tittle@glacier.ics.uci.edu (12/05/88)
OK, I just tried hopping over to simtel to take a look at their archives.
However, I am somewhat stumped as to how I can get to the directories of
interest.
When I'm logged in, I can list out a number of help files and directory
listing files, but that's it. When I looked at simtel20-msdos.dirlist.8,
I got:
"Quick reference list of SIMTEL20's PD1:<MSDOS.x> directories
as of November 28, 1988 (where 'x' is one of the names below):
..."
But I couldn't get to any of the directories!
cd pd1:msdos.database
pd1
cd msdos.database
...etc
--all failed.
I feel like I am missing something obvious, but I don't know what. I
have ftp'd to many different sites, but this is a new one to me.
Can someone please e-mail to me how I can get to the directories of
interest on simtel??? Some of the stuff listed looked pretty interesting!!
Thanks in advance,
--Cindy
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--Tennyson | UUCP: {sdcsvax|ucbvax}!ucivax!tittleevan@blake.acs.washington.edu (Not Evan) (12/05/88)
Re: Changing Directories on SIMTEL20 through ftp
SIMTEL20 runs a weird VMS-type operating system called Tops-20, in
which case and funny angle brackets in file and directory names are all
significant. To change to a directory, it is sufficient to include all
such characters exactly as they are given, e.g.
cd PD1:<MSDOS.DATABASE> ,
not just
cd pd1:msdos.database .
Also, to successfully get a .ARC, .LBR, or other binary file, you must be
in tenex mode. (Enter 'tenex' at the ftp> prompt. After a few seconds,
you should get the response 'Type L 8 ok.'.) To get an ascii file, you
must be in ascii mode. (Enter 'ascii'.)
Happy hunting!
--erw;
evan@blake.acs.washington.edudoug@hokulea.hig.hawaii.edu (Doug Myhre) (12/06/88)
You might try downloading the .crclst files from the main diectories. These files contain a complete up to date directory list of the sub- directories (eg in msdos, unix-c, misc, etc.) The files are in ascii so make sure you have the ascii mode set and not the tenex (for binary). Here is a list of some of the file to download: pd1:<msdos>msdos.crclst pd2:<unix-c>unix-c.crclst pd1:<misc>misc.crclst pd1:<pc-blue>pc-blue.crclst Here is what you'll see (a very short piece of msdos.crclst) : > Listing created Wednesday, November 9, 1988 02:42:00 > > Filename Type Bytes CRC > > PD1:<MSDOS.APL> > SAPLPC-A.ARC.1 BINARY 213685 4E1FH > SAPLPC-B.ARC.1 BINARY 231025 B654H > > PD1:<MSDOS.ARC-LBR> > ADIR103.ARC.1 BINARY 9088 2DE2H > ADIR140.ARC.1 BINARY 11136 90A9H Have fun... ================================================================ Douglas Myhre <doug@loihi.hig.hawaii.edu> Hawaii Institute of Geophysics 2525 Correa Rd. Honolulu, HI 96822 ================================================================
wcs@skep2.ATT.COM (Bill.Stewart.[ho95c]) (12/07/88)
In article <351@blake.acs.washington.edu> evan@blake.acs.washington.edu (Not Evan) writes:
: cd PD1:<MSDOS.DATABASE> ,
:
:Also, to successfully get a .ARC, .LBR, or other binary file, you must be
:in tenex mode. (Enter 'tenex' at the ftp> prompt. After a few seconds,
Arrgh! You mean I have to be in Tenex mode and not binary? (I
just downloaded all those files, too....., and haven't hauled
them to a PC where I can unarc them.)
Thanks
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