nguyenn@ouareau.iro.umontreal.ca (Ngoc-Thong Nguyen) (04/16/89)
Hello,
I've read some messages talking about SIMTEL20 and ftp.
I'm new here and I want to know how to access to SIMTEL20
via ftp. When I'm in ftp, I've tried to open SIMTEL20 but
the system answers "Unknown host". Can anyone help me?
Thanks in advance.
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/\/goc-/hong /\/guyen
>> Le Canadien will win the Stanley Cup this year.cas2070@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu (04/20/89)
Hello, I have a question.... I have managed to get some files down from SIMTEL20 but I don't seem to have the program to uncompress them ... can someone please tell me what I need to do this? -Cary (cas2070@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu)
wales@valeria.cs.ucla.edu (Rich Wales) (11/21/89)
In article <127614@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> stephenj@deblil.Sun.COM (Stephen Johnson) writes: Can some kind and generous soul out there please post an example SIMTEL20 session where they grab a text file, a uuencoded file, a MSDOS executable file and an archived file. First of all, "text" and "uuencoded" files are really the same (ASCII); and MSDOS executables and archives are similarly the same (binary). So there are really only two situations to worry about -- ASCII and binary. Assuming your own machine that you're running FTP on is a UNIX system, you should give the command "ascii" before retrieving ASCII files, and give the command "tenex" before retrieving binary files. If you're going to do a "dir" command, you have to be in "ascii" mode. Some versions of FTP will automatically switch into "ascii" mode, do the "dir", and then switch back into whatever mode you were in before doing the "dir" command; others will not, and in such a case you will have to switch modes by hand. Be *very* careful *NEVER* to use the "bin" (binary transfer mode) com- mand when talking to SIMTEL20. Unless your own machine happens to be a DECsystem-20 or DECsystem-10, anything you transfer from SIMTEL20 in the "bin" mode will be garbled junk once you get it. Directory (or subdirectory) names on SIMTEL20 are of the form dev:<dir> or dev:<dir.subdir> The punctuation (colon, angle brackets, and period) are crucial. Case (upper/lower) is not significant. There is no way (that I'm aware of, at least) to abbreviate these directory names when jumping between sub- directories of the same device and directory; you just have to type the entire name of the new directory in a subsequent "cd" command. So, after FTP'ing to SIMTEl20 (wsmr-simtel20.army.mil) and doing an anonymous login (user "anonymous", any password), you should use the following kinds of command sequences as appropriate: TO GET AN ASCII FILE: ascii cd pd1:<msdos.starter> get sharewre.txt TO GET A BINARY FILE: tenex cd pd1:<msdos.zip> get pkz102.exe Finally, if you're retrieving multiple files of the same type in a row, you don't need to keep repeating the "ascii" or "tenex" commands. Also, if you're retrieving multiple files from the same subdirectory, you don't need to issue identical "cd" commands in succession. All of these commands need only be given when something is changing. -- Rich Wales <wales@CS.UCLA.EDU> // UCLA Computer Science Department 3531 Boelter Hall // Los Angeles, CA 90024-1596 // +1 (213) 825-5683 "I never lie when I've got sand in my shoes, Commodore."
ps26617@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (12/01/89)
Well I finnaly logged on to the Simtel20 army base site, and lets put it this way. I'm lost. I gave it the usual dir command and got a listing of what looked to be some text files, but I couldn't change to any directory and I couldn't get any of the files to look at. Do you have to be a registered user to use this site, or what am I doing wrong? Ps26617 uxa.cso.uiuc.edu i
w8sdz@smoke.BRL.MIL (Keith Petersen) (12/03/89)
In article <231900004@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> ps26617@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > Well I finnaly logged on to the Simtel20 army base site, and lets put it >this way. I'm lost. I gave it the usual dir command and got a listing of >what looked to be some text files, but I couldn't change to any directory >and I couldn't get any of the files to look at. Do you have to be a >registered user to use this site, or what am I doing wrong? This should help you get started: FILES IN THE ANONYMOUS FTP LOGIN DIRECTORY ACCOUNTS.INFO How to get an account on SIMTEL20 BINTNXVMS.C Converts 36-bit binary files to 32-bit BINTNXVMS.README Information about BINTNXVMS.C BOOTSTRAP.HELP Getting started with CP/M and MSDOS IBMCMS-FTP.HELP FTP help for CMS users SIMTEL-ARCHIVES.INFO Complete overview of SIMTEL20 archives SIMTEL20-ADA.INFO How to access the ADA repository SIMTEL20-CPM.DIRLIST Quick reference list of CP/M subdirectory names SIMTEL20-MACINTOSH.INFO How to access the Macintosh archives SIMTEL20-MISC.DIRLIST Quick reference list of MISC subdirectory names SIMTEL20-MSDOS.DIRLIST Quick reference list of MSDOS subdirectory names SIMTEL20-UNIX-C.INFO How to access the Unix-C archives SIMTEL20-VHDL.INFO How to access the VHDL archives VAXVMS-FTP.HELP FTP help for VMS users Keith -- Keith Petersen Maintainer of SIMTEL20's CP/M, MSDOS, & MISC archives [IP address 26.2.0.74] Internet: w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.Army.Mil, w8sdz@brl.arpa BITNET: w8sdz@NDSUVM1 Uucp: {ames,decwrl,harvard,rutgers,ucbvax,uunet}!wsmr-simtel20.army.mil!w8sdz
kevin@kosman.UUCP (Kevin O'Gorman) (12/05/89)
In article <11734@smoke.BRL.MIL> w8sdz@brl.arpa (Keith Petersen) writes: > > FILES IN THE ANONYMOUS FTP LOGIN DIRECTORY > > [partial list follows] >SIMTEL-ARCHIVES.INFO Complete overview of SIMTEL20 archives >SIMTEL20-MACINTOSH.INFO How to access the Macintosh archives >SIMTEL20-MISC.DIRLIST Quick reference list of MISC subdirectory names >SIMTEL20-MSDOS.DIRLIST Quick reference list of MSDOS subdirectory names >SIMTEL20-UNIX-C.INFO How to access the Unix-C archives I have been accessing the MSDOS things through a trickle-server. I did not know these other directories even existed. Not doing FTP, I have no idea how to access the anon. FTP login directory. How does one access these .INFO and .DIRLIST files from the trickle-server?
