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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS);faqs.330 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1022) How come the Japanese can read/post news in Japanese? The reason why you can e-mail Japanese letters and articles is that kterm supports Shift-EUC code. The kterm input process would automatically convert 8 bit code into 7 bit code by inserting a zero bit every 7 bits. The result is a file size increase of one seventh. The kterm at the receiving end knows how to read Shift-EUC code. Again, the current design of cxterm does not provide such automatic shifting capability. So you need to hand convert the 8 bit representation to 7 bit representation by, say, uuencode. However, it is not entirely hopeless. If you use emacs, or cxemacs for cxterm, you probably can write some emacs lisp code to process the conversion. I have been thinking of doing that and I promise once I get it done I will share with everybody. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1023) What software do I need in order to bring up a Chinese xterm environment? a) cxterm (Chinese xterm emulator) for displaying Chinese characters, b) celvis (Chinese vi clone) or cemacs (Chinese emacs) for editing Chinese text files, c) Chinese fonts, like cclib16fs(simplified), hku-ch16(traditional, d) Chinese input methods, like PinYin etc. This is sometimes called dictionary, dicts, etc and may already be in the cxterm files. Be sure to ftp files names README or how-to-make for instructions on how to build the softwares on your systems and what each file is. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1024) Is there any TeX/LaTeX like Chinese document preparation system? We have ChTeX and Poor Man's Chinese. The latest version is Simpson's extension Poor Man's Chinese, which can deal with both GB and BIG-5. It can be used just like english TeX/LaTeX: processed by normal "tex" command (must be TeX3.1 or higher), previewed by normal "xdvi", print out by usual "dvips" (not dvi2ps). What you need is just to get those Chinese TeX/LaTeX fonts (tfm and pk) and two TeX marcos (pmCs.tex and pmCb.tex) and put them somewhere "tex" can find (define TEXINPUTS and TEXFONTS under unix). After that every thing is just like the normal TeX/LaTeX. Of course, you would have to use some chinese editor to edit those chinese (f.ex. cxterm). Simpson's extension have the best set of traditional Chinese characters I ever seen, and there is also possible for both GB and BIG-5 appear in the same document which no other current system can do it. It is also compatible with any other TeX/LaTeX command, so you can use them as usual. This give Simpson's extension Poor Man's Chinese a biggest advantage than other system---that means, "You can do it on Chinese if you can do it on English!!!" You can get the Chinese TeX/LaTeX fonts and marcos from ftp.math.psu.edu, [128.118.24.22] under pub/simpson/chinese/pmc by the usual ftp(1C). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1025) Where can I find the Chinese software? a) Here are some useful anonymous ftp sites for Chinese related software--- i) In USA: ahkcus.org [192.55.187.25] [Directories indicated in parentheses] Articles in BIG5 from HKU (big5/), IFCSS Newsletters in GB (gb/ifcss-nl/), CND Chinese Magazine in GB (gb/cnd-cm/, no articles in this directory yet), CND archives(English) (cnd-g/, cnd-us/, cnd-ca/, cnd-ep/) HKU Chinese News utilities (src/), GB<->BIG5 conversion utilities for unix and vms (src/, src/vms/), BYX1.1 Chinese Editor (src/) blackbox.hacc.washington.edu [128.95.200.1] pub/poorman/ Poorman's TeX (Chinese and Japanese supported) crl.nmsu.edu [128.123.1.14] pub/chinese/ pub/chinese/fonts/ pub/misc/ Chinese X11 fonts, ChTeX, this file, kterm 4.1.2, dvi2ps that works with ChTeX Poor Man's TeX (GB and Big5 support) cs.purdue.edu [128.10.2.1] pub/ygz/ cxterm, celvis, cemacs, cless, cclib16* and hku-ch16 fonts. ftp.math.psu.edu [128.118.24.22] pub/simpson/chinese/ Poor Man's Chinese for BIG-5 traditional characters latest version of Cemacs beijing24.bdf and taipei24.bdf miscellaneous information about cxterm, etc. ftphost.cac.washington.edu [128.95.112.1] pub/ chinese.tar.Z - assorted programs [some programs duplicated from june.cs.washington.edu] hanauma.stanford.edu [36.51.0.16] pub/zhongwen/ beijing24.bdf, Pinyin pronunciation tables, Pinyin->GB code table msdos.archive.umich.edu [141.211.165.34] msdos/foreign_lang/chinese/ Duke