yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (12/15/90)
The SPACE archive on ames.arc.nasa.gov is experiencing growing pains. As a result, I have partioned the archive into separate directories, according to subject. This should make searching more bearable as well as quicker. The index will be updated to reflect the new layout. This should not be a major problem for FTP users, but it make take some changes to the mail archive-server, which I'm working on. In other news, I've just completed the conversion of the 39 images from the Voyager Saturn CD-ROM. Greg Roberts supplied the images in IMQ format, and I used several machines to convert them into GIFs. The images are named c*.gif. All are 800 x 800, 8 bits of greyscale. For those of you not familiar with the SPACE archive, I maintain a collection of material from NASA's Public Affairs Office and other sources. Primarily you will find things like Press Releases, Shuttle Status Reports, as well as, reports on many of the active planetary probes (courtesy of Ron Baalke at JPL). There is also a growing collection of space-related GIFs, plus many other miscellaneous items. The archive may be accessed in two ways. For Internet users, FTP to ames.arc.nasa.gov. Chdir to /pub/SPACE and check for the INDEX file and new sub-directories. For users who do not have Internet or FTP access, the archives may be accessed by sending mail to the archive server on ames. Address your letters to ames!archive-server or archive-server@ames.arc.nasa.gov. In the subject or in the body of your letter (but don't repeat your request in both parts!) put in commands like: help send index send space index I'll work out details on how the newly segregated subdirectories are accessed via archive-server and post the results in a later message. If you have any problems with archive server on ames.arc.nasa.gov, please drop me a line. I'll do my best to rectify any problems. -Peter Yee yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov ames!yee