atc@BNL.ARPA (atc@bnl) (04/05/88)
Hi there, I'm told your site keeps a good deal of Atari programs and sources online. I'm an active developer on the machine and I was wondering if I could get a look at what you've got. Is there a way to connect to your site via FTP? Thanks, San
ccsmh@gdr.bath.ac.uk (Mark Harding) (08/11/89)
I'm interested in Atari Public Domain archives (who isn't!). I now know of Terminator - if anyboday has other addresses I would be grateful... Cheers, Mark H. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- One of these days, on the Dark Side if the Moon I'll see Emily Play and you'll Wish You Were Here.
jim.devonshire@rose.uucp (JIM DEVONSHIRE) (05/02/91)
How do I access files in the Atari archives. Do I have to subscribe, pay a fee, join an organization? OR are they free to any interested user? Regards, Jim Devonshire at Erin Ontario Canada ---
miked@syscon (Mike DeMetz) (05/04/91)
jim.devonshire@rose.uucp (JIM DEVONSHIRE) writes: > How do I access files in the Atari archives. Do I have to subscribe, >pay a fee, join an organization? OR are they free to any interested >user? >Regards, Jim Devonshire at Erin Ontario Canada >--- > >Try sending a message "help" to atari@atari.archive.umich.edu also archive-server%panarthea.ebay.sun.com
steve@thelake.mn.org (Steve Yelvington) (05/04/91)
[In article <8802fc9f6d9f28205ee0@rose.uucp>,
jim.devonshire@rose.uucp (JIM DEVONSHIRE) writes ... ]
> How do I access files in the Atari archives. Do I have to subscribe,
> pay a fee, join an organization? OR are they free to any interested
> user?
Two archives of ST software are reasonably accessible to readers of
comp.sys.atari.st. They're quite different, though, and the differences
bear some explanation.
You'll see a lot of references to ``the archives'' and ``terminator.''
Those usually refer to an Internet-accessible site at the University of
Michigan that is properly known as atari.archive.umich.edu.
The data at Michigan has been uploaded by various Atari enthusiasts around
the world. It's not very well catalogued (although the maintainers are
working hard to remedy that). There's quite a lot of it.
If you are at a site on the Internet and have access to a program called
FTP, you can log into atari.archive.umich.edu as ``anonymous'' and use
your name@site as a password. FTP then can transfer files at high speeds
to the host computer from which you access the Internet. Downloading from
your host computer to your ST is a separate step.
Because many sites that receive Usenet news are not on the Internet and
cannot use FTP, there is a software robot at the Michigan archive that can
send you files via email. They will arrive ``uuencoded'' -- a process that
changes binary data into printable text to make it safe for mailing. For
details, send a message to atari@atari.archive.umich.edu with the word
``help'' in the subject line.
The second archive of Atari ST software is at panarthea.ebay.sun.com,
which is not directly accessible on the Internet, although the name might
lead you to think otherwise. Panarthea contains only the programs that
have been published in the moderated Usenet newsgroups
comp.sources.atari.st and comp.binaries.atari.st, and it can be accessed
only via email. For details, send a message to
archive-server@panarthea.ebay.sun.com containing a single line with the
word ``help.''
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Steve Yelvington, Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota, USA / steve@thelake.mn.org