Chinese Typist (dct*.arc) neon.stanford.edu [36.28.0.92] anonymous ftp to that site has been disabled. check other sites for ChTeX stuff, like crl.nmsu.edu. ii) In Sweden: kth.se [130.237.72.201] Mirrors of some of the above sites and other stuff. lunix.met.kth.se [130.237.16.204] Mirrors almost all the chinese stoff. Updating HXWZ with gb format. b) In MIT X11R5 contrib directory--- CXTERM 11.5.1 is part of X11R5 contrib software: X11R5/contrib/clients/cxterm/cxterm X11R5 cxterm, fonts X11R5/contrib/clients/cxterm/utils/celvis celvis source code -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1026) Are there any other Chinese oriented on-line service? The Alliance of Hong Kong Chinese in the US (AHKCUS) maintains a mailing list for its members and people who are insterested in the pro-democracy movement in China. To subscribe please contact "request@ahkcus.org" [192.55.187.25]. Hong Kong Net (HKNet) can be reached by sending mail to "cst@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu" or "so@cs.wisc.edu". Please mail all posting to HKnet to "hknet@cs.wisc.edu". South East Asia Online is a free mailing list with interests in Southeastern Asia. It covers areas from Burma/Myanmar to HK, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Australia. To subscribe, mail to "listserv@msu.bitnet" or "listserv@msu.edu" with a one line message "SUB SEASIA-L <your real-name>". The service is made possible with the support of the Center for Asian Studies at Michigan State. China News Digest is a regular posting of lastest China news in an on-line magazine format. To subscribe or get info, mail to: "cnd-info@library.uta.edu" or if you want to contribute, you can send your mail to: "cnd-editor@sdsc.edu". China Study Forum can be reached at "csf-adm@postgres.berkeley.edu" China Study Forum - Books review can be reached at "csf-books@postgres.berkeley.edu". HXWZ is a weekly electronic magazine in the Chinese language published by China News Digest (CND). To subscribe to CND Chinese Magazine: Send mail to "LISTSERV@UGA.BITNET" with a one line message, "sub CCMAN-L <full name>". To quit from CND Chinese Magazine: Send mail to "LISTSERV@UGA.BITNET" with a one line message "unsub CCMAN-L". For more information, please contact "LISTSERV@UGA.BITNET" and please include a one line message, "GET CMHELP INDEX". The BITNET node name UGA.BITNET is equivalent to internet "uga.uga.edu". -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1027) What is MULE? Mule is a modified version of GNU Emacs 18.58, it is distributed as a complete tar file or as a patch to 18.58. Mule can support a larger set of characters sets, such as Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and Europeans. Mule can handle all these languages in the *same* buffer, meaning that you can mix text from different languages. (Neat if you are translating from one language to another.) Mule supports the following inputting methods: ENGLISH: Just type in. :-) JAPANESE: You have plenty of choises. EGG, EGG-SJ3, CANNA (these are bundled with Mule), SKK, boiled-egg (these are in 'contrib' directory). CHINESE, KOREAN, EUROPEAN: Please use 'quail' system bundled with Mule. New input methods should not be that hard to write. If you run Mule under a specilized terminal emulator (such as exterm or cxterm) which supports an input method you can use that. As for Chinese handling, please look into hz2gb.el in contrib/lisp.tar.Z. This allows quite convenient way to read and post articles of newsgroup alt.chinese.text for a GNUS user. As for fonts of European characters, Mr. Takahashi contributed 14dots and 24dots fonts for Latin1,2,3,4,5, Greek and Cyrillic. Those fonts are in fonts/ETL.tar.Z. Mule is available by anonymous ftp from: etlport.etl.go.jp [192.31.197.99]:/pub/mule sh.wide.ad.jp [133.4.11.11]:/JAPAN/mule If you are accessing from out of Japan, please use the latter site, which is faster. Either ftp the complete tar file, *or* if you have an unmodified GNU Emacs 18.58 you can ftp just the patch file diff-18.58-0.9.5 and apply that. You can join the MULE mailing list by sending a mail to Ken'ichi HANDA at "handa@etl.go.jp". -- John Ho from Dallas, Texas USA. (john@jho.com) Xref: bloom-picayune.mit.edu soc.culture.hongkong:31270 news.answers:4749 Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!enterpoop.mit.edu!hri.com!ukma!darwin.sura.net!haven.umd.edu!uunet!psinntp!jho!root From: abs0@coos.dartmouth.edu (Kelvin Leung) Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong,news.answers