rl1b+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU ("Robert A. Locke") (12/30/89)
Below is the standard blurb on how to access Info-DEC-Micro-Files.
Unfortunately, the files have not changed at all since September. I
know there have been some releases of software. Please make
contributions as described below.
AAREADME.1ST 10-Sep-89
Welcome to the Info-DEC-Micro File Archives. The files contained
here may be retrieved through anonymous ftp or through requests to have
them mailed (for those of you without Internet/Arpanet access). A list
of the available files is in AAAFILES.TXT.
Anonymous FTP Access
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Info-DEC-Micro maintains a directory on Drycas.Club.CC.CMU.EDU
(128.2.232.11). The machine is a VAXstation 3100 running VMS 5.2.
The directory containing the archives is [ANONYMOUS.INFO-DEC-MICRO].
The actual files are located in nine subdirectories off of that one:
[.ARC] Archiving utilities.
[.COMM] Communcation programs.
[.MSDOS] Programs/utilities for MS-DOS.
[.CPM] Programs/utilities for CP/M.
[.GAMES] Games.
[.PROG] Programming/source code.
[.DIGESTS] Digests of Info-DEC-Micro correspondence.
[.TEXT] Text files of interest.
[.UPLOADS] User submissions not yet processed.
To move around from directory to directory within ftp, one uses the
CD command. To move down a directory, simply precede the directory with
a period as done above. To move up one directory, use [-].
In the main directory, [ANONYMOUS.INFO-DEC-MICRO], along with this
file, there is a file called AAAFILES.TXT which contains a listing of all
of the files in all of the directories (except, of course, [.UPLOADS]).
Binary files (almost all of the files available) require that you
set the TYPE to IMAGE or BINARY. Please see your local documentation for
more information on using ftp.
File Request via Mail Messages
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For those people who do not have Arpanet/Internet access, and,
consequently, cannot use ftp, there is an alternate, albeit slower,
method for obtaining the files. It is via mail. To send a request for
a particular file or for a list of the available files, send a message
to the appropriate following address:
from Arpanet: Info-DEC-Micro-Files@andrew.cmu.edu
from Bitnet : Info-DEC-Micro-Files@ANDREW or
Info-DEC-Micro-Files%andrew.cmu.edu@CMCCVB
from UUCP : {favorite gateway}!andrew.cmu.edu!info-dec-micro-files
In the message, if you ask to see a list of the files available, you
receive a mail message with the file AAAFILES.TXT included in the text
of the message. If you ask for a specific binary file, you will
receive multiple messages which are pieces of the file uuencoded. To
work with these files that you receive, you will need the following
tools:
1) An editor to remove the mail's headers and footers.
2) A file transfer package to get the file(s) to your PC.
3) UUDECODE to change the files back into an archive.
4) PKZIP v1.01 to extract the files from the archives.
All of these are available from the Info-DEC-Micro File Archives.
Since some of these are needed from the beginning, please send some
mail requesting some help and telling me which of the above you have
so I can see what I can arrange for you to get you set up using the
archives.
User Submissions to the Archive
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The Info-DEC-Micro File Archives will not survive without your
support. Many of the programs available in the archives are still
being updated. Since I do this voluntarily, I cannot both help
people and search around for the new versions. Since I feel it is
more important for me to help people accessing Info-DEC-Micro, it
is up to you to update the files available. There are essentially
two methods for submitting files to the archive.
The first method is to make the file available to me via ftp
in some manner. Send mail to Info-DEC-Micro-Files@andrew.cmu.edu
with the name of the file and its location (please include the IP
address of the machine). Please plan to leave the file available
for a few days as I might not get your message immediately and may
run into some difficulties in gaining access to your machine. I will
notify you when I have successfully retrieved the file and you can
then remove it/my access.
The second method for making a submission is to mail the file
to Info-DEC-Micro-Files either electronically or via USMail. If you
do so via the the networks, please uuencode the file first to make
sure it is not destroyed by one of the mailers between us. If you
decide to send the file to me via USMail, I will only return the
diskette if you also send me a return envelope with sufficient postage.
When making submissions, PLEASE USE PKZIP v1.01 to archive the
files. It has the best compression algorithm currently and is faster
than most other packages. The Archive has tried to standardize on
.ZIP files so that people will only need one program to extract the
files.
--Rob Locke
Info-DEC-Micro List/File Maintainer
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