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- From: amon@elegabalus.cs.qub.ac.uk
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- Subject: [sci.space] Space DIgest Archives
- Followup-To: sci.space
- Date: 6 Sep 1992 08:25:44 GMT
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- Archive-name: auto/sci.space/Space-DIgest-Archives
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- At long last, an archive of Space Digest is available for anonymous
- ftp on julius.cs.qub.ac.uk in pub/SpaceDigestArchives.
-
- Each volume of space digest going back to V1 in 1981 is available as
- a single tar.Z file. Early volumes are quite reasonable in size.
- Recent ones are a bit out of hand due to people reposting large
- bodies of usually unnecessary text.
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- For those who have Digital Librarian, each volume is pre-indexed. The
- index makes it an extremely valuable research tool.
-
- The file sizes run from 1-9 MB.
-
- As movies ads would say 5 YEARS IN THE MAKING. I believe Gene Miya
- and Henry Spencer and I first started discussing the need for this in
- 1986 or 87.
-
- And I wish to thank the help and encouragement in this project over
- the years (most of which were spent in procrastination, but that's
- beside the point):
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- Ted Anderson
- Eugene Miya
- Todd Masco
- Mark Maimone
- Bill Higgins
- Henry Spencer
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- There is a README file that describes where the issues came from and
- lists what is currently missing/truncated, etc. I will try to fill in
- the gaps over the next 5 years :-)
-
- I will update from time to time as the holes are filled in. The
- current volume will always be available from isu.isunet.edu. I may or
- may not have it on line here until it "closes".
-
- PS: This might as well be added to the FAQ resource list.
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-