[bionet.molbio.genbank] Update on the GenBank releases

kristoff@GENBANK.BIO.NET (Dave Kristofferson) (01/16/91)

In response to a question from Dan Davison:

GenBank release 66 went into tape production last week and the first
tapes are shipping today.  The next task is to get the release 66
CDROM out the door which will occur before the end of January.  The
CDROM will include the release 66 flat files, the release 65 floppy
disk format files, and release 64.3 of GenPept.  The first two items
for the CD are ready, but Will Nelson, Julie Ryals, and myself are
currently working on the GenPept release (producing indicies and
cleaning up errors that we find in this process).

In the future I will post an announcement to the newsgroup as each
release begins production.

				Sincerely,

				Dave Kristofferson
				GenBank Manager

				kristoff@genbank.bio.net

kristoff@GENBANK.BIO.NET (Dave Kristofferson) (01/16/91)

> 
> I would like to know what the update schedule for the
> floppy database on genbank.bio.net is. The version
> currently residing there dates from around the beginning of
> August.
> 
> --
> Tony Persechini
> Department of Physiology
> University of Rochester Medical Center

The latest floppy disk release (65) shipped a couple of weeks ago but
is not available for FTP yet.  Our FTP area is tight on space and we
are awaiting the arrival of a new IPI disk for genbank.bio.net which
has been delayed.  We have been told that the disk will ship at the
end of January.  The latest floppy disk release is significantly
larger than the one there presently and putting it up would almost
completely exhaust room for our daily updates.  We intend to expand
the entire FTP offerings, including adding SWISS-PROT, after the new
disk arrives.  If we can clean out space (which I doubt), I might have
the floppy directory updated sooner.  Sorry for the inconvenience.

				Sincerely,

				Dave Kristofferson
				GenBank Manager

				kristoff@genbank.bio.net