Bruce Johnson wrote:

>Arthur Wiebe wrote:
>  
>
>>Is there a way I can make my Mac (5500 Mac OS 8.6) into a web server? Or 
>>DNS server?
>>I'm trying to find a FREE way to use my Mac as a server with only 
>>software, control panels, etc. I have used the web sharing control panel 
>>but I want to use my domains, and not an IP address set by the ISP.
>>
>>
>>    
>>
>
>My web server <http://oscar.pharmacy.arizona.edu> is a Performa 6214 
>running 8.6 that I literally found in the trash (hence it's name). I'm 
>using Quid Pro Quo as a web server software on it.
>
>However, to use *your* domains you will need to register those domain 
>name and get IP service under that name from someone, it isn't merely a 
>matter of saying 'I am www.mycooldomainname.com ' and serving 
>away...it's a *leetle* more complex than that.
>
>Quid Pro Quo is seriously unsupported software. It can be found on the 
>web (I have a copy of the software) or I think I scrounged it off an old 
>MacAddict disk, but the developer has apparently vanished from the face 
>of the earth. Runs fine though. I have 2.1, the last version 2.2 fixed a 
>Y2K bug (which is only cosmetic: according to my web server logs it is 
>the year 102.
>
>MacHTTP is a little better in that it's officially alive:
>
><http://sourceforge.net/projects/machttp/>
>
>I have a third possibility: vqserver, which is a Java-based server. I've 
>not messed with it at all. <http://www.vqsoft.com/vq/server/>
>
>Here are the instructions for that: 
><http://www.vqsoft.com/vq/server/docs/platform/mac.html>
>

You're right about Quid Pro Quo. I found what appeared to be it's home 
page but the links were all dead.
I tried MacHTTP but haven't really tried it yet as I do not have an 
Internet connection on my Mac yet. When I open it a whole bunch of 
memory errors show so I figured it must be because of the fact I have no 
Internet connection on it.
Thanks.

Arthur http://www.arthurwiebe.com


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