mccalpin@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (John D Mccalpin) (03/21/90)
Where (physically) is vgr.brl.mil? I have been trying to ftp TeX out of the info-iris directory for a week now, and the network connection invariably drops within the first 5-10 minutes. When I did get a connection to stay up for a few minutes, the transfer rate only averaged 1 kB/s. I am very surprised by the terrible network response, since U.Del. is very well connected to most of the world.... Is there anyplace else (preferably on the east coast) where this software might reside? I really don't want to pay $100 for the sgi software release tape just to get TeX.... -- John D. McCalpin mccalpin@vax1.acs.udel.edu Assistant Professor mccalpin@delocn.udel.edu College of Marine Studies, U. Del. mccalpin@scri1.scri.fsu.edu
kermit@BRL.MIL (Chuck Kennedy) (03/23/90)
VGR is located at the Aberdeen Proving Ground near Aberdeen, Maryland. I'm not sure why you're having problems. You might be interested to know that the TeX distribution was split into smaller segments to make it somewhat easier to transfer. They are called texbin.tar.Z.[1-7]. Good luck! -Chuck Kennedy <info-iris-request@brl.mil>
mccalpin@VAX1.UDEL.EDU (MCCALPIN) (03/23/90)
>VGR is located at the Aberdeen Proving Ground near Aberdeen, Maryland. >I'm not sure why you're having problems. You might be interested to >know that the TeX distribution was split into smaller segments to make >it somewhat easier to transfer. They are called texbin.tar.Z.[1-7]. >Good luck! > -Chuck Kennedy It was the smaller pieces that I was trying to get! After about a dozen tries in the course of a week (almost all of them at off hours) I finally managed to get the first two parts. I never succeeded in getting parts 3-7. I did find two groups on campus here who had gotten it earlier, so I have it installed now. -- John D. McCalpin mccalpin@vax1.acs.udel.edu Assistant Professor mccalpin@delocn.udel.edu College of Marine Studies, U. Del. mccalpin@scri1.scri.fsu.edu