Subject: soc.culture.hongkong FAQ, Part III Summary: This posting contains the up-to-date info for Global Volunteer database. It is intended to help out all SCHK netters around the world. Message-ID: <schk3_725000404@jho.com> Date: 22 Dec 92 05:00:18 GMT Expires: 4 Feb 1993 05:00:04 GMT References: <schk1_725000404@jho.com> Sender: root@jho.com (0000-Admin(0000)) Reply-To: abs0@coos.dartmouth.edu Followup-To: soc.culture.hongkong Organization: JHO Company, Dallas, Texas USA Lines: 147 Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu Supersedes: <schk3_722408403@jho.com> Archive-name: hongkong-faq/part3 Last-modified: Mon Sep 21 17:54:06 EDT 1992 Version: 2.1 O F F I C I A L FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) FOR SOC.CULTURE.HONGKONG PART III - GLOBAL VOLUNTEER DATABASE If you have any questions regarding addition/deletion/modification to this FAQ, please contact Kelvin Leung at "abs0@coos.dartmouth.edu". Your comments will be appreciated. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS: 2000) GENERAL INFORMATION: 2001) What is Global Volunteer Database(GVD)? 2002) Why do we need GVD? 2003) Who are GVD volunteer and what responsiblity do they have? 2004) Who can use GVD? 2005) What is the ultimate goal for GVD? 2006) Who is in charge of the GVD? 2007) How can I obtain a copy of the GVD? 2008) How can I become a volunteer? 2009) Can I take a look at the lastest GVD? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2000) GENERAL INFORMATION: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001) What is Global Volunteer Database(GVD)? GVD (Global Volunteer Database) is a compiled list of SCHK netters who are willing to provide information through e-mail for netters in other parts of the world. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2002) Why do we need GVD? Every now and then, we all need some kind of help from someone in another city or in another country; we need information on a degree program in another university thousands of miles away; we want to find our long lost classmate in another city or we simply need travel information in another state. We have all seen postings after postings of that nature in SCHK, wouldn't it be nice if we have known someone who are willing to provide us with information when we need it? This is what the GVD is all about. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2003) Who are GVD volunteer and what responsiblity do they have? GVD consists of SCHK netters from around the world who are willing to help other netters. The volunteer will answer questions for the school he/she attends or provides info for the city where he/she resides. It is a pure voluntary activity and the volunteer will not charge a fee for his/her service. GVD volunteers are those who are out there to help others. Please note, however, the information given by the volunteer will be made available to the public. In other words, every netter will have access to them. If any volunteer choses not to reveal certain information, please exclude it from the e-mail. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2004) Who can use GVD? Everyone who has access to this database can make use of the info in GVD. However, GVD cannot be sold for profit and the user cannot charge a fee for his/her service. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2005) What is the ultimate goal for GVD? Thousands of students leave Hong Kong every year to pursue advance degree in US, Canada, UK and Australia. The big majority of us do not know what to expect when we get on the plane. Our mission is to make available the GVD database to the Heng Seng Oversea Study Center (something like that) in HK, American Chamber of Commerce in HK, the Institute of International Education in Hong Kong and other organisations who assist students in HK to study aboard. Our volunteer in HK will physically go into the center and give the counselors a lesson on how to use AT&T e-mail from HK to contact our volunteers. GVD will also be available to the "Breakthru" Magazine of which they already have something similar for many years, only now it goes hi-tech thru Internet. :) The Hong Kong Student Association from every all univ. and college around the world SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST ONE volunteer in the GVD. It will help Hong Kong Students around the world to communicate better in event that we have not foreseen. This will become an important step in moving SCHK from a discussion only forum to an organized global network for Hong Kong people. Something that we might rely on after 1997. :) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2006) Who is in charge of the GVD? Kelvin Leung from Dartmoth College in New Hampshire, USA. You can reach him at "abs0@coos.dartmouth.edu". You are welcome to send him any complaints, compliments, flames, suggestions, changes of address... You can also reach him via regular mail. His current address is: Kelvin Leung, HB 2896, Dartmouth College, NH 03755, USA. