rwl@ektools.UUCP (Richard W. Lourette) (12/31/88)
I have been told by a number of sources on the net that I can get files from the SIMTEL20 archives. I have been able to ftp the site, but after that I don't know what to do? I tried 'cd PD1:CPM.x' where x represents the directory I want. Could someone please tell me the procedure for retrieving files from SIMTEL20? Thanks in advance, Rich Lourette ( ...rochester!kodak!ektools!rwl )
wilker@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Clarence W. Wilkerson Jr.) (12/31/88)
Simtel20 is a DEC20 running TOPS20 ???. The directory structure is a little strange, and binary files have to be transfrred in the tenex mode to get around the 36 bit word length on Simtel20. It can be a little slow ( my U of R. connections come out about 500 characters/sec, compared to UR<->Cornell ftp rates of 20-50 kbytes! However, it's a great resource.