NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #19/NN_1992_19.iso/spool/comp/os/minix/4367

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From: [e-mail] (Darius S. Naqvi)
Subject: FTP archive sites
Organization: ISA Corporation, Edmonton, AB
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 92 15:17:43 GMT
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I've been running MINIX-ST and following comp.os.minix for a year or two
now, and I've noticed that it's been a looooooooong time since anyone
bothered to update the information about FTP sites in the periodic
"Minix Information Sheet" posting.

Recently I ftp'd to ftp.uni-koeln.de (since I never could connect to
ftp.thp.uni-koeln.de) and I noticed that that site was set up to display
a message telling people from the US and Canada to use different sites.
The message said that all the files in this archive are from other
archives, and they are limited in their bandwith, so they would prefer
that people use archive sites closer to them.

I understand all this, but I still find that ftp.uni-koeln.de has a lot
of stuff that I can't find elsewhere.  So what I'd like to know is: what
archive sites do all of you (in US and Canada) use to get Minix
software?  I've tried a few listed in the information sheet, but found
most of them pretty useless.  Also, who is it that updates the "Minix
Information Sheet"?  Most of the ftp sites listed say things like "Last
checked: 910115", i.e., more than 1.5 years ago!!  Could this possibly
be updated?

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Darius S. Naqvi              mail at work: [e-mail]
ISA Corp.                    mail at home: [e-mail]
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