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2007) How can I obtain a copy of the GVD? A copy of the lastest GVD will be available in the bi-monthly posting of SCHK FAQ. If you REALLY cannot wait, pleae contact Kelvin Leung at "abs0@coos.dartmouth.edu". -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2008) How can I become a volunteer? It is very easy. What you need to do is to fill in the form below and mail it to Kelvin Leung at "abs0@coos.dartmouth.edu" and you will become an official GVD volunteer. ------------ FORM BEGIN ------------- Orgn: /* Organisation/School */ Dept: /* Department of study */ Name: /* Your name here */ Addr: /* e-mail address */ HKSA? /* Is there a Hong Kong Student Assocation in your school ? */ Note: /* Comment/notes/famous quote :) */ ------------ FORM END ------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009) Can I take a look at the lastest GVD? (Please refer to the latest GVD) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- John Ho from Dallas, Texas USA. (john@jho.com) Xref: bloom-picayune.mit.edu soc.culture.hongkong:27878 news.answers:3659 Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!tamsun.tamu.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!news2me.EBay.Sun.COM!cronkite.Central.Sun.COM!texsun!jho!john From: akwy@mundil.cs.mu.oz.au (Alan Yim) Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong,news.answers Subject: soc.culture.hongkong FAQ, Part IV Summary: Part IV of soc.culture.hongkong contains a list of Frequently Asked Question on the Hong Kong Pictures Archive. Message-ID: <schk4_719810611@jho.com> Date: 23 Oct 92 03:24:11 GMT Expires: 6 Dec 1992 03:23:31 GMT References: <schk3_719810611@jho.com> Sender: john@jho.com (John Ho) Reply-To: akwy@mundil.cs.mu.oz.au Followup-To: soc.culture.hongkong Organization: Software Programming, Inc., Dallas, Texas USA Lines: 915 Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu Supersedes: <schk4_717192835@jho.com> Archive-name: hongkong-faq/part4 Last-modified: Wed Sep 16 09:52:09 EDT 1992 Version: 2.1 O F F I C I A L FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) FOR SOC.CULTURE.HONGKONG PART IV - HONG KONG PICTURES ARCHIVE (HKPA) If you have any questions regarding addition/deletion/modification to this FAQ, please contact Alan Yim at "akwy@mundil.cs.mu.oz.au". Your comments will be appreciated. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HONG KONG PICTURES ARCHIVE (HKPA) ================================= FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS edition 1.01 ======================================= Written & maintained by Alan Yim <akwy@mundil.cs.mu.oz.au>, September 1992. TABLE OF CONTENTS: 3000) TOPICS: INTRODUCTION TO HKPA 3001) What is HKPA and where is it? 3002) What is GIF files? 3003) What picture format is being used in HKPA? 3004) Are there any picture formats other than GIF? 3005) What is the history of HKPA? 3006) What picture categories are available in HKPA? 3007) Are there any other ftp sites (mirror sites) for HKPA? 3008) What is the structure of HKPA? 3009) What is a subdivided archive (or sub-archive)? 3010) Where should I make a request for particular picture(s)? 3011) Where can I read the news on HKPA matters? 3012-3019) RESERVED 3020) TOPICS: QUICK GUIDE ON GETTING, VIEWING, & PRINTING PICTURES 3021) How do I get pictures from HKPA? 3022) How do I get pictures from Usenet newsgroups? 3023) How do I view pictures on Unix X-Windows? 3024) How do I view pictures on IBM PC compatibles? 3025) How do I print pictures on a postscript printer under Unix? 3026-3049) RESERVED 3050) TOPICS: GENERAL GUIDE ON DONATING PICTURES/OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS 3051) How do I post a picture to the newsgroups? 3052) Are there any easier ways of donating pictures? 3053) Can I send pictures to HKPA ftp sites myself? 3054) How do I maximize the quality of a picture from a scanner? 