paul@aucs.UUCP (05/12/87)
This information may or may not be public knowledge, but I didn't know about it until recently, so I thought I should mention it. A few weeks ago I enquired how someone on BITNET could get access to the INFO-MAC archives. As it turns out, there is a node, MACSERVE AT PUCC, which users on CMS can access using the TELL command. This unfortunately, did not solve my problem since my BITNET machine is a Cyber, and our USENET machine is a Vax running 4.3BSD. However, I have just received back information about Mac archives that are kept on SIMTEL20. I sent for a directory and most of the INFO-MAC stuff is there and seems pretty well up-to-date. To access the SIMTEL20 archives, the following info might be of help: To obtain a directory listing of the MACINTOSH stuff, send your request to ARCHIVE-REQUEST@SIMTEL20 as follows: SEND PD:<MACINTOSH>MACINTOS.CRCLST To obtain up to five files in a single request message by netmail from the public domain archives kept on SIMTEL20.ARPA, send a message to: ARCHIVE-REQUEST@SIMTEL20.ARPA or via uucp: ...!ucbvax!simtel20.arpa!archive-request ...!uw-beaver!simtel20.arpa!archive-request ...!decwrl!simtel20.arpa!archive-request ...!lll-crg!simtel20.arpa!archive-request ...!ut-sally!simtel20.arpa!archive-request ...!harvard!simtel20.arpa!archive-request [do NOT use host "seismo" - they are blocking messages from the server] For additional INFO, you should one of the following commands to SIMTEL20. SEND HELP - Short help file SEND INFO - Detailed help file Examples: SEND PD:<MACINTOSH.DA>DISKINFO.1 SEND PD:<MACINTOSH.COMM>KERMIT.1 Hope this information will be of help to someone. UUCP: {seismo|watmath|utai|garfield}!dalcs!aucs!Paul BITNET: {Paul|phs}@Acadia Internet: {Paul|phs}%Acadia.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU PHONEnet: (902) 542-2201x587