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- SIMTEL20 - The Public Domain, Shareware, and Documentation Archives
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- _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
- SIMTEL20 Host Administrator
- STEWS-IM-S, Bldg. 1408
- White Sands Missile Range, NM 88002-5506
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- _E_m_a_i_l: ACTION@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL
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- _P_h_o_n_e: (505) 678-1011, DSN: 258-1011
- FAX: (505) 678-1496, DSN: 258-1496
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- _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n
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- WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL is a 4MW DECSYSTEM-20 Model 2065 com-
- puter owned and operated by the US Army, White Sands Missile
- Range, New Mexico. SIMTEL20 has several disk structures
- containing public domain, shareware, documentation, and mail
- archives with the following top-level directory names:
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- PD1:<MSDOS> large, actively maintained MS-DOS collection
- PD2:<ARCHIVES> mail archives for various mailing lists
- PD2:<CPM> CP/M collection
- PD2:<CPMUG> CP/M User Group collection
- PD2:<SIGM> SIG/M collection (CP/M)
- PD2:<ZSYS> Z/SYS CP/M alternative
- PD4:<NICDOCS> NIC documentation mirror
- PD6:<LINUX-OS> An alternative Unix
- PD6:<UNIX-C> Unix and C programs
- PD7:<ADA> the Ada Software Repository
- PD7:<STARS> STARS (Ada) releases
- PD7:<VHDL> fledgling VHDL collection
- PD8:<HZ100> Heath/Zenith-100 computer collection
- PD8:<MISC> cross-OS and miscellaneous files
- PD9:<MACINTOSH> Macintosh collection
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- Most top-level directories contain at least one or more sub-
- directory levels, and several files with common names:
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- The information in this section is provided in accor-
- dance with the copyright notice appearing at the front
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- August 6, 1992 NNSC Section 3.6, Page 1
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- FILES.IDX comma-delimited entries for each file
- top-dir.CRCLST a CRC listing of each file
- top-dir.ARC an ARC format version of top-dir.CRCLST
- top-dir.DIRLST a quick-reference list of the sub-dir names
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- The syntax to reference a file in one of the collections is:
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- PDn:<top-dir.sub-dir>file.type
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- The files in the above collections are accessible via
- ANONYMOUS FTP. The ANONYMOUS login directory holds several
- files containing detailed information on the collections in
- general as well as files specific to certain collections.
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- The MSDOS, MISC, and CP/M collections are maintained by
- Keith Petersen (W8SDZ), who makes periodic announcements of
- new releases to the INFO-IBMPC and INFO-CPM mailing lists.
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- The UNIX-C and LINUX-OS collections are maintained by John
- Pliler (JPLILER), with periodic announcements of new
- releases made to the UNIX-SW mailing list.
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- The MACINTOSH Collection is maintained by Bob Thum (RTHUM),
- Stan Sobczynski (STAN), and John Mitchener (JMITCHENER),
- based on announcements made on several Macintosh-related
- mailing lists.
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- The CPMUG, SIGM, ZSYS, HZ100, Ada, STARS, and VHDL collec-
- tions are no longer actively maintained and are offered as-
- is.
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- Each mailing list mentioned above have administrative
- addresses of the form listname-REQUEST@WSMR-
- SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL to take requests for additions, changes,
- and deletions to the lists.
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- _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s
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- SIMTEL20 is connected to the MILNET and NSFNET at
- 192.88.110.20. Use FTP to connect and log in as "anonymous"
- with any "password". The number of simultaneous ANONYMOUS
- FTP jobs is limited to nine between 5am and 3pm Mountain
- Time (GMT-7) weekdays and 27 all other times.
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- _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _S_I_M_T_E_L_2_0
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- In addition to freely available ANONYMOUS FTP access, flat-
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- fee subscriptions are available for individual access by any
- federal agency or contractor. For further information on
- arranging for an account, contact Elwood Baas (EBAAS@WSMR-
- SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL) at DSN: 258-1011 or 505-678-1011. Group
- discounts are available.
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- _M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s
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- SIMTEL20 files are also available from the following mirror
- sites:
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- 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)
- archie.au (139.130.4.6)
- nic.switch.ch (130.59.1.40)
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- The files in the SIMTEL20 collections can be indirectly
- accessed using LISTSERV commands from BITNET via
- LISTSERV@NDSUVM1 or LISTSERV@RPIECS. In Europe, similar
- indirect access is available through the EARN TRICKLE
- servers by sending commands to TRICKLE@<host-name> (example:
- TRICKLE@TREARN). The following TRICKLE servers are
- presently available:
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- AWIWUW11 (Austria)
- BANUFS11 (Belgium)
- DKTC11 (Denmark)
- DB0FUB11, DS0RUS1I and DTUZDV1 (Germany)
- EB0UB011 (Spain)
- FRMOP11 (France)
- HEARN (Netherlands)
- IMIPOLI (Italy)
- TAUNIVM (Israel)
- TREARN (Turkey)
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- The MS-DOS collection is available on CD-ROM bundled with
- library card-catalog type access and duplication software
- from
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- Coyote Data, Ltd.
- 1142 N. Main
- Rochester, MI 48307
- (313) 651-4071
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- Several inexpensive CD-ROMs are available from
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- Walnut Creek CDROM
- 1527 Palos Verdes Mall, Suite 260
- Walnut Creek, CA 94596
- Robert Bruce (rab@sprite.Berkeley.EDU), (510) 947-5996
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- _R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s
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- See the files in the ANONYMOUS login directory on WSMR-
- SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL. Be sure to read SIMTEL-ARCHIVES.INFO
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