lenny@icus.ICUS.COM (Lenny Tropiano) (08/06/90)
Archive-name: att7300/03-Aug-90 Original-posting-by: lenny@icus.ICUS.COM (Lenny Tropiano) Original-subject: UNIX PC Archives at Ohio State University -- Monthly Posting Archive-site: cis.ohio-state.edu [128.146.8.62] Archive-directory: /pub/att7300 Reposted-by: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) [last modified on 3 August 1990] This message briefly describes the UNIXpc software archive on osu-cis. It is posted (with a suitably extended expiration date) to newsgroups unix-pc.general and comp.sys.att. As of August 1, 1990, Lenny Tropiano <lenny@icus.ICUS.COM> is now the maintainer of these famed archives. In the next few weeks I will be bringing the archives up-to-date with several software updates, several postings from unix-pc.sources, and other miscellaneous bits of information from the UNIXpc world. Users of the AT&T UNIXpc (aka 3b1, PC7300) are invited to peruse the contents of the UNIXpc software archives maintained on uucp site 'osu-cis' (also known on the Internet as cis.ohio-state.edu). This archive contains various software packages that either have been designed specifically for the UNIXpc or can be compiled on it with only routine configuration tweaks. The occasional pearl-of-wisdom file can be found there as well. The archive is updated as often as necessary, though at least once per month. NB: this is NOT an archive of all unix-pc.* newsgroup articles. Rather, it is a collection of interesting, useful, or otherwise valuable programs or information files, many culled from the unix-pc groups. ACCESS TO THE ARCHIVES Uucp-only sites should add the appropriate L.sys entry: # Direct Trailblazer osu-cis Any ACU 19200 1-614-292-5112 in:--in:--in: Uanon # Direct V.32 (MNP 4) osu-cis Any ACU 9600 1-614-292-1153 in:--in:--in: Uanon # Micom port selector, at 1200, 2400, or 9600 bps. # Replace ##'s below with 12, 24, or 96 (both speed and phone number). # NOTE: 9600 bps Micom access may not yet be operational, or may be flaky. osu-cis Any ACU ##00 161429231## "" \r\c Name? osu-cis nected \c GO \d\r\d\r in:--in:--in: Uanon Access is provided 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, by the good graces of the folks at Ohio State Computer & Information Science. We all owe a large debt of gratitude to Karl Kleinpaste for making this archive possible. All files are in the att7300/* area. The file README.Z will contain the latest list of software available for retrieval. To get the README file, you would execute a uucp request such as: $ uucp osu-cis!~/att7300/README.Z /usr/spool/uucppublic/README.Z $ uucp osu-cis!~/att7300/STORE/README.Z /usr/spool/uucppublic/S_README.Z This command will cause README.Z to be copied to your public spool area. The file ~/att7300/STORE/README.Z contains the software available that was on the now defunct "THE STORE!" system; all that software is in the ~/att7300/STORE directory. Users with FTP access may simply connect to cis.ohio-state.edu (IP address [128.146.8.62]), chdir to ~/pub/att7300, and snarf 'till the cows come home. All files in the archive are compressed (and thus the filenames end in ".Z"). The compress/uncompress utility is provided with the UNIXpc development kit, but the (uncompressed!) "compress.cpio" file in the osu-cis archive contains source AND executable of compress/uncompress for those otherwise without it. In addition to the UNIXpc archives, osu-cis maintains a complete archive of GNU software. For more information, you should uucp the file osu-cis!~/GNU.how-to-get. IMPORTANT NOTE FOR INTERNET FTP USERS: if you want to peruse the non-UNIXpc archives at Ohio State, you should connect to host 'tut.cis.ohio-state.edu' rather than just 'cis.ohio-state.edu.' The NFS mounts are different. In particular, on tut the Gnu software can be found in pub/gnu (there is no corresponding directory on cis.ohio-state.edu). Since I maintain the UNIXpc archive, related comments, questions, or suggestions should be sent by e-mail to me. Please make absolutely sure to provide me with a valid return address if you expect a reply. I am always happy to accept contributions. If you notice that something you consider useful is missing from the archive, please send me mail about it. -- | Lenny Tropiano ICUS Software Systems lenny@icus.ICUS.COM | | {ames,pacbell,decuac,sbcs,hombre,rayssd}!icus!lenny attmail!icus!lenny | +------ ICUS Software Systems -- PO Box 1; Islip Terrace, NY 11752 ------+