ts@chyde.uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) (05/19/91)
Sat 18-May-91: The same questions are often repeatedly asked on the net, and users might be well advised to take a look at a Frequently Asked Questions collection before posting a question. New users in particular should first observe for a while what goes on, since many questions become answered by just watching how to do things. I have a large collection of these questions with answers covering topics like how to behave on the net, how to find programs on the net using mail servers and anonymous ftp, how to transfer and unpack archived files, how to find sources of further information, and as a special feature many questions and answers to common Turbo Pascal programming questions, and so on and on. Starting from the now released version /pc/ts/tsfaq21.arc of my Frequently Asked Questions collection you can easily browse and read this collection optionally on your Unix host using the elm mail program. (See unixelm.inf in the package for the instructions). The new format fully retains the previous option to read the files on the PC as ordinary ascii files, or Jeroen Schipper's ReadMail program. My compliments to Arjan de Vet (devet@win.tue.nl) for suggesting the use of Unix mail format. There is also some new material in the updated release. The added up size of the tsfaq files has now merrily exceeded the 200K limit (when unarchived into the plain ascii format). If you don't know how to go about getting tsfaq21.arc, I am prepared to send you instructions on a email request. The collection is available from the archives at garbo.uwasa.fi, Vaasa, Finland, and SIMTEL20 archives in the US, and the mirrors of the two. It is usually also available at some BBSes. TSFAQ21.ARC Frequently asked questions & ans Filename Comment Date Time -------- -------------------------------- ---- ---- FAQ.INF Document (a readme) 05-18-91 14:10:34 FAQ.NWS News announcement about tsfaq 05-18-91 18:47:34 FAQNEWS.TXT Q&As relating to UseNet news 05-18-91 13:00:32 FAQPAS.TXT Turbo Pascal questions & answers 05-18-91 13:04:44 FAQPROGS.TXT Questions answers about programs 05-18-91 15:50:08 FAQUOTE.TXT Postings and email of interest 05-18-91 09:58:14 FAX.TXT Our response to faxed inquiries 04-23-91 10:10:58 PD2ANS.TXT Q&As on uwasa.fi archives & more 05-18-91 15:51:36 READMAIL.INF ReadMail setting for FAQ reading 05-17-91 19:48:18 TSPROG.INF List of PD programs from T.Salmi 03-30-91 10:23:20 UNIXELM.INF How to read the FAQs with elm 05-17-91 20:00:42 VAASA.INF Info: Finland, Vaasa, U of Vaasa 02-02-90 11:52:54 ---- ------ ------ ----- 0012 215223 109418 50% ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37 School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun