davea@hpfcmgw.HP.COM (Dave Arns) (07/17/90)
Greetings:
I have a question about something that is apparently so basic that nobody talks
about the details because everybody knows them. My question is this: What are
"sumex" and "apple.com"? I have never seen a definition of them, but from the
context of various notes, it appears that they are machines from which system
software updates, shareware and/or public domain software is available. Is
this accurate?
If so, how do I access them? I have tried to ftp to "apple.com", both by its
name and its IP address 130.43.2.2. The result is:
ftp: connect: Connection timed out
When I try "sumex-aim.stanford.edu", I get:
ftp: sumex-aim.stanford.edu: Unknown host
Is the error caused by something I am doing wrong, or because something needs
to be set up differently on my system, or what?
And finally, I have also heard mention of something called "simtel" (I think
that's the name). Is this a similar service?
Thanks.
Dave Arns
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