3055) What kind of pictures does HKPA wanted? 3056) What other picture formats does HKPA accept? 3056) Can I & how do I organize a new subdivided archive HKPA.***? 3057) What else can I contribute? 3058-3069) RESERVED 3070) TOPICS: MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS 3071) Where else can I find a copy of this FAQ? 3072) What should I know when I access the ftp sites by IP number? 3073-3139) RESERVED 3140) TOPICS: SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT 3141) Who are our big brothers? 3142) Who are the crew members of HKPA? 3143-3149) RESERVED 3150) TOPICS: HKPA.MISC SPECIFIC INFORMATION 3151) What kind of pictures are in HKPA.MISC and are wanted? 3152) How do I donate pictures to HKPA.MISC? 3153) Can I upload pictures to ftp site myself for HKPA.MISC? 3154) Are there any other rules I need to know for donations? 3155-3199) RESERVED 3200) TOPICS: HKPA.POPSTARS SPECIFIC INFORMATION 3201) What kind of pictures are in HKPA.POPSTARS and are wanted? 3202) How do I donate pictures to HKPA.POPSTARS? 3203) What is the file naming convention for HKPA.POPSTARS? 3204) What if I don't know the name of the popstar but want to donate? 3205) Can I upload pictures to ftp sites myself for HKPA.POPSTARS? 3206) Are there any other rules I need to know for donations? 3207-3249) RESERVED 3250) TOPICS: HKPA.SCENIC SPECIFIC INFORMATION 3251) What kind of pictures are in HKPA.SCENIC and are wanted? 3252) How do I donate pictures to HKPA.SCENIC? 3253) What is the file naming convention for HKPA.SCENIC? 3254) Can I upload pictures to ftp site myself for HKPA.SCENIC? 3255) Are there any other rules I need to know for donations? 3256-3999) RESERVED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3000) TOPICS: INTRODUCTION TO HKPA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3001) What is HKPA and where is it? Welcome to Hong Kong Pictures Archive (HKPA), the first ever collection of Hong Kong related pictures on Internet. HKPA is located at /pub/hongkong/hkpa directory of ftp site: asia.lcs.mit.edu [18.52.0.62]. There are already many ftp sites around the world which keep an archive (a collection/storage) of GIF images. However, images which related to HK are still kept privately these days. The generation of HKPA is to open a way to exhibit the HK culture around the world. People are free to obtain picture files from the site and are encouraged to contribute pictures which are related to Hong Kong. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3002) WHAT is GIF files? GIF stands for Graphics Interchange Format. It is a data representation of a graphics image in binary form. GIF files can be put on the background of your workstations or PC's or viewed in a separate window. It records up to 256 colors, and it offers a very good data compression without losing the picture quality when viewing. In order to view GIF picture files, one must have a picture viewer software which supports GIF format. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3003) What picture format is being used in HKPA? As GIF is so popular which offers a very good reproduction quality and data compression, it is being used for storing pictures in HKPA. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3004) Are there any picture formats other than GIF? There are lots of other picture formats apart from GIF. Just to name a few: BMP, TIF, TGA, JPG, PCX, and XPM. Their characteristics are mainly differed by the following: - Number of colours supported (GIF supports 256 (8-bit) colors) - Performance on data compression (some formats have no compression which always end up a very large picture file) - Performance when viewing (does the format require complex viewers that slow down the display process?) - The extent of software support (from merely viewers to image processors and desktop publishers) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3005) What is the history of HKPA? At the very beginning (Nov 1991) the idea was only on the collection of HK popstar pictures, which was known as the HK Popstar GIF Collection Scheme (HKPGCS). Later on, an idea of HK scenic GIF collection came up. As there are quite a lot of potential on adding more picture categories in the future, we decided to re-structure the 2 collections into one big archive called HKPA. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3006) What picture categories are available in HKPA? The structure of HKPA is as follows: HKPA ------- HKPA.MISC ----- HKmisc.index | |--- README.DONORS | |--- <other notices & readme files> | |--- <*.gif pictures available> | |--- HKPA.POPSTARS ----- HKstar.index | |-- README.DONORS | |-- GUESSING.GAME | |-- <other notices & readme files> | |-- <*.gif pictures available> | |-- guess --- <pictures of unknown popstars to | be figured out> | |--- HKPA.SCENIC ----- HKscenic.index | |-- README.DONORS | |-- <other notices & readme files> | |-- <*.gif pictures available> | |--- HKPA.<future category1> : ................ |--- HKPA.<future categoryN> So there are 2 categories currently under HKPA: Hong Kong Pictures Archive - Popstar Collection (HKPA.POPSTARS) - in ftp directory /pub/hongkong/hkpa/popstars Hong Kong Pictures Archive - Scenic Collection (HKPA.SCENIC) - in ftp directory /pub/hongkong/hkpa/scenic In addition, there is a generic archive called Hong Kong Pictures Archive - Miscellaneous Collection (HKPA.MISC) which accepts pictures of other un-specified categories. HKPA.***** is called a subdivided archive. Inside each subdivided archive, there are few special text files of informations. The common ones are the following: HK****.index List of pictures available in a subdivided archive README.DONORS Rules and how to contribute pictures for a particular subdivided archive. There are other information files for each subdivided archive. Please read the topics for each subdivided archive for updated information. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3007) Are there any other ftp sites (mirror sites) for HKPA? Unfortunately, we don't have any mirror sites which contain the full duplication of HKPA file base. However, there is one for HKPA.POPSTARS though. The location is: ftp site: nic.funet.fi [128.214.6.100] directory: /pub/pics/gif/pics/tv+film/HKstar This site is situated in Finland. Users in Europe are encouraged to obtain pictures from nic.funet.fi, in order to reduce the net traffic in asia.lcs.mit.edu. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3008) What is the structure of HKPA? Please refer to question 3006. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3009) What is a subdivided archive (or sub-archive)? Those collection of a particular picture category under HKPA is called a subdivided archive (or sub-archive). They are assigned the name HKPA.***** Please refer to question 3006 for details. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3010) Where should i make a request for particular picture(s)? As the picture contributors of HKPA probably read soc.culture.hongkong, please post your requests to soc.culture.hongkong newsgroup for best chance of feedbacks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3011) Where can i read the news on HKPA matters? All news on HKPA including news on new pictures available are posted to soc.culture.hongkong. New pictures are also posted to alt.binaries.pictures and alt.binaries.pictures.misc, in multi part uuencoded form. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3020) TOPICS: QUICK GUIDE ON GETTING, VIEWING, & PRINTING PICTURES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3021) How do i get pictures from HKPA? There are 2 ways: i) By using the command 'ftp' in an Unix/VMS(VAX) account: You can login to asia.lcs.mit.edu by ftp as follows: Step 1) Unix/Vax prompt> ftp asia.lcs.mit.edu [a bunch of text] 2) Name (asia.lcs.mit.edu:your login): ftp 3) Password: your login@hostname [a bunch of text] 4) ftp> binary /* set binary mode */ 5) ftp> cd pub/hongkong/hkpa 6) ftp> cd popstars /* goto HKPA.POPSTARS archive */ OR ftp> cd scenic /* goto HKPA.SCENIC archive */ OR ftp> cd misc /* goto HKPA.MISC archive */ 7) ftp> dir /* list of archive directory */ 8) ftp> get <filename> /* get file which is saved into the local working directory */ 9) ftp> bye /* logout the ftp session */ You may use the command '? [command name]' or 'help [command name]' for the online help screen during a ftp session. ii) By using ftp mail server, ONLY if you don't have access to 'ftp' in your account. You are required to send a request mail, which contains a set of commands, to the mail server. Those commands include the functions like- a) Which ftp site you want to connect to; b) The directory where the requesting file is in; c) What the file type is; d) What file you want to get; e) What kind of encoding scheme you want to encode the file before sending back to you; and f) whether you want the encoded file to be splitted and the size of each piece.