[comp.sys.dec.micro] Rainbow ftp sites

cjohnson@usceast.UUCP (Carnegie Cjohnson) (12/11/89)

Hi All,

I am looking for a ftp site(s) where I can get some of the
Rainbow software mentioned in this group.  I have very little
software for my 'bow.  I am interested in utilities and the 
newest version of Kermit that will allow vt220 emulation.  I
am currently running the 1984 version of Kermit which is very
limited.

I have tried calling some of the BBS's advertised in this group
but the long distance phone calls are really adding up.  And
being the poor college student that I am, I would like to take
advantage of my school's recent internet connection to make D/L'ing
much faster and easier.

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perry@MCL.UNISYS.COM (Dennis Perry) (12/11/89)

There are files available for FTPing from CMU (info-dec-micro@andrew.cmu.edu).
I think that is the right address to reach them.  There are also msdos files 
available from wuarchive.wustl.edu which mirror the msdos archives at
simtel20 on the milnet.  wuarchives also have amiga, apple II, atari, and
mac archives from users groups.  For you gif fans, they also have a collection
of gif graphics.

dennis

GTHEALL@PENNDRLS.UPENN.EDU (George A. Theall) (12/11/89)

>I am looking for a ftp site(s) where I can get some of the
>Rainbow software mentioned in this group.

  Carney, you can access the INFO-DEC-MICRO file archives by anonymous
FTP through DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU. Here's a session log where I
connect and get a listing of files.

    /localhome/theall> ftp drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
    Connected to drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu.
    220 DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU MultiNet FTP Server Process 2.1(8) ...
    Name (drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu:theall): anonymous
    331 anonymous user ok. Send real ident as password.
    Password:
    230-Guest User THEALL@UPENN logged into USR:[ANONYMOUS] ...
    230 Access restrictions apply
    ftp> cd [.info-dec-micro]
    250 Connected to USR:[ANONYMOUS.INFO-DEC-MICRO].
    ftp> ls
    200 Port 4.111 at Host 130.91.5.40 accepted.
    150 List started.
    aaafiles.txt
    aareadme.1st
    arc.dir
    comm.dir
    cpm.dir
    digests.dir
    games.dir
    msdos.dir
    prog.dir
    text.dir
    uploads.dir
    226 Transfer completed.
    124 bytes received in .28 seconds (.43 Kbytes/s)
    ftp> quit

Please transfer files aaafiles.txt and aareadme.lst before you do
anything else. They are ascii files and it's easy to transfer them.
Issue the command "binary" when you want to transfer binary files;
eg, ZIP files. And you'll need a copy of PKZIP v1.0x to access
any of these ZIPs - you can get it off of any PC-oriented bbs.

   If you encounter any trouble, the first place you should turn
is to the system administrator at your site. He/she can tell you
what magic incantations you need to use FTP, and each implementation
has a somewhat different set of commands. If that doesn't work,
then get in touch with Rob Locke, INFO-DEC-MICRO-REQUEST@ANDREW.CMU.EDU
as he's in charge of the file archives.

George

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GTHEALL@PENNDRLS.UPENN.EDU (George A. Theall) (12/12/89)

>I am interested in utilities and the
>newest version of Kermit that will allow vt220 emulation.

   My favourite implementation of Kermit for the Rainbow is
v2.29.1 dated Jul 4, 1986. It's a special version for the Rainbow,
takes advantage of its fast-video capabilities, allows on-the-fly
key definitions (quite useful for repetitive typing!!!), *and*
offers VT220 emulation. Look for it in the INFO-DEC-MICRO archives
as KER229A.ZIP in directory [.INFO-DEC-MICRO.COMM]. You can also
get this directly from the folks at Columbia who coordinate the
various implementations of Kermit. You can order it via BITNET, on
RX50's, or get it with anonymous FTP.

George

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cjohnson@usceast.UUCP (Carnegie Cjohnson) (12/13/89)

Thanks George and to all of those who replied.

I received a mail message from someone at "unm"(I think Univ. of New
Mexico).  I lost your mail so I have to reply here.  I am interested.
Please resend me mail so that I can get your address again.
If you like, bundle up those progarams and mail them too.

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p.s.  BTW, George did you try to send mail to that address?

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