andrew@mulga.oz (Andrew Worsley) (07/20/87)
Dan Jatnieks, Wrote to me explaining he couldn't get PC/IP from at least two of the places I listed in my previous posting. The addresses are over a year old and I guess a lot changes in that time. Here is a recent posting about a new release of the CMU port of PC/IP. Hopefully this goes someway towards fixing up the frustrations my previous posting might have caused. I also believe that there is an ftp version of the orginal PC/IP from louie.udel.edu or some such machine. Sorry I can't remember any better than that. Andrew Worsley From: ddp+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Drew Daniel Perkins) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Subject: new pcip distribution Date: 13 Jul 87 19:47:42 GMT Lot's of people have been sending me mail asking about the BITNET distribution of CMU PCIP. ....... Getting CMU PCIP from the arpanet --------------------------------- To get the CMU Microsoft C version of the PCIP package from the arpanet, connect to host "lancaster.andrew.cmu.edu" with FTP (no quotes when you really type it). This machine is a 4.2bsd UNIX system. Login in as user "anonymous", password "guest". Next, use the "cd" command to change your working directory to "pub". Now if you do a "dir" command you will get a listing of all the necessary files. First, "get" the files "readme" and "install.bat" in netascii mode. The rest of the files must be retrieved in binary/octet/image mode. Now retrieve the files "tarread.exe", "root.tar", "include.tar", "srcdev.tar", "srclib.tar" and "srccmd.tar". The file "doc.tar" is also available if you want the scribe documentation. The three large files, "srclib.tar", "srccmd.tar" and "doc.tar" are also available in "compressed" format. These files have a ".Z" extension. If you retrieve these, there is no reason to retrieve the original ".tar" files. These files are provided in case you have trouble transferring the large files over the network. The UNIX "uncompress" program may be used to regenerate the original ".tar" files. Once you have these on your local machine, use TFTP, kermit or some other file transfer program to get them to your PC. Put the files under a subdirectory such as c:\pcip. Make sure you do the transfers in the proper mode (octet or ascii, as above). The file "readme" explains what you have, and how to proceed farther. The program tarread.exe is a very small tar file reading program that I wrote. It has very few features, but it serves the purpose here. Getting CMU PCIP from BITNET --------------------------------- To get the CMU Microsoft C version of the PCIP package from BITNET, retrieve the "pcip package" from host cmuccvma. To do this from an IBM VM system, type the command: "tell listserv at cmuccvma get pcip package" From a VMS system running JNET say: "send listserv@cmuccvma get pcip package" If you would like to automatically receive updates you can "subscribe" yourself. From VM use the two commands: "tell listserve at cmuccvma pw add 'password'" "tell listserve at cmuccvma afd add pcip package pw='password'" And from VMS: "send listserve@cmuccvma pw add 'password'" "send listserve@cmuccvma afd add pcip package pw='password'" In either case, replace 'password' with some string. Once you have received all of the files, you should have a collection of plain ascii files with a "boo" extension. These files are formatted specially so that they can get through BITNET unchanged (hopefully!). Once you have these on your local machine, use TFTP, kermit or some other file transfer program to get them to your PC. Put the files under a subdirectory such as c:\pcip. Since boo files are all plain ascii files, make sure you transfer them in netascii mode. I.e. if you are transferring them from a VM system, make sure that EBCIDIC to ASCII translation is done. If you are transferring them from a VMS system, JNET should have already done the transformation. The file "read.me" explains what you have, and how to proceed farther. Good luck, Drew Perkins arpanet: drew.perkins@andrew.cmu.edu phone: (412) 268-8576 US mail: Drew D. Perkins Carnegie-Mellon University 4910 Forbes Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15213