glenn@stsim.ocs.com (glenn ford) (12/22/89)
Hello world. How does on connect to SIMTEL20 with only UUCP? Is it possible? I am located off UUNET as my main node. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Glenn Ford ..uunet!ocsmd!stsim!glenn
w8sdz@smoke.BRL.MIL (Keith Petersen) (12/23/89)
In article <846@stsim.ocs.com> glenn@stsim (glenn ford) writes: >How does on connect to SIMTEL20 with only UUCP? Is it possible? >I am located off UUNET as my main node. Any help would be appreciated. Sites connected to uunet should use the following address: uunet!vm1.nodak.edu!listserv Send email to that address with the following in the body of the message: GET PDGET HELP /PDGET MAIL PD:<MSDOS.FILEDOCS>SIMIBM.ARC UUENCODE Note the first command above has no slash at the start. The second does. The first command will get complete instructions on how to get SIMTEL20 files via email. The second command gets our MSDOS index. Do not include a signature because it confuses the server. Keith -- Keith Petersen Maintainer of SIMTEL20's CP/M, MSDOS, & MISC archives [IP address 26.2.0.74] Internet: w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.Army.Mil, w8sdz@brl.arpa BITNET: w8sdz@NDSUVM1 Uucp: {ames,decwrl,harvard,rutgers,ucbvax,uunet}!wsmr-simtel20.army.mil!w8sdz
root@stsim.ocs.com (Super user) (12/28/89)
What other directories besides <msdos..> are there on simtel and
how do I get description files of these other directories? Please
send email to 'glenn' or 'root' at below address:
Thanks!
..uunet!ocsmd!stsim!{glenn | root}
Glenn Fordbvandepe@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au.ua.oz (Commander Straker) (02/15/91)
From article <1991Feb15.140530.1637@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au>, by u5434122@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au: > Also, wsmr-simtel20.army.mil has consistently refused connection requests > from me for some time. Have the powers that be decided that non-US > sites may not access the FTP server of Simtel20? Or have I just been > unlucky? > > Danny > > u5434122@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au Well, I've had no trouble here at the University of Adelaide. I logged into simtel20 earlier today ( Friday February 15. ) Good luck. ( maybe you havn't been paying your bills :-) ) Brenton Vandepeer, University of Adelaide, South Australia. email: bvandepe@physics.adelaide.edu.au
edwong@bucsf.bu.edu (Edward Wong) (05/05/91)
can someone tell me how to get files from simtel20 via ftp? Thanks. -- 8) _ _ | user's name: Edward Wong |_ |\ \ / /\ |_) |\ | ARPA: edwong@bucsf.bu.edu |_ |/ \^/ /==\ | \ |/ | UUCP: bucsf.bu.edu!edwong
ckeele@oregon.uoregon.edu (05/05/91)
To get files from simtel20, you first need to get the ftpbin.exe from
Clarkson, then ftp to simtel20
ftp simtel20.army.mil
login anonymous
password (your id)
If you get a directory of the root (dir) there will be a file with
a list of MSDOS subdirectories, get it using
get remotefilename.ext localfilename.ext {the last digit is not necessary,
and localfilename is optional}
You can use ! to get a shell to look at the directory file.
To change to a subdirectory, I found that you need to use the
quote function
quote
cd pd1:<msdos.education>
You then can get the file 00-index.txt, or you can use the dir command
to list files.
for binary files (almost anything that does not have a .txt extention)
you need to use the binary mode
binary
The hash function is also useful to see the progress of the file transfer.
hash
To get multiple files, you can use mget
mget
CLIFFORD KEELE
CKEELE@DONALD.UOREGON.EDUw8sdz@rigel.acs.oakland.edu (Keith Petersen) (05/06/91)
ckeele@oregon.uoregon.edu (Clifford Keele) writes: > To change to a subdirectory, I found that you need to use the > quote function > > quote > cd pd1:<msdos.education> That's because some ftp client programs take the angle brackets as redirects instead of commands. SIMTEL20 will accept square brackets instead of angle brackets. Try this: cd pd1:[msdos.education] I think you'll find it works without having to use the quote command. Keith -- Keith Petersen Maintainer of SIMTEL20's MSDOS, MISC and CP/M archives - [192.88.110.20] Internet: w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.Army.Mil or w8sdz@vela.acs.oakland.edu Uucp: uunet!umich!vela!w8sdz BITNET: w8sdz@OAKLAND