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Setup list

This page has details on installing the necessary software for connecting a Macintosh to Nectar.

If you can not view graphics with your web browser SimpleText versions of these pages can be found in the directory /pub/mac/setup, or downloaded via the following links.

• Setup-List, Setup-MacTCP, Setup-TCP/IP & Setup-FreePPP
• Setup-Netscape

Instruction list

1. Dial the number 9967-4777 with your terminal program to connect to Nectar.
   A terminal program allows your computer to act as a dumb terminal for connecting to services, such as bulletin boards. Your modem should have come with such a program.

2. At the 'nectar>' prompt type 'shell', then enter your username & password at the prompts that follow. You should now be connected to Nectar.

3. At the command prompt type 'macstarter' to download StuffIt Expander, FreePPP and Netscape.

4. Your terminal program should automaticaly decode the StuffIt Expander archive into a Self Extracing Archive. Double click the SEA file to install StuffIt Expander.

5. At the command prompt type 'exit' to logoff and disconnect from Nectar.
   Note: Make sure you have read ALL of this document BEFORE disconnecting.

6. Install MacTCP or Open Transport.
   Place the MacTCP control panel in your control panels folder.
   Or use the Open Transport installer.

7. Decode and decompress the FreePPP archive by draging it on to StuffIt Expander.

8. Double click the FreePPP installer to instalI FreePPP.
   Note: The installer will restart your computer after it has finished to make FreePPP available.

9. Setup FreePPP as shown on the page:
   http://www.nectar.com.au/help/mac/freeppp.html

10. Setup MacTCP as shown on the page:
    http://www.nectar.com.au/help/mac/mactcp.html
    OR Setup Open Transport as shown on the page:
    http://www.nectar.com.au/help/mac/icp-ip.html

11. Setup Netscape as shown on the page:
    http://www.nectar.com.au/help/mac/clients/netscape.html

How do I connect?
Follow the instructions at the end of the FreePPP Setup page.

Eudora is a very good e-mail client program.

YA-NewsWatcher is a very good usernet news client program.

The Macintosh client program setup pages, at http://www.nectar.com.au/help/mac/clients/, contain instructions for setting up these programs as well as others.

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Version 1.6 (13/10/97)