCP LICENSE
MacTCP has been licensed by MIT from Apple for the exclusive use of MIT 
faculty, staff and students. End users may not copy MacTCP for further 
distribution. All sorts of license agreements, which you can see if 
you're really interested, cover this.  But the bottom line is DON'T GIVE 
IT AWAY TO ANYONE BUT MIT FOLKS -- period.