dwp@willett.pgh.pa.us (Doug Philips) (08/17/90)
This is to announce the *upcoming* availability of a:
Forth(Net) Email Archive Server
Having been unsuccessful in trying to find an internet site (i.e. anonymous
FTP site) that would be able to hold arbitrary Forth files (i.e. not just
DOS forth, or Apple Forth or ...) and as a result I have decided to provide
an automatic Email-based Forth Archive Server on willett. My intention is
to start out by parallelling the FIG library on GEnie. All the political
details have been worked out. GEnie is not making any money on this. This
is not a commercial venture and it is not associated with *any* commercial
ventures. FIG has chosen GEnie as the place to keep its online library. I
intend to track that library, but do not feel I need to be limited to it.
Thomas Rolf's OLIS server should still be of use. I intend this to augment
OLIS, which is text *about* Forth, with the server which will contain
sources, binaries, etc. The technical details have not yet been completely
worked out. I have been manually providing a limited email service as a
proof-of-concept. That manual service is now semi-automated and is
still available; the offers to email files are still open.
In addition to the *upcoming* email server and current semi-manual
service, I will also accept UUCP connections under the following
non-negotiable conditions:
You must have a TrailBlazer modem and must be able to run it at
9600 BPS or faster.
You must make the phone call. (to Pittsburgh, PA USA)
You must call between 2am and 6am prevailing Eastern Time.
You will only be able to retrieve the Forth "library files".
No mail, news or anything else.
No *anonymous* uucp connections will be available.
I realize that there may not be many people that satisfy those constraints,
but any who do should drop me mail to make arrangements.
Reminder: The Email based Archive Service is NOT yet available. It will
be coming soon. Details will be posted when they are available.
-Doug
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