brant@manta.pha.pa.us (Brant Cheikes) (01/19/90)
This message briefly describes the UNIXpc software archive on osu-cis. It is posted (with a suitably extended expiration date) to newsgroups unix-pc.general and comp.sys.att. Users of the AT&T UNIXpc (aka 3b1, PC7300) are invited to peruse the contents of the UNIXpc software archives maintained on uucp site 'osu-cis' (also known on the Internet as cis.ohio-state.edu). This archive contains various software packages that either have been designed specifically for the UNIXpc or can be compiled on it with only routine configuration tweaks. The occasional pearl-of-wisdom file can be found there as well. The archive is updated as often as necessary, though at least once per month. NB: this is NOT an archive of all unix-pc.* newsgroup hierarchy articles. Rather, it is a collection of interesting, useful, or otherwise valuable programs or information files, many culled from the unix-pc groups. ACCESS TO THE ARCHIVES Uucp-only sites should add the appropriate L.sys entry: osu-cis Any ACU 2400 16142923124 "" \r\c Name? osu-cis nected \c GO \d\r\d\r\d\r in:--in: Uanon osu-cis Any ACU 1200 16142923112 "" \r\c Name? osu-cis nected \c GO \d\r\d\r\d\r in:--in: Uanon Access is provided 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, by the good graces of the folks at Ohio State Computer & Information Science. We all owe a large debt of gratitude to Karl Kleinpaste for making this archive possible. All files are in the att7300/* area. The file README.Z will contain the latest list of software available for retrieval. To get the README file, you would execute a uucp request such as: % uucp osu-cis!~/att7300/README.Z /usr/spool/uucppublic This command will cause README.Z to be copied to your public spool area. Users with FTP access may simply connect to cis.ohio-state.edu, chdir to ~/pub/att7300, and snarf 'till the cows come home. All files in the archive are compressed (and thus the filenames end in ".Z"). The compress/uncompress utility is provided with the UNIXpc development kit, but the (uncompressed!) "compress.cpio" file in the osu-cis archive contains source AND executable of compress/uncompress for those otherwise without it. In addition to the UNIXpc archives, osu-cis maintains a complete archive of GNU software. For more information, you should uucp the file osu-cis!~/GNU.how-to-get. Since I maintain the UNIXpc archive, related comments, questions, or suggestions should be sent by e-mail to me. Please make absolutely sure to provide me with a valid reply address if you expect a reply. I am always happy to accept contributions. If you notice that something you consider useful is missing from the archive, please send me mail about it. -- Brant Cheikes University of Pennsylvania, Department of Computer and Information Science brant@manta.pha.pa.us, brant@linc.cis.upenn.edu, bpa!manta!brant