[comp.sys.atari.st] Umix Access??? and UUCP Access.

goertzel@DCA-EMS.ARPA (Herbert Goertzel) (11/25/87)

Having read the last 3 Info-Ataria16 digests, I saw two messages that purport
to tell me how to get to these archives from an honest arpanet site.  I will
admit I am not UNIX conversant and / or USENET knowledgeable, but I do know
how to follow instructions if they are complete.  Unfortunately, that was
not the case in either case.
Could somebody write a SIMPLE, COMPLETE list of how to get an index of the
archives at either/both of the places from an arpanet host?  Please.
I've seen many requests for this type of info, but except for the LISTSERV
system, NO ANSWERS.

Thanks, Kind soul,
Herb Goertzel

hyc@starbarlounge.UUCP (11/30/87)

In article <8711250046.AA08976@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> goertzel@DCA-EMS.ARPA (Herbert Goertzel) writes:
>Having read the last 3 Info-Ataria16 digests, I saw two messages that purport
>to tell me how to get to these archives from an honest arpanet site.  I will
>admit I am not UNIX conversant and / or USENET knowledgeable, but I do know
>how to follow instructions if they are complete.  Unfortunately, that was
>not the case in either case.

Assuming a Unix-based host with access to the Internet, and reasonably good access
to the NSFnet...

	/usr/ucb/ftp 35.1.1.10    <--- This should get you connected to umix.
					If you get 'network unreachable' you're
					out of luck.
	at the ftp 'login:' prompt,
	answer 'ftp' (or 'anonymous', they're both the same uid...)

	at the ftp 'password:' prompt,
	answer with a reasonably intelligible rendition of your name.
	(Garbage responses make me unhappy when I review the logs...  }-)

	at the 'ftp>' prompt,
	answer 'cd pub/atari/st' to get to the Atari ST directory. There
	are three subdirectories present, named bin, src, and sys, for
	files obtained from the binaries, sources, and general discussion
	newsgroups. The bin and src directories will both contain two files
	named INDEX and INDEX.LONG. The INDEX file contains just the content
	of the 'Subject:' field of the original article. The INDEX.LONG file
	contains the descriptive text from the original article in addition
	to the indexing information of the 'Subject:' article header.

If you've never used ftp before, you should read the man page before doing
any of this. It's also a good idea to issue the 'binary' command as soon
as you log in, (assuming a Unix system, that is) so you'll get all the .ARC
files intact.