[bit.listserv.i-amiga] FTP: 1.5 meg tar archive

91_BICKINGD@UNION.BITNET (A.N.A.R.C.H.Y.) (02/05/90)

>I just checked out an FTP server (MRCNEXT.CSO.UIUC.EDU) with a LOAD of Amiga so
>ftware and one major surprise. There are two demos with a .tar suffix. These fi
>les are over 1.5 meg in size. How on earth do I download those monsters????

        I saw them too.  You did see that they have Fred Fish from 180 to 300
too, I trust.  I think the only way you are going to get those files down to
the amiga are is one of these two:

        1.  Download it to your mainframe, untar it, fiddle with it enough to
re-archive it with zoo or whatever in chunks, download the chunks to the amiga
floppies.

        2.  Get a hard drive.

        Option two is preferrable, I just wish I had the money to buy one.
Speaking of which, until March 31, 1990, all Amiga owners who are eligable for
the student discount, but don't want to buy a new CPU to qualify can buy
components without buying a new cpu.  If there is a general desire, I can post
the USENET letter that was posted about 2 days ago (taken from compuserve).


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MARTIN%TIGGER.DECNET@MSUS1.BITNET (02/06/90)

Please do post the letter concerning the discounts.....TiA

Jim Martin