D.Tilley@MVS.ULCC.AC.UK ("David Tilley, +44 1 405 8400, x500", 0) (07/20/89)
Steven, Yours is the first US Atari ST archive I've had success with. Keep up the good work! I have one small request: after a time - when I've collected most of what I need from your archive - I will need subsequently to know when significant updates have been made. Can your system tell me when these have occurred? David
koreth@panarthea.sun.com (Steven Grimm) (07/20/89)
In article <A0A1F9FFE97A1800@UK.AC.ULCC.MVS> D.Tilley%ULCC.AC.UK@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU writes: >I have one small request: after a time - when I've collected most of what I >need from your archive - I will need subsequently to know when significant >updates have been made. Can your system tell me when these have occurred? I've gotten requests for a "binaries mailing list" in the past, but have always dismissed it as too much work for too few people. However, while I was answering the above via E-mail, an idea came to me: it is simple to set up a system to mail the sources and binaries index files to people whenever they have changed since the last mailing. People can then examine the index and request any desired files from the archive server. Is there demand for this? Send mail to autoindex-request%panarthea.ebay@sun.com if you'd like to receive these. (Note: if you can get comp.binaries.atari.st and comp.sources.atari.st, you shouldn't subscribe; you won't be getting any extra information, and you'll be wasting net bandwidth.) One caveat: when I post something like gnuemacs, all its entries go into the index when the first part is posted. However, the files don't get copied over to the archive directory until the last part is posted, which can be several days from the first post (depending on the number of parts in the submission). --- This message is a figment of your imagination. Any opinions are yours. Steven Grimm Moderator, comp.{sources,binaries}.atari.st sgrimm@sun.com ...!sun!sgrimm
pa1562@sdcc13.ucsd.EDU (C. Squibby Breyman) (10/11/89)
I haven't been able to acess the comp.binaries.st archives since the move from ssyx. Every time I try to open a connection ftp wairts then times out. Is there a restricted access time ? Is there only one net connection possible at a time? Or do I have my head in the sand? Help
koreth@panarthea.ebay.sun.com (Steven Grimm) (10/11/89)
In article <1301@sdcc13.ucsd.EDU> pa1562@sdcc13.ucsd.EDU (C. Squibby Breyman) writes: >Every time I try to open a connection >ftp wairts then times out. Panarthea is only reachable by mail, unfortunately. Sun's internal network can't be reached from the outside world (or vice versa), so ftp won't work. Send the word "help" to archive-server@panarthea.ebay.sun.com for information about accessing the archives. The good news is that the archive server provides very fast turnaround time for people on the Internet, almost as good as ftp. --- " !" - Marcel Marceau Steven Grimm Moderator, comp.{sources,binaries}.atari.st sgrimm@sun.com ...!sun!sgrimm
kllove@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Kenneth L Love) (10/13/89)
In article <34517@grapevine.uucp> koreth@panarthea.ebay.sun.com (Steven Grimm) writes: >It's come to my attention that several people don't have Arc 5.21 and don't >know where to get it. It is available from the panarthea archive service. >If you've never used the service, send a mail message containing the word >"help" to archive-server@panarthea.ebay.sun.com for more information. >--- >" !" - Marcel Marceau >Steven Grimm Moderator, comp.{sources,binaries}.atari.st >sgrimm@sun.com ...!sun!sgrimm Does anyone have an address for the panarthea.ebay.sun.com archive? My site doesn't seem to have it listed in the hosts file. Kenneth Love ps. Anybody ever notice that ST & TOS stand for Star Trek and The Original Series, respectively? Was this a total coincidence or was Atari trying to get some Trekkers {Trekkies, whatever!} to buy the ST?
koreth@panarthea.ebay.sun.com (Steven Grimm) (10/13/89)
In article <1989Oct12.202146.2256@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu> kllove@uokmax.UUCP (Kenneth L Love) writes: >Does anyone have an address for the panarthea.ebay.sun.com archive? My site >doesn't seem to have it listed in the hosts file. Unfortunately, panarthea isn't accessible from the Internet by anything but mail. As my original message stated, send the word "help" to the mail address archive-server@panarthea.ebay.sun.com (if your mailer doesn't handle MX records properly, you can use archive-server%panarthea.ebay@sun.com) for information about accessing the archives. The server tends to respond very quickly. Actually, I guess this is indication that it's time for my "how to retrieve/ unpack binaries" article once again. (I thought I'd put a long expire time on it. Are people not reading it? How can I change the document so that the above question doesn't get asked once a week?) --- " !" - Marcel Marceau Steven Grimm Moderator, comp.{sources,binaries}.atari.st sgrimm@sun.com ...!sun!sgrimm