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**
** README File for Windows Archive at ftp.cica.indiana.edu
**
** Last Updated: Thu Oct 15 19:05:37 1992
**
** Introduction
The Internet site ftp.cica.indiana.edu (129.79.20.84) is an
anonymous-ftp clearinghouse for MicroSoft Windows (version 3.x only)
applications, tips, utilities, drivers, bitmaps, etc. (The machine is
a Sun 3/60 running SunOS 4.1.1 with 8Mb of main memory and 15GB shared
file space.)
CICA (Center for Innovative Computer Applications) currently provides
to the anonymous ftp user, free of charge, over 150Mb of PUBLIC DOMAIN
and SHAREWARE Windows-related files. The files are *NOT* virus or
trojan-checked, and by retrieving software from CICA, you assume full
responsibility for their use on your machine(s).
Ftp activity at CICA is relentless: Approximately 48,000 logins per
month (or, an average of 1,625 ftp logins per day). Therefore users
who access this site are URGED to do so during the non-load hours of
7pm to 7am Eastern Standard Time. Abuse of the system during load
hours will not be tolerated.
You may find the program AUTOFTP, located in pub/Unix/autoftp.zoo,
helpful to you in automating ftp file transfers during non-load hours.
This program can be scheduled at non-peak hours to download files from
any ftp site.
** Internet Access
To access CICA, type "ftp 129.79.20.84" to your prompt. You'll be
asked for a login name (type "anonymous"). Enter your username (e.g.,
"bob@black.lodge.wa.edu")
If you want to be adventurous and automate the login process, create a
file in your home directory called ".netrc" and make it accessible
only by you (e.g., "chmod og-rwx .netrc") and add the lines:
machine ftp.cica.indiana.edu
login anonymous
password enter_your_username@machine.domain.here
This will now eliminate the prompting of your username and password
upon subsequent ftp sessions.
** Mail Server Access
Some lucky individuals have had success accessing the files at
anonymous ftp sites using the BITNET ftp server at Princeton
University. To find out more about this, send a one-line mail message
containing the word HELP to one of the following addresses:
bitftp@pucc.BITNET
bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu
ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com
Help will be sent to you in the form of electronic mail.
Please don't send mail requesting UUCP or mail access to the files
here. We simply don't.
** BITNET Win3-L Listserv Mailing List
To be added to the Listserv mailing list for Windows 3.x, please
send e-mail to listserv@uicvm.BITNET requesting "help". The actual
mailing list where discussions take place is "win3-l@uicvm.BITNET"
(Mail to this list is gatewayed, at many sites, to the
"bit.listserv.win3-l" newsgroup.)
** Software Overview
At this writing, the following Windows areas are represented by the
CICA archives.
Area Directory
----------------------- ---------------------
Various Windows Demo Programs pub/pc/win3/demo
Desktop Image, Util, BMP Files pub/pc/win3/desktop
Software Drivers/Printers pub/pc/win3/drivers/printer
Software Drivers/Video pub/pc/win3/drivers/video
Windows Soft Fonts pub/pc/win3/fonts
Adobe Type Manager (ATM) Fonts pub/pc/win3/fonts/atm
TrueType Fonts pub/pc/win3/fonts/truetype
Windows Games and Diversions pub/pc/win3/games
Windows Icons, Icon Editors, etc. pub/pc/win3/icons
Miscellaneous Files (tips, etc.) pub/pc/win3/misc
Windows NT Files pub/pc/win3/nt
Windows Programming pub/pc/win3/programr
Asymetrix ToolBook Applications pub/pc/win3/toolbook
Borland C++ Windows Programs pub/pc/win3/programr/bcpp
Program Listings from Publications pub/pc/win3/programr/listings
Windows Turbo Pascal Programming pub/pc/win3/programr/tp
Windows Visual Basic Programming pub/pc/win3/programr/vbasic
Windows Sounds and Util Files pub/pc/win3/sounds
Windows Supplemental Devlpmnt Lib pub/pc/win3/sdl
++General Windows Utilities pub/pc/win3/util
Word for Windows Utilities, Files pub/pc/win3/winword
Windows Resource Kit Files pub/pc/win3/wrk
WordPerfect for Windows Utils pub/pc/win3/wpwin
++ Currently the general Windows utilities directory contains a
plethora of files. We hope to soon organize these files into
their respective general areas of use (e.g., util/communications,
util/file (editors, viewers, disk utilities), util/pim (personal
information managers, calendars, organizers, schedulers, etc.),
util/graphics (clocks, screen savers, paint programs, video
software, etc.) util/printing, etc.).
** Getting Software: The INDEX and ls-ltR Files
Go into the win3 directory ("cd pub/pc/win3"), and see what we have by
getting the ASCII file called "INDEX" (type "get INDEX" to your ftp
prompt).
The INDEX file contains a list of all the files available on
CICA, organized by subdirectory. Each listing consists of the file's
name, date received (YYMMDD format), and a brief, and an oftentimes
subjective description of the file. The INDEX file is updated only
after new files in the "uploads" area have been moved into appropriate
subdirectory on disk. (Set your tab stops at 8 for correct viewing.)
If you would like to view the file during your ftp session, type:
ftp> get INDEX |more
(Note there is no space before the "more" command.)
The file "ls-ltR" is an output from the "ls -ltR" command on the
entire Windows directory structure. This file presents an ordered
list sorted BY DATE of the files in each subdirectory. This file is
updated several times daily.
** Downloading Software
Public domain and Shareware utilities maintained here are in
compressed format. You will need to have either ZOO, PKUNZIP, PKXARC,
or LHARC to work with these files on the PC. Look in the
pub/pc/starter directory if you don't have these utilities.
Change into individual directories (e.g., "cd fonts") and issue a
"dir" or "ls -CF" command to see the available files. When you are
ready to download, tell ftp you're transferring binary files (type
"tenex" or "binary" [or worse yet, "quote type L"] to your ftp prompt)
and you're ready to retrieve files (e.g., "get filename").
** Uploading Software
Please place all uploads in the pub/pc/win3/uploads subdirectory. The
same rules apply to uploading as downloading: if the file is binary,
type "tenex" (or "binary" or "quote type L") first before doing a "put
filename".
There is a standard file format here so that you won't need fifteen
different file compression utilities to unwrap the software.
Therefore, please use PKZIP (version 1.1 or later) or ZOO (version
2.00 or later) to wrap your software. PKZIP-Self Extracting Archive
Files may be uploaded and will probably be converted to .ZIPs at a
later date (especially self-extracting .EXE files that are ZIP-ped!)
Lastly, and most importantly, files placed in the "uploads" directory
that contain no clue as to their usefulness will be removed.
** Files NOT Accepted at ftp.cica.indiana.edu
As is a standard practice with most anonymous-ftp sites (that are
supported with funds from an independent host institution), certain
programs, files, or software are outside the general scope of archive
operations, and therefore will NOT be accepted. These files include
(but are not limited to) any software: containing political,
religious, racist, ethnic, or other prejudiced or discriminatory
messages therein; that is adult or sexually-explicit in nature;
otherwise considered unsuitable by the site moderator.
** A Note About Bitmap Files (.BMP)
Since the inception of this archive in June 1990, many thousands of
users have had access to these files and plenty of time to
"snarf and share" the bitmap images with their friends, families, and
their favorite local bulletin boards and ftp sites. Therefore, the
images stored here will age six months before they are purged. This
is the only relief valve we currently have to keep disk space alive
for the other files.
** Mirror Sites to the CICA Ftp Collection
Several other Internet archives "mirror" the CICA collection; that is,
they maintain an exact mirror image of the files contained here on
their own machine. One of the major benefits of mirror sites is that
you can select a site close to home. This will generally increase the
speed and reliability of connections for those folks overseas.
Some sites currently mirrorring us include:
NORTH AMERICA
wuarchive.wustl.edu [128.252.135.4] in mirrors2/win3
gandalf.umcs.maine.edu [130.111.112.21]
grind.isca.uiowa.edu [128.255.19.233] in msdos/win3
gatekeeper.dec.com [16.1.0.2] in /.2/micro/msdos/win3
OVERSEAS
vmsa.technion.ac.il [132.68.7.2] (Israel Institute of Technology)
nic.switch.ch [130.59.1.40] (Switzerland)
monu6.cc.monash.edu.au [130.194.1.106] (Monash Univ, Melbourne Australia)
nctuccca.edu.tw [140.111.3.21] (Chiao Tung Univ, Hsinchu, Taiwan)
src.doc.ic.ac.uk [146.169.2.1] (JANET mirror at Imperial College, London)
Other ftp sites containing Windows files:
United States
-------------
ftp.hawaii.edu 128.171.44.2
grape.ecs.clarkson.edu 128.153.28.129
milton.u.washington.edu 128.95.136.1
serv1.cl.msu.edu 35.8.2.41
msdos.umich.edu 141.211.164.153
wuarchive.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4
Foreign/Overseas
----------------
bode.ee.ualberta.ca 129.128.16.96
ftp.uni-erlangen.de 131.188.1.43
forwiss.uni-passau.de 132.231.20.10
garbo.uwasa.fi 128.214.12.3
lut.fi 128.214.25.8
methan.chemie.fu-berlin.de 130.133.2.81
ftp.uni-kl.de 131.246.9.95
archie.au 139.130.4.6
** Collection Now Available on CD-ROM!
As of 7 March 1992, the entire CICA Windows archive has been placed
onto one CD-ROM disk. This disc, which conforms to the ISO-9660
standard, contains over 90Mb of files, and is available for $25US
(plus $5US shipping and handling). (California residents please add
8.25% sales tax with your order.) Additional discs are $12.50US.
To order, send a check, money order, or MasterCard/VISA information
to: Robert A. Bruce, 1547 Palos Verdes, Suite 260, Walnut Creek, CA
94596, USA. Telephone: +1 800 786-9907 (or +1 510 947-5996 after 9AM
PST). E-Mail: rab@sprite.berkeley.edu
** Questions?
E-mail to ftp@cica.indiana.edu to get an automated reply of commonly
asked questions and answers. To speak with a human, send mail to
ftp-admin@cica.indiana.edu.
Please don't send mail to cica@cica, postmaster@cica, or root@cica.
They will produce no replies.
** A Reminder!
Please, PLEASE remember to type "tenex" or "binary" or "quote type L"
to your ftp program *BEFORE* uploading or downloading binary files.
So many people report "corrupt files" when they didn't type "tenex"
before downloading. Same goes for uploading files.
Also, if you are stuck in the 1980s and are using KERMIT to transfer
from your Unix (or VAX, God forbid) host to your PC, remember to tell
kermit "set file type binary" before beginning the download.
If you want to be adventurous, install Xmodem, Ymodem, and Zmodem on
your host machine. Chuck Forsberg's public domain sources are in
~ftp/pub/Unix/rzsz.zoo.
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** **
** DISCLAIMER **
** **
** UPLOADING COPYRIGHTED AND OTHERWISE RESTRICTED SOFTWARE TO THE UPLOADS **
** DIRECTORY AT CICA IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. UNIVERSITY COMPUTING **
** SERVICES' (UCS) CENTER FOR INNOVATIVE COMPUTER APPLICATIONS (CICA) **
** AND INDIANA UNIVERSITY ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PLACEMENT AND **
** ILLEGAL DISTRIBUTION OF COPYRIGHTED SOFTWARE TO ITS UPLOADS DIRECTORY. **
** **
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--
Michael Regoli
mr@cica.indiana.edu
a.k.a. ftp-admin@cica.indiana.edu
regoli@iubacs.bitnet
...rutgers!iuvax!cica!mr