[comp.os.os9] Ftp answer? - maybe

rh2y+@andrew.cmu.edu (Russell E. Hoffman, II) (08/18/90)

I have seen numerous posts here asking for any FTP sites that carry OS-9
software. I myself have posted asking the same question. Here are the three
traditional answers:

LISTSERV@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU  (not actually ftp -- its a mailing list server)
prince.white.toronto.edu  - has source code for mg2a editor


and the third one I don't have with me right now, but its the place in
Texas (?) where somebody put the TOPS package up for public ftp.

Now, I've repeated what everybody knows, so now here's my piece:

Every time I get a new FTP-list, I vaguely recall seeing this one entry,
and finally I actually looked it up. Quoted right from the ftp-list available
from (i believe) gatekeeper.dec.com (may have been uunet.uu.net):

bnlux0.bnl.gov       130.199.128.1    looking for suggestions


Has anyone else seen this?  WHat I imagine is that perhaps there are a crew of
people who are just dying to set up an anonymous FTP site, but they don't have
any idea what they want to put on it. Perhaps one of us brave souls should send
mail to the system administrator there and tell him of our plight (about not
having an FTP site for OS9) and maybe then we could get the ball rolling.
Naturally, I don't expect them to just allow us to use their computer
out of the kindness of their hearts, but it may be worth a try....


   -just a suggestion

Russell E Hoffman II
rh2y+@andrew.cmu.edu
Carnegie Mellon University

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