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- THE SIMTEL20 ARCHIVES
- =====================
-
- There is a colossal amount of free public domain and shareware software for
- the CP/M, PCDOS/MSDOS, Macintosh, and UNIX operating systems, and for the
- DoD standard programming language, Ada, in several archives on
- WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (IP host 192.88.110.20), a DECSYSTEM-20 running the
- TOPS-20 operating system at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Archives
- of correspondence for several mailing lists are also available.
-
- You can obtain these files using the InterNet file transfer protocol, FTP,
- or through electronic mail. It is also possible to get them by modem, or
- in CD-ROM.
-
-
- FTP
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- FTP transfers from SIMTEL20 can be made with user-name "anonymous". Use
- GUEST for the password.
-
- The <MSDOS> archives contain software for the MS-DOS and PC-DOS operating
- systems. For more information see PD1:<MSDOS.FILEDOCS>AAAREAD.ME.
-
- For information on ARC, LZH, ZIP, ZOO, and other compressed/archived files,
- get PD1:<MSDOS.STARTER>00-FILES.DOC.
-
- SIMTEL20 files are also available from mirror sites OAK.Oakland.Edu
- (141.210.10.117), wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4), ftp.uu.net
- (137.39.1.9), nic.funet.fi (128.214.6.100), src.doc.ic.ac.uk (146.169.3.7)
- or archie.au (139.130.4.6), by e-mail through the BITNET/EARN file servers,
- or by uucp from UUNET's 1-900-GOT-SRCS. See UUNET file
- uunet!~/info/archive-help for details.
-
- OAK.Oakland.Edu is the most up-to-date mirror.
-
-
- ELECTRONIC MAIL
- ---------------
-
- If you do not have FTP access to SIMTEL20, files may be ordered by e-mail
- from LISTSERV@VM1.NODAK.EDU or LISTSERV@VM.ECS.RPI.EDU.
-
- If you are on BITNET: LISTSERV@NDSUVM1
- LISTSERV@RPIECS
-
- If your mailer knows domains: listserv@vm1.nodak.edu
- listserv@vm.ecs.rpi.edu
-
- If your mailer wants bang paths: uunet!vm1.nodak.edu!listserv
- uunet!vm.ecs.rpi.edu!listserv
-
- If you use bang paths, substitute your nearest neighbor which is also on
- the Internet for uunet in the examples above. Some examples are: ames,
- decvax, decwrl, harvard, hplabs, nosc, rutgers, sharkey, sun, ucbvax, ucsd,
- udel, uw-beaver, wuarchive.
-
- Send this command to the server to get its help file:
-
- GET PDGET HELP
-
- Sample command (which gets our catalog of MS-DOS files):
-
- /PDGET MAIL PD:<MSDOS.FILEDOCS>SIMLIST.ARC UUENCODE
-
- These commands should be sent as the body of a regular email message. Do
- not include a signature because it confuses the server. If you have
- xxdecode, you may wish to specify XXENCODE instead of UUENCODE to avoid
- character translation problems.
-
-
- OTHER
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-
- If you cannot access them via FTP or e-mail, most SIMTEL20 MSDOS files,
- including the PC-Blue collection, are also available for downloading from
- Detroit Download Central (313) 885-3956. DDC has multiple lines which
- support 300/1200/2400/9600/14400 bps
- (103/212/V22bis/HST/V32bis/V42bis/MNP). This is a subscription system with
- an average hourly cost of 17 cents. It is also accessable on Telenet via
- PC Pursuit and on Tymnet via StarLink outdial. New files uploaded to
- SIMTEL20 are usually available on DDC within 24 hours.
-
- Public, private or corporate institutions and libraries interested in the
- SIMTEL20 MS-DOS collection in CD-ROM format bundled with library
- card-catalog type access and duplication software can contact Coyote Data,
- Ltd. by mail at 1142 N. Main, Rochester, MI 48307 or by FAX at (313)
- 651-4071. Others who do not need the access and duplication software
- should send e-mail to rab@sprite.Berkeley.EDU (Robert Bruce) or telephone
- (800) 786-9907 or (510) 947-5996 for details on his CD-ROM offer.
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-
- This info has been extracted, mostly verbatim, from USENET News postings
- by:
-
- Keith Petersen
- Maintainer of the MSDOS, MISC and CP/M archives at SIMTEL20 [192.88.110.20]
- Co-SysOp, Detroit Download Central 313-885-3956 (V22bis/HST/V32bis/V42bis/MNP)
- Internet: w8sdz@TACOM-EMH1.Army.Mil or w8sdz@vela.acs.oakland.edu
- Uucp: uunet!umich!vela!w8sdz BITNET: w8sdz@OAKLAND
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