WANCHO@SIMTEL20.ARPA.UUCP (11/20/87)
PD1:<PC-BLUE.VOL318> through PD1:<PC-BLUE.VOL377>, and a new PD1:<PC-BLUE.VOL000> now exist on SIMTEL20.ARPA and available via ANONYMOUS FTP. Also new in PD1:<PC-BLUE> (alias PC-BLUE:) are: FILES.IDX, a listing of *all* the filenames in all the volumes, suitable for input to a database. PC-BLUE.CRCLST, the master CRC list, and PC-BLUE.ARC, the ARC'd version of that file. As usual, the PC/BLUE collections are offered as-is. If you have a problem with any of the programs, complain to the author(s) and/or the PC/BLUE Librarian of The New York Amateur Computer Club. However, if you find any of the volumes obviously incomplete or files apparently damaged, let me know. Still in keeping with our old precedents, files with a generation number of 1 are binary; those with 2 are ASCII. All files were uploaded with MEX-PC on the PC side and TMODEM on the TOPS20 side. The published CRCs accompanying each volume should match the actual files because the CRCK program used to generate them assumes the files are multiples of 128 bytes. Please be careful in using the proper FTP options in transferring binary files from this machine. From a TOPS20 or TENEX/AUGUST system, use the default PAGED mode for all files. From an ITS or other PDP10 operating system, use IMAGE mode. From all other systems, use whatever command is required to transfer the binary files as a stream of 8-bit bytes. The usual user ftp command is "type l 8". The command "type l 32" may work *only* if your machine stores bytes in words in the same order as this machine. The command "tenex" should be the same as "type l 8", but some user ftp programs have incorrectly implemented this command to mean "type l 32". The way to tell is to turn on debug mode and issue the command tenex. If your ftp sends "type l 32", beat on your system programmer to have that fixed. --Frank