INFO-MAC-REQUEST@SUMEX-2060.STANFORD.EDU (Lance Nakata) (11/13/88)
[This message is from 8-Nov-88.] This is a status message describing the Info-Mac situation at SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.Edu. First, I apologize for not sending out a message sooner. Things have been really hectic. I did post messages a few months ago explaining the switch from a DEC-2060 to a Sun-4 to take place at the end of October 1988. Well, that officially happened on November 4, 1988, but some of you may still have old addresses in your host tables (this is irrelevant if you're using domain lookup). SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.Edu is now a Sun-4/280 running SunOS 4.0 (UNIX). Its Internet address is 36.44.0.6. SUMEX-2060.Stanford.Edu is the old SUMEX-AIM DEC-2060 running TOPS-20. Its Internet addresses are 36.45.0.87 and 10.0.0.56. You should continue to send digest messages and binaries to Info-Mac@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.Edu, and administrative mail to Info-Mac-Request@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.Edu. As of this date, November 8 (hope you all voted!), the Info-Mac archives are on SUMEX-2060.Stanford.Edu. Anonymous FTP to this host still works. I do not yet know when the archives will move to the Sun. I hope I don't have to do it manually, because that would take me a long time. I'll also have to collaborate with the other archive maintainers around the country to see if we can agree upon a standard file naming and directory structure format. As of this time I don't think we'll do a general conversion to an all-binary (8-bit) archive. This could change, though, if we're critically short of disk space and don't want to throw away files. No matter what we decide, I expect things to be disorganized for a while, so delays in response are to be expected. Also, I think our BITNET maintainers with their LISTSERV archives will be thrown for a tizzy, since I've never been clear on how they get our archived files. On behalf of Jon Pugh and myself, please pass on the word about the changes to Info-Mac. I'll try to keep you informed of our decisions, so please refrain from flooding this account with questions. Thanks, and happy Macking. Lance Nakata Info-Mac Moderator (along with Jon Pugh) Info-Mac-Request@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.Edu -------