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- From: argv@sun.com (Dan Heller)
- Newsgroups: comp.sources.x
- Subject: v15INF2: How to get X sources for free.
- Message-ID: <22141@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
- Date: 25 Oct 91 16:33:12 GMT
- Sender: news@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM
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- Approved: argv@sun.com
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- Submitted-by: Dan Heller <argv@sun.com>
- Posting-number: Volume 15, Info 2
- Archive-name: info2
-
- This is the second of two introductory postings for comp.sources.x.
- It contains a list of the currently available archive sites that have
- been archiving X sources posted to this newsgroup (some may have
- additional stuff not posted here; check with them).
-
- If you collect comp.sources.x postings and are willing and able to make
- your collection available to other people, please let me know. Benefits
- include the undying gratitude of your colleagues.
-
- --------------------
- Subject: Accessing the archives
-
- The complete archives are fairly large; an average volume is well
- over 10 megabytes!
-
- There are several active archive sites around the net. Archive sites in
- the U.K., Canada, and Switzerland are set up, and it may be extended to
- provide full European coverage.
-
- Some sites below will send tapes through the mail. For those sites, send
- a 1/2" mag tape WITH RETURN POSTAGE and RETURN MAILER. Tapes without
- postage or mailer will not be returned. No other methods (COD, etc.) are
- available; please don't ask.
-
- At the present time, I do not have ready access to the archives, nor
- the support of my employer to do this. Please don't ask me for missing
- issues, unless you are sure you are reporting a net-wide problem of
- propagation. At the end are detailed instructions on how to access
- the archives. More sites will be listed there in the future.
-
- --------------------
- Subject: Listing of archive sites in no particular order
-
- Here is what each field means:
- Site: The name of the site nice enough to act as an archive site.
- Contact: The name of the person to contact and their mail address
- Location: The general area of the world the site is located in.
- Modems: For providing UUCP access, what types of modems are available.
- UUCP: Type of UUCP access is available.
- FTP: Type of FTP access is available.
- Mail Server: Account address of the automated mail server if available.
- Additional: Additional information pertaining to accessing the archive.
-
- ************************
- U S A - EASTERN
- ************************
-
- Site: uunet.uu.net
- Contact: postmaster@uunet.uu.net
- Location: Fairfax, VA
- Modems: All Telebit T2500s
- UUCP: uunet uucp customers only
- ANON-UUCP: uunet Any ACU 19200 1-900-GOT-SRCS ogin: uucp
- FTP: anonymous ftp
- Mail server: netlib@uunet.uu.net, uunet!netlib
- Additional: contact the postmaster for more information
- The 900 number costs $.40/minute.
- Get the file uunet!~/help for more info.
-
- Site: hhb
- Contact: Lee Daniels (lee@hhb)
- Location: New Jersey
- Modems: 1200/2400
- UUCP: On Request
- FTP: None
- Mail server: None
- Additional: The East Coast Xarchive is now available. The purpose of
- this archive is to provide access to all publicly available X Window
- System based software through UUCP. The archive contains a complete
- comp.sources.x directory and a copy of what can be found on expo/contrib
- and expo/pub. The expo directories are updated roughly once a month.
-
- The archive can be accessed at 1200 and 2400 baud.
-
- UUCP connections are available on request The only requirements are that
- you submit the attached form requesting connection information. When you
- submit the form, your host becomes authorizes to call the archive. You
- will be sent a copy of the L.sys entry for accessing the archive. The
- archive administrator is using this approach in order to document the
- usage of the archive in order to help justify its existence to the system
- administrator and upper management. I am hoping to have enough information to help justify adding a Telebit Trailblazer.
-
- Lee Daniels princeton!hhb!lee@uunet.uu.net
- HHB Systems
- 1000 Wyckoff Avenue (201) 848-8000
- Mahwah, New Jersey 07430
-
- Site: dune
- Contact: pax@dune
- Location: Unknown
- Fidonet: 369/6 - The Eye of Osiris OPUS/UFGATE 305-973-1947
- Modems: Unknown
- UUCP: Anonymous UUCP
- FTP: None
- Mail server: None
- Additional: Fidonet archive
-
- Site: wolves.uucp - Wolves Den UNIX site
- Contact: Gregory Woodbury, ggw%wolves@cs.duke.edu
- Location: Research Triangle Park area (Durham) North Carolina
- Modems: Case 4696/VS (1200/2400+MNP4/5/6)
- UUCP: anonymous uucp
- FTP: none
- Mail Server: no
- Additional: login uanon +1 919 493 7111
- no password
- path: /news/Archives/Sources/X/*
- get /news/Archives/toc[.Z] for daily table of contents first!
-
- ************************
- U S A - CENTRAL
- ************************
-
- Site: j.cc.purdue.edu
- Contact: Jeff Smith (jsmith@j.cc.purdue.edu)
- Location: Indiana
- Modems: None
- UUCP: None
- FTP: Anonymous FTP
- Mail server: None
- Additional: None
-
- Site: mcdch1 (really mcdchg)
- Contact: Ron Heiby (heiby@chg.mcd.mot.com or mcdchg!heiby)
- Location: Illinois
- Modems: 2400 Baud
- UUCP: Anonymous UUCP
- FTP: None
- Mail server: None
- Additional:
- In order to ensure that the archive service does not interfere with
- real work, the uucico for the archive login will be have its "x"
- permission bits turned off at 8 a.m. Chicago local time (CST6CDT) and
- on again at 6 p.m. on weekdays. Execute permission will be turned on
- throughout Saturday and Sunday.
-
- The phone number for "mcdch1" is (currently) +1 708 576 7902. There
- is a single line on that number. The modem will answer at 2400bps and
- will require a carraige return to get a "login:" prompt. It will
- down-speed to 1200 bps. In response to the login prompt, your system
- should send the login id, "pduucp". The password is "public". As I
- said above, all this is turned off between about 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.
- Chicago time Monday through Friday, so we can get our real work done,
- so don't bother trying it during those periods.
-
- The Systems file entry for doing this looks something like:
- (For HoneyDanBer UUCP (BNU) users. Combine into a single line.)
- mcdch1 Wk1800-0730,Sa,Su ACU 2400 chiburb5767902
- "" \r\c in:--in: pduucp word: public
-
- Once you have your system set up to place an outgoing UUCP call to
- "mcdch1", you can retrieve material from the archives. There are
- three files that are excellent choices for testing your link. This
- file is file mcdch1!~/howto.snarf. The current directory of what is
- stored in the comp.sources.unix archives is found in the file
- mcdch1!~/unix/directory. The current directory of what is stored in
- the comp.sources.x archives is found in the file mcdch1!~/x/directory.
- To get these files, execute commands like:
- uucp mcdch1!~/howto.snarf !~/MYNAME/
- uucp mcdch1!~/unix/directory !~/MYNAME/directory.unix
- uucp mcdch1!~/x/directory !~/MYNAME/directory.x
-
- The directory is simply the output from "ls -sRxF" on the comp.sources.x
- archive disk hierarchy. It is updated just before 6 p.m. every day.
-
- Be sure to look carefully to be sure you are getting the latest version
- available. Also, look for "index" files to help find what you want.
-
- NOTE: There are occasionally inconsistencies between the archive names
- we have on disk and those published in the index by the moderator
- of comp.sources.x.
-
- WARNING: These files are not stored under /usr/spool/uucppublic, so
- requests for an absolute pathname, rather than one under "~"
- will almost certainly fail. Currently, "~" is /source/public, but
- that is subject to change.
-
- WARNING: Please be aware that uucp commands asking for file names
- containing wild cards will almost certainly not work. This is
- because all of the implementations I know of submit a uux job
- to the remote system asking it to run "uucp" on the wild card
- filename. Systems logging in with "pduucp" are prohibited from
- executing "uucp" or other commands via "uux". So, be sure to
- ask for each file separately.
-
- Site: ftp.cis.ohio-state.edu/osu-cis
- Contact: <uucp@cis.ohio-state.edu>
- Location: Columbus OH USA
- Modems: 2400, 1200, 300
- UUCP: anonymous (osu-cis)
- FTP: anonymous (ftp.cis.ohio-state.edu)
- Mail server: none
- Additional: The compleat MIT X.V11R4 distribution, most of the
- fixes, a few of the contrib toys.
- Contact uucp@cis.ohio-state.edu (== osu-cis!uucp) for
- anonymous UUCPing instructions
-
- Site: e.ms.uky.edu
- Contact: David Herron (david@e.ms.uky.edu)
- Location: Kentucky
- Modems: Telebit
- UUCP: On Request
- FTP: Anonymous FTP
- Mail server: None
- Additional: None
-
- ************************
- U S A - WESTERN
- ************************
-
- Site: aeras
- Contact: Rob Simon (simon@aeras)
- Location: San Jose, CA
- Modems: 1200, 2400, Telebit
- UUCP: Anonymous
- FTP: None
- Mail server: None
- Additional: SnailMail tapes (Under duress)
- Systems/L.sys information:
- aeras Any 2400 4089439152 "" "" ogin:--ogin: uugarch word: freebee
- aeras Any 19200 4089439246 "" "" ogin:--ogin: uugarch word: freebee
- aeras Any 9600 4089439396 "" "" ogin:--ogin: uugarch word: freebee
-
- Suggested places to get additional information:
- /u3/archive/sources/LISTING
- /u3/archive/sources/LISTING.Z
- /u3/archive/sources/compress.sh (16-bit compress source)
- LISTING contains the names of all the programs stored in the
- archives, and the sizes. Note: all archives have probably been
- stored in compressed form. Older files are in 12 bit compression
- but all newer files use 16-bit compression.
- All multiple file programs have been stored in separate directories,
- then compressed.
-
- More information about the files stored in a particular volume are
- kept in files called LOGFILE. Such as:
- /u3/archive/sources/x/vol1/LOGFILE
- would be the one to get to examine the exact contents of volume 1
- of the x section. Additional information from files: sample command
- to recover files:
- uucp aeras!/u3/archive/sources/games/vol1/LOGFILE /usr/spool/uucppublic/.
- Special note: wild cards have been proven to not be reliable, so
- to assure success they are not recommended tools.
-
-
- Site: zok
- Contact: mark@zok.uucp (Mark W. Snitily)
- Location: Cupertino, CA
- Modems: Telebit (connections established in PEP, 2400, 1200 order)
- UUCP: +1 408-996-8285: login: UXarch Password: Xgoodies
- FTP: None
- Mail server: None
- Additional: SnailMail tapes
-
- A new west-coast UUCP X11 Archive is administered by Mark Snitily
- (mark@zok.uucp) and contains the full X11R4 distribution, the XTEST
- distribution, an entire archive of comp.sources.x and other goodies.
-
- A sample Systems (or L.sys) entry might be:
- zok Any ACU 19200 4089968285 in:--in: UXarch word: Xgoodies
-
- To get a current listing of the files that are available, download
- the file "/usrX/ls-lR.Z".
-
- A full subject index of the comp.sources.x files is available in the
- file "/usrX/comp.sources.x/INDEX".
-
- When downloading files with uucp, wildcards (i.e. "*") won't work. Be
- sure to specify the full pathname starting with "/usrX/". For example,
-
- uucp zok\!/usrX/ls-lR.Z \!~
-
- (The above "\"'s are csh escapes, ignore them if you're using sh.)
-
- The machine currently has just the one modem, so please do not fetch
- large amounts of data at one sitting.
-
- Site: gatekeeper.dec.com
- Contact: Paul Vixie (vixie@decwrl.dec.com)
- Location: Palo Alto, California
- Modems: N/A
- UUCP UUCP to existing neighbors
- FTP: Anonymous FTP
- Mail server: None
- Additional: None
-
-
- ************************
- Canada
- ************************
-
- Site: torsqnt
- Contact: David Haynes (david@torsqnt.UUCP)
- Location: Toronto, Ontario CANADA
- Modems: Telebits (PEP, 2400, 1200), US Robotics (1200, 2400)
- UUCP: Anonymous UUCP
- FTP: None
- Mail server: None
- Additional: Tarmail, Tape Duplication (QIC24, 9-track)
- Send mail for connection details.
-
- ************************
- Finland
- ************************
-
- Site: nic.funet.fi
- Contact: UNIX moderators group (unix@nic.funet.fi)
- Location: Espoo, Finland (within greater urban area of Helsinki)
- Modems: N/A
- UUCP: N/A
- FTP: anonymous ftp (nic.funet.fi [128.214.6.100])
- Enter your email address as password. Use computer which
- does have correct and globally known IP reverse mapping.
- Mail Server: N/A (being implemented - nothing you can guess...)
- Bitnet Server: N/A (part of mail server)
- Additional: This is central archive site for Finnish academic community,
- we maintain here large base of material for many different
- interests.
-
- The archive contains all issues of comp.sources.x (archived
- via issue number under pub/archive/comp.sources.x) and most
- of the R4 stuff on expo.lcs.mit.edu. (under pub/X11R4 -tree)
-
- ************************
- Great Britain
- ************************
-
- Site: doc.ic.ac.uk
- Contact: Lee McLoughlin (lmjm@doc.ic.ac.uk)
- Location: Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
- Modems: Indirectly thru' modems onto Janet 300/1200/2400
- UUCP: None
- FTP: Janet/PSS NIFTP
- Mail server: info-server
- Additional: tapes
- Home of the UKUUG Software Distribution Service. Contains
- the full X.V11R4 distribution (+ fixes), XTEST, comp.sources.x,
- a copy of expo's contrib/ (+ bits from other archives),
- a copy of expo's R3 contrib/. Also contains vast ammounts of
- other Unix (and related) sources.
-
-
- ************************
- Switzerland
- ************************
-
- Site: pan
- Contact: Jamie Watson <mcvax!cernvax!pan!jw>
- Location: Solothurn, Switzerland
- Modems: Multitech 1200/2400
- UUCP: Anonymous UUCP
- FTP: None
- Mail server: None
- Additional: SnailMail tapes/diskettes
-
- ************************
- Australia
- ************************
-
- Site: sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au
- Contact: Mark Prior (postmaster@ucs.adelaide.edu.au)
- Location: Adelaide, South AUSTRALIA
- Modems: N/A
- UUCP: N/A
- FTP: anonymous ftp (ftp.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.40.3])
- Mail Server: N/A
- Additional: The archive is also accessible via ACSnet fetchfile.
- We will also make tapes: 9 track (1600/6250) or QIC (11 and
- 24) if the tape and return mailer is supplied.
-
- The archive contains all issues of comp.sources.x (archived
- via issue number under pub/sources/x) and most of the R4
- stuff on expo.lcs.mit.edu. (under pub/X/R4)
- --
- Dan Heller
- Z-Code Software O'Reilly && Associates Comp-sources-x:
- President Senior Writer comp-sources-x@uunet.uu.net
- argv@z-code.com argv@ora.com [^^^ this address only!]
-