Dear User,

Thank  you  for  your  faxed (or mailed) inquiry about how to obtain
files from InterNet anonymous ftp archives of garbo.uwasa.fi at  the
University   of   Vaasa,   Finland,   or   other   similar  systems.

If  you are not familiar with the concept of InterNet archive sites,
for practical reasons you should try  find  a  knowledgeable  person
near  you  to  help  you with the basic concepts.  Universities (and
a  number  business  firms)  are  most  often  parts  of  this  net.

If you have access to InterNet, and you have the facilities use  FTP
(File Transfer Protocol) then utilize that possibility to connect to
a site such as ours, SimTel archives (especially if you are in North
America),  the mirrors of SimTel, and Garbo mirrors NCTUCCCA.edu.tw,
wuarchive.wustl.edu, archie.au, or any other ftp site that  has  the
desired  files. If you are not familiar with FTP, you are welcome to
ask me  for  our  prerecorded  instructions  for  garbo.uwasa.fi  by
electronic  mail  if  you  have  a reachable electronic mail address
yourself. If you do not receive my reply within  five  days,  please
ask  your  own  site's system manager to construct a returnable mail
path for you.

If you don't have  FTP  then  (but  only  then)  consider  the  mail
servers.   As explained in the above, I can send you our prerecorded
instructions. They also cover the Garbo's mail server. Just send  an
electronic  mail  request  to  my  email  address.   As for the mail
servers  of  the  other  archive  sites,  trying  to  provide   that
information is beyond our scope.

If  these options are not open to you, consider BBSes. If you have a
modem, you can call Vaasa Freeport BBS  for  the  files.  The  phone
numbers  are  (+358)-61-3170972, 3170974 and 3248490, . The settings
are 9600,N,8,1. When connecting the first time give  "bbs"  as  your
login.  This  information is subject to changes. In the U.S. Detroit
Download Central 313-885-3956 has SimTel files  (and  thus  probably
all  my packages including tsfaqn##.zip Frequently Asked Questions I
so often refer to).

I regret to inform that I cannot take the time  to  arrange  sending
programs  or other material from garbo.uwasa.fi archives by ordinary
physical mail. This kind of service is given  rather  by  commercial
shareware    distributors,   and   individual   shareware   authors.

..................................................................
Prof. Timo Salmi      Co-moderator of comp.archives.msdos.announce
Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous FTP  archives  128.214.87.1
Faculty of Accounting & Industrial Management; University of Vaasa
Internet: ts@uwasa.fi  or timo.salmi@uwasa.fi; FIN-65101,  Finland