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- UK TeX Archive at Aston University
-
- TELNET TEX.AC.UK or 134.151.40.18
- Username: PUBLIC
- Password: PUBLIC
-
- (This service is brought to you through the generosity of)
- (Fifth Party Ltd & Second User Systems Ltd [Hardware])
- (and the Digital Equipment Company [Software])
-
- The TeX Archive is maintained by a team of volunteers scattered around
- Europe.
- **** NEWS ****
-
- Since the UK TeX Archive is now connected to the Internet, PUBLIC
- account browsers can now use the FTP command to send files back to
- their home sites.
-
- We have now installed TGV's MultiNet product, which is vastly superior
- to the implementation formerly used, which was DEC's UCX v1.3. Help is
- available in the usual fashion; just type the command
- $ HELP ftp
- to get details; alternatively, type HELP at the FTP> prompt.
-
- Other VMS sites also running MultiNet, or a compatible product, such as
- Matt Madison's CRUX extension to the CMU/Tek TCP/IP product, will be
- pleased to find that MultiNet FTP automagically negotiates transfer of
- VMS files with all their structure intact. Users sending to Unix
- systems should still select ASCII or BINARY as appropriate, to ensure
- that record-length counts are not included in the bitstream sent to
- their home site.
-
- Your current default directory is the root of the UK TeX Archive. The
- usual VMS commands are available for moving around the structure, but so
- also is the Unix-like `cd' command; this can be used with a standard
- VMS directory specification or with Unix-like relative movements (e.g.
- cd drivers/dvidis).
-
- MAIL is not available, neither is any facility for logging on to any
- other machine. Many VMS commands have been curtailed or disabled in
- this account; the HELP files have been updated to reflect this usage.
-
- For transferring files back to your own site, use TRANSFER over X25
- lines. Kermit is available for those calling via a modem and dial-up
- line; it is specifically disabled for X25 transfer, because of the
- extreme degradation of service that this causes to other users.
-
- For transferring multiple files, with wild card specification, use the
- SEND command; see HELP SEND for further details.
-
- Internet FTP is available for sites directly connected to the Internet.
-
- Any problems, please contact SYSTEM@Uk.Ac.TeX.. Good Luck!! Brian HK
-