bill@sigma.UUCP (William Swan) (11/05/86)
There has been a small discussion about the future of source distribution for various micros with the newsgroup reorganization. It appears that there will not be a sources group that will accept CP/M software (the issue was originally raised by PC users who will also be "abandoned"). One thought is that a mod.sources.cpm group could be created to take this code. Another thought is that the SIMTEL20 archives, with their UUCP access scheme, is adequate for the distribution of software, with announcements in comp.os.cpm. Any thoughts?
ken@rochester.ARPA (Comfy chair) (11/06/86)
Perhaps we have something like Argonne's automatic archive retrieval system. You can just send it mail and it sends the sources by return mail. I can see problems with all those strange return addresses though. Ken
brengle@hplabsc.UUCP (Tim Brengle) (11/07/86)
While having the SIMTEL20 archives is a truly wonderful thing, it is less than reliable for me. I have requested a couple of files as many as 3 times (requests separated by at least a week) without getting any response from them at all. Other files I have received parts 2 and 3 of three, and never gotten part 1. Maybe I am doing something wrong? It would be very nice to have a *reliable* source... Tim Brengle
msmiley@NOSC.ARPA (11/10/86)
The problem could be in your path, (some are simply more reliable than others) or you could be addressing your requests wrong. They are to be sent to ARCHIVE-REQUEST@SIMTEL20, not ARCHIVE-SERVER where the programs are sent *from*. Hope this helps. ...nosc!crash!pnet01!msmiley
ggw@ethos.UUCP (Gregory Woodbury) (11/11/86)
In article <921@sigma.UUCP> bill@sigma.UUCP (William Swan) writes: >..... Another thought is that the SIMTEL20 archives, with their UUCP access >scheme, is adequate for the distribution of software, with announcements in >comp.os.cpm. I have been reading the news for three months now, and have seen references to SIMTEL20 and the CP/M archives, but this is the first reference I have seen to having UUCP access. Have I missed a "quarterly" posting or something? Would somebody please send me the instructions for accessing this stuff? There are several recent announcements of stuff placed on SIMTEL20 that I would (almost) kill to get :-) Many Thanks in advance. -- ------------------------------------------ Gregory G. Woodbury The usual disclaimers apply {duke|mcnc|rti-sel}!ethos!ggw The line eater is a boojum snark! additional mail to ..ethos!dukcds!ggw