ljdickey@watserv1.waterloo.edu (Lee Dickey) (02/27/91)
J, version 2.9,
for IBM PC
for VAX, running BSD
and other APL Software
at Waterloo
An implementations of J, Version 2.9, is now available on the
file server
watserv1.waterloo.edu [ 129.97.129.140 ]
at the University of Waterloo. In the directory "languages/apl/j",
anonymous ftp users may find J for these systems:
atari_st
mips
* pc
sgi
sun4
* vax_bsd
Earlier releases of J are available for certain other systems:
sun386i
next
mac
In the same directory are files "index" and "references".
In addition to J, another flavor of APL, called "ratapl" is available.
Two APL fonts (or folios) may be obtained. One, a postscript line font
called "APL2741", was derived from scanned images obtaned from an ancient
2741 Selectric terminal equiped with an APL typing element. The other
font is an X-windows font.
Currently, this service is being provided on an experimental basis, and
there are no promises that it will continue on a long term basis, nor
is there any warantee of serviceability or completeness of the software
distributed from watserv1.
It is hoped that eventually there will be a mail server for the same
range of software to those who have e-mail access but no ftp access,
but a userid for this mail service has not been announced yet. In
the meantime, users who do not have ftp but who do have e-mail
may find the service "BITFTP at PUCC" helpfull. For example
this mail message (with no leading blanks)
To: bitftp@pucc.bitnet
FTP watserv1.waterloo.edu UUENCODE
USER anonymous
CD languages/apl
BINARY
GET index
QUIT
was successful in acquiring the index. Similar messages could
result in receiving the various pieces of software.