jg@prg.ox.ac.uk (Jeremy Gibbons) (03/09/91)
In UKTeX vol 91 no 4, the Aston archivers announced that the Aston TeX
server had moved from uk.ac.aston.tex to uk.ac.tex (or tex.aston.ac.uk to
tex.ac.uk, depending on your point of view). Unfortunately, v91n4 was one
of the issues of UKTeX that never made it to comp.text.tex. I thought I was
the only one who missed the original announcement, but I now realise that I
am not alone.
In case anyone else hasn't seen the announcement, that issue of the digest
is archived in [tex-archive.digests.uktex.91]uktex.04. If you can't get
hold of the issue (because you need to read it to find out how), let me
know and I'll send you a copy. If two people ask for a copy, I'll post it.
Jeremy
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I posted an article a couple of days ago about the new Aston archive
machine. More than two people (three, in fact) have asked me for the
details, so I'll post them here. This is from UKTeX v91 n4 (25th Jan).
(Has anything changed since then?)
(I tried posting this message a week ago, but it apparently didn't make it
out into the great unknown. Apologies if you've seen it twice.)
Jeremy
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Date: Thu, 24 Jan 91 17:44:35 +0000
From: TEX@UK.AC.CRANFIELD.RMCS
Subject: UK TeX Archive now has its own dedicated host
Ths UK TeX Archive, at Aston University, now has its own dedicated host.
The new machine's sitename is Uk.Ac.TeX, and most users should find that
this is now in their Janet NRS tables: if you are unable to contact it,
complain to your system manager!
The TeXserver is running on this machine; send mail to TeXserver@Uk.Ac.TeX
with the first line of your message giving one of the recognized
commands: if you don't know what these are, I suggest you send the
command HELP in the first instance.
The PUBLIC account is available for NIFTP access; details are:
Site: Uk.Ac.TeX
User: PUBLIC
Password: PUBLIC
First file: [tex-archive]00readme.txt
An experimental browsing service has been introduced: place a PAD call
to Uk.Ac.TeX and log in as user PUBLIC, password PUBLIC. The command
language interface is a restricted subset of DCL, but some Unix-like
synonyms are also available, such as cd, ls and more (latter uses Ctrl-Z
to skip current file, no other `more'-like features available).
Whilst browsing, if you want to send a file back to your own site, use
the TRANSFER command; help is available (HELP CBS TRANSFER). However,
the link to the X25 world only runs at 9600Bd, so you'll find that any
transfers in progress will slow down your interactive session
noticeably.
As time passes, the help for this interactive access will be improved,
and more Unix-like commands introduced for those more familiar with them
than DCL.
Contributions to the archive are encouraged; they should be sent using
NIFTP to Uk.Ac.TeX, with username `Contributions' (null password), and
a message via electronic mail to Archive-Contributions@Uk.Ac.TeX
letting us know what you have sent; we will then move it to its final
resting place and let you (and the rest of the world) know when it is
ready through an announcement in the UK TeX Digest.
Would all correspondents please note, that with effect from 7th
January 1991, contributions to UKTeX should be sent to
<UkTeX@Uk.Ac.TeX>; if the latter machine is unknown at your site,
complain to your system manager, because it's been in the NRS tables
since 10th December 1990, and should by now have propagated to all
sites on Janet.
Finally, many sites have reported difficulty in contacting the old
archive machine, Uk.Ac.Aston.TeX. I understand that one of the two
incoming X25 interfaces isn't responding reliably to all callers.
Still, you've got the new machine now...
Brian {Hamilton Kelly}