STEVEG@MAINE.BITNET.UUCP (11/18/87)
Hello world,
I've been keeping archives of comp.sys.amiga and the mod.*.amiga groups online
here, on two disks accessable via CSNEWS (BITNET file/names/bulletin server).
I also have been redistributing and archiving the comp.sys.amiga stuff for
BITNET.
The archives are accessable from CSNEWS via interactive BITNET messages:
Send CSNEWS@MAINE a "SENDME fn ft FROM AMIGA", or "SENDME fn ft FROM
AMIGA_CODE".
To get a directory listing, send a "DIR FROM AMIGA" or "DIR FROM AMIGA_CODE".
The only problem with the archive disks is that they are small and expensive
for me to keep. Currently I have 7 CYL of 3380 disk space. Disk space here
costs $2.50/cyl/month. I would love to increase the disk to 20 or 25 CYL and
keep archives online longer but I haven't got the green stuff for that.
Currently I keep comp.sys.amiga online for only a week or two
until they go off to tape (where I have archives of the past 2 years). The
mod.*.amiga gets rotated whenever something interesting comes along (there
are currently 129 files on the AMIGA_CODE disk, but its quite full now and I
will be deleting things right after this mail goes out).
If anyone is interested in putting up some $ for archives I will be glad
to have the disk extended and keep everything online. Send whatever
you think it is worth to you to have online amiga archives to:
Steve Goldsmith
University of Maine
Computer Science Department
Neville Hall
Orono, Maine 04473