NOTA BENE FILES ON SIMTEL20

Since March 1992, all NOTABENE documentation and program *archives* (that is, NOT the backlog files of the NOTABENE "electronic journal") are also stored in the newly created <MSDOS.NOTABENE> subdirectory of the electronic library of SIMTEL20, located in the U.S.A (and on its various "mirrors", located in both the U.S.A and Europe).

SIMTEL20 files can be either ordered through one of the "TRICKLE" stations (if you are on BITNET), or downloaded directly via FTP.

(1) ORDERING FROM a "TRICKLE"
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For information on the TRICKLE stations send message to LISTSERV@RPIECS.BITNET with command HELP. You will then get a document with all the necessary information for ordering files.

(2) DOWNLOADING DIRECTLY with FTP
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(a) Directly from SIMTEL20 major site:
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The electronic address of SIMTEL20 for FTP operations is:

WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL
(or 192.88.110.20)

Note: Before you continue reading this, I would advise using SIMTEL20's central site only when no other possibility is available. Normally, it would be best to go to one of SIMTEL20's "mirror" sites, as described below.

When you get connected, you will be asked for your USERID, to which you type ANONYMOUS. For PASSWORD you can type your own electronic code, optionally with a preceding dash (for instance, -B10). When you are logged in, you can reach the notabene files by switching to the NOTABENE subdirectory. This is implemented by typing the command

CD PD1:<MSDOS.NOTABENE>

You can then use the DIR command to see which files are stored. Remember that the ZIP compressed files are BINARY, so you must first type the command BINARY before you type the FTP command 'GET filename' (or MGET, for multiple files).

Note: the PD1:<...> command is unique for SIMTEL20. All other mainframe stations use the regular CD command with a regular slash (/).

More about SIMTEL20's subdirectories in <MSDOS.FILEDOCS>.

 (b) From one of SIMTEL20's "mirror" sites
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Since SIMTEL20 is a very busy location, it may turn out to be very difficult to get connected to it. There are therefore various alternative locations, called "mirrors", which store all, or most, of SIMTEL20 files. The best seems to be

WUARCHIVE.WUSTL.EDU
(or 128.252.135.4)

When you get connected, you will be asked for your USERID, to which you type ANONYMOUS. For PASSWORD you can type your own electronic code, optionally with a preceding dash (for instance, -B10).

When you are logged in into WUARCHIVE, to switch to all <MSDOS...> subdirectories you must first switch to the MIRRORS subdirectory:

CD /mirrors

Or, to switch to the MSDOS subdirectory directly, you type:

CD /mirrors/msdos

To go directly to <MSDOS.NOTABENE> you type:

CD /mirrors/msdos/notabene

Note that regular SLASH rather than BACKSLASH is used for specifying a subdirectