[comp.sys.next] Where are the NeXT archive sites?

dick@lhs.woodside.ca.us (dick benster) (03/12/91)

Greetings from BANG, the Bay Area Next (Users) Group!

We are starting a new CD-ROM project to catalog and collect  
information and programs useful to the NeXT community.

I am helping on one part of it, which is to collect donated programs  
that have been written specifically for the NeXT platform (generic  
unix programs are another category).  We wish to have access to the  
appropriate source code, makefiles, documentation, etc, for each  
program that will be included and made available to NeXT users.


Accordingly, I have a few questions:

	1) where are the NeXT archive sites (I've seen references to  
	   OSU - Oregon State or Ohio State?,  Purdue, etc ) - Would 

	   each archive site please identify itself?

	2) how may I access the archives?

		I've heard of anonymous ftp but never used it.  I am 

		not aware of where to find this program nor its 

		documentation.  Is this the appropriate tool?

		Is it possible to access an archive site directly  
		from my NeXT machine via modem, or do I have to go 

		thru an internet hub?


I am new to both the NeXT world and usenet worlds, and appreciate  
your help and patient!

Please email your responses to me, and I will summarize.

Thanks!

		dick@lhs.woodside.ca.us

		Dick Benster
		La Honda Software