karl@grebyn.COM (Karl A. Nyberg) (09/15/87)
OK, sports fans. Here's the deal: 1) If you have an arpa connection, you can FTP either from ada20.isi.edu (the source: ps:<ada-info>val-comp.hlp), or from simtel20.arpa (the file: pd:<ada.general>compilers.inf - I think that's it.) 2) If you have a modem and terminal, you can use the Ada Information Clearinghouse Bulletin Board system (call 202-685-1477 - voice; for more information). Yes, that means you will probably have to spend $$$ for long distance phone charges if you're not in the Metropolitan DC area. 3) There WAS an archive server on simtel20.arpa, but it got overloaded / abused / something, so it has been shut down for a while. A similar feature is being contemplated for use on ajpo.sei.cmu.edu when the move from ada20 is performed. 4) Find somebody with capability to do either #1 or #2, and beg, borrow, steal from, cajole, plead with, implore, request, or even (shudder!) pay them to get it for you. (Example: since I don't have a 9 track magnetic tape drive on my MicroVAX, I end up taking one of my UUCP neighbors out to lunch to use theirs when I need to read in magnetic tapes.) 5) Ask the folks at the Ada Information Clearinghouse to put you on their paper mailing list. I don't know their mailing schedule. I WILL NOT - REPEAT, READ MY LIPS - WILL NOT, post the listing of validated compilers to the mailing list without further encouragement from the AJPO to do so. There was a time in the past when I posted the list, and took all kinds of flack for it (not from the AJPO directly, but directed through them). The new policy of updating the list monthly may make it feasible / desirable to have the listing posted upon update, but I cannot make that decision. If the AJPO would like to do that, I will be glad to pass it through (NOTE: the list is approximately 70KB, enough to make some mailers choke. Even when the extra spaces are compacted into tabs, it's still some 50KB.) -- Karl --
fdm@sdcrdcf.UUCP (09/18/87)
In article <8709142314.AA01820@grebyn.com> karl@grebyn.COM (Karl A. Nyberg) writes: >OK, sports fans. Here's the deal: > >1) If you have an arpa connection, you can FTP either from ada20.isi.edu >(the source: ps:<ada-info>val-comp.hlp), or from simtel20.arpa (the file: >pd:<ada.general>compilers.inf - I think that's it.) Well, I ftp'd to both of these machines, and the files did not seem to exist on either one. Has anyone else had better luck?
slutz@hplb29a.UUCP (09/18/87)
On simtel20.arpa PD:<ADA.POINTERS>COMPILERS.INF Don't specify the version number (not shown above) and get the latest version.