games@tekred.TEK.COM (07/06/88)
Submitted by: Bill Randle <games@tekred.CNA.TEK.COM>
Comp.sources.games: Volume 5, Info 1
Archive-name: Archlst.2
[As I start volume 5 of comp.sources.games I thought I'd
provide you with a few statistics. -br]
This is the 411th comp.sources.games posting in the 14th months since I
started moderating this group. During that time 95 games have been
posted (some of them upgrades to previously posted games) with close to
9 Megabytes of *COMPRESSED* games source in the archive (I'm not about
to uncompress it to see what it is in clear text :-)).
A special thanks to all of you who have sent (or are going to send) in
games that you have written. That's what keeps this group going. Keep
up the good work. -br
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ACCESSING THE COMP.SOURCES.GAMES ARCHIVE
(last updated: July 5, 1988)
Several sites below will send tapes through the mail. For those sites,
send a 1/2" mag tape WITH RETURN POSTAGE and RETURN MAILER. Tapes
without postage or mailer will not be returned. No other methods (COD,
etc.) are available; please don't ask.
1. Rick Adams (rick@uunet.uu.net) provides archive access to those on the
Internet. Access is available directly via anonymous ftp (Outside of
9am-7pm EDT M-F.) The files are in a directory comp.sources.games, then a
sub-directory VolumeX. They are named as closely as possible to the
names in the Index.
2. Mike Arms at Sandia will be archiving the articles. They can be a
point of contact for those sites in New Mexico needing postings.
Note though that they are NOT an ARPAnet site nor do they allow
ad lib uucp connections. Those requesting archives should e-mail
to Mike.
Mike Arms
{ucbvax | gatech}!unmvax!sandia!marms
3. Pyramid Technology has an archive arranged topically, and in compressed
tar files. They are happy to take new UUCP connections. They are also
somewhat willing to make tapes for people to come by and pick up,
provided you call WELL in advance and bring lunch money. This is being
managed by Claudia Dimmers and/or Carl Gutekunst. Contact
pyramid!usenet for more info.
4. Jason Winters at host aeras in San Jose (sun!aeras!jason) has an online
archive and has a directory setup for anon uucp. Contact Jason
for more details.
Jason Winters
sun!aeras!jason
(408) 432-1200 ext. 365
5. Charlie Boykin at host killer archives games sources (as well as
comp.sources.unix and comp.sources.misc). The archives are in /net/archive
on his system and anon uucp is available. Contact Charlie for
details.
Charlie Boykin
{ihnp4,cuae2}!killer!sysop
6. Robert Elz (kre@munnari.OZ) keeps comp.sources.games in different ways
depending on his available disk space; contact him for more info
if you're an Australian site.
7. John Gilmore at host hoptoad keeps a full comp.sources.games archive.
To get copies of archived stuff, send mail to games-archive@toad.com, or:
{sun,ptsfa,lll-crg,ucbvax,ihnp4,psivax,uunet}!hoptoad!games-archive
8. Jim Thompson at host otto can make 1600/6250bpi tar/cpio tapes,
1/4" cartrige tapes (either format) and VMS (1600/6250bpi) BACKUP
format tapes (in a pinch, if they grovel..). Contact Jim for details.
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9. Of course, I have a complete set of archives. I can mail individual
postings, make files available for UUCP, and will send tapes (1600
or 6250 BPI tar). It costs about $5 to send a 2400' tape across
the country in a padded envelope via first-class mail.
In a real crunch, I might be able to write files onto MS-DOS
diskettes; send e-mail before sending floppies!
games@saab.CNA.TEK.COM
10. Internet sites may also retrieve archives from j.cc.purdue.edu via
anonymous ftp. Due to disk space considerations,
many of the sources are compressed; these may be recognized by the
".Z" suffix. If you don't have compress & friends, they are in
~ftp/pub/compress.shar for the taking. This is being managed by
Rich Kulawiec (Wombat), pucc-j!rsk, rsk@j.cc.purdue.edu. If your
host tables don't grok "j.cc.purdue.edu", try "purdue-asc.arpa".
They would appreciate it if you would avoid large file transfers
in the middle of the day. [Rick also points out that the FTP'able
archies also contain comp.sources.amiga, a bunch of kermit sources, news
2.11, rn 4.3, nntp, and whatever else happens to be in ~ftp/pub at
the moment.] This is still in the process of being setup for games
archiving (game playing is not allowed on their local machines).
Contact Rich for access/status info.
11. Phil Harbison at host madhat plans to archive comp.sources.games.
They will support anonymous uucp access. They can also make 96tpi,
5.25" floppy disks using cpio or tar format.
Live: Phil Harbison
USPS: 3409 Grassfort Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805-5421
Uucp: {akgua,clyde}!madhat!alvitar
Bell: 205-881-4317, 205-461-2957
12. Gary Rosenblum (rosenblg@cmcl2.nyu.edu) writes: the major node here
is cmcl2. We're connected to the ARPAnet via jvnc and our own imp,
plus we are part of nysernet, a high-speed new york state network
that has, among other members, cornell, rpi, suny-buffalo, and columbia.
so we are probably a good choice! An anonymous ftp account has been
setup on acf3.nyu.edu.
I also have an 800/1600 bpi drive, plus tons of other equipment, so
I can support tapes for 4.2 and 4.3, System V, etc.
Gary J. Rosenblum {ihnp4, allegra}!cmcl2!rosenblg
UNIX Systems Manager rosenblg@cmcl2.nyu.edu
New York University gary@nyu.nyu.edu
13. rpp386 is a xenix archive site. all of the files which are there have
been compiled and run under xenix. if you are running xenix, you are
still in luck since xenix is weirder than most, and generally the port
back to unix is very lite trouble ...
the uucp login information for your L.sys file is as follows:
rpp386 Any ACU 2400 12142506272 in:-\r-in:-\r-in: anonuucp
or for 1200 baud modems,
rpp386 Any ACU 1200 12142506272 "" BREAK in:-\r-in:-\r-in: anonuucp
the BREAK should land you at 1200 baud first time out. if you are having
trouble getting connected, you may want to login as 'uuhelp', no password,
and see what steps were required to get a connection.
the list of archived files is in /usr/spool/uucppublic/archive, along with
being in the home directory for uuhelp. obtain a copy of it before starting
any serious file transfers. you may also want to obtain a copy from time
to time as the contents change as i have the time to add new programs.
You can pick up all the files in a particular archive using '*', e.g.:
uucp rpp386!/usr/spool/archive/moria/* moriadir
good luck, and send mail to let me know you've dropped in ...
John F. Haugh II SNAIL: HECI Exploration Co. Inc.
UUCP: ...!ihnp4!killer!jfh 11910 Greenville Ave, Suite 600
"You can't threaten us, we're Dallas, TX. 75243
the Oil Company!" (214) 231-0993 Ext 260
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Other sites may be added in the future. I will update this list
and repost occaisionally.