sauder@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (8908) (10/24/89)
I occassionally hear of c64 stuff being available out there in net-land on systems such as maxwell.physics.purdue.edu, et. al.. How can your average person login to such a system and retrieve public domain software? Is this even possible, or have I read too much into such messages? If it is possible, what are some of these systems and what can be found on them? Thanks. Jeff Sauder sauder@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu
jgreco@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Joe Greco) (10/24/89)
In comp.sys.cbm article <3568@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>, sauder@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (8908) wrote: ]I occassionally hear of c64 stuff being available out there in ]net-land on systems such as maxwell.physics.purdue.edu, et. al.. ]How can your average person login to such a system and retrieve public ]domain software? Is this even possible, or have I read too much into ]such messages? If it is possible, what are some of these systems ]and what can be found on them? Thanks. You're asking about ftp. ftp is a file transfer program that allows you to connect to other systems on the Internet and transfer files. Some sites are open to the public, some are not. To get on the ones that are not, you need to have a valid user account. However, those that do allow public access, all you need to do is ftp to the site, and then log in as "anonymous". Send your user name when it asks for password. Example... (csd4.jgreco.32-2) 10:41am /usr/local/bin 9 > ftp maxwell.physics.purdue.edu Connected to maxwell.physics.purdue.edu. 220 maxwell.physics.purdue.edu FTP server (Version 4.143 Tue Nov 1 20:31:57 EST 1988) ready. Name (maxwell.physics.purdue.edu:jgreco): anonymous 331 Guest login ok, send ident as password. Password: jgreco 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. ftp> dir 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening data connection for /bin/ls (ascii mode) (0 bytes). total 3 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Mar 30 1987 bin dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Jun 6 12:50 etc drwxrwxrwt 7 root root 512 Oct 4 12:17 pub 226 Transfer complete. 186 bytes received in 0.15 seconds (1.2 Kbytes/s) ftp> cd pub 250 CWD command successful. ftp> dir 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening data connection for /bin/ls (ascii mode) (0 bytes). total 390 drwxr-xr-x 2 ray root 512 Jun 8 23:06 bible -rw-r--r-- 1 rb rb 386608 Jul 12 13:54 bibtex0.99c.tar.Z drwxrwxr-x 2 ray root 512 Oct 5 13:44 c64kermit drwxrwxr-x 2 ray root 512 Oct 5 13:44 cmg drwxr-xr-x 2 rb root 2048 Jun 1 23:42 nsls drwxr-xr-x 2 piner root 512 Jul 28 06:31 piner 226 Transfer complete. 390 bytes received in 1.2 seconds (0.32 Kbytes/s) ftp> cd c64kermit 250 CWD command successful. ftp> dir 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening data connection for /bin/ls (ascii mode) (0 bytes). total 122 -rw-rw-r-- 1 ray root 993 Sep 23 22:10 README -rw-rw-r-- 1 ray root 1532 Feb 24 1989 boot-kermit -rw-rw-r-- 2 ray root 85184 Oct 5 13:44 c64ker.doc -rw-rw-r-- 1 ray root 30329 Feb 24 1989 kermit -rw-rw-r-- 1 ray root 454 Feb 24 1989 kermit.ini 226 Transfer complete. 334 bytes received in 0.26 seconds (1.3 Kbytes/s) ftp> quit 221 Goodbye. This isn't a typical session, we haven't transferred any files. To transfer files, there are two commands "get" and "send". Also, you may need to use the "bin" command to put ftp in binary transfer mode: it defaults to network ASCII. For a full description, read the manual. -- jgreco@csd4.csd.uwm.edu Joe Greco at FidoNet 1:154/200 USnail: 9905 W Montana Ave PunterNet Node 30 or 31 West Allis, WI 53227-3329 "These aren't anybody's opinions." Voice: 414/321-6184 Data: 414/321-9287 (Happy Hacker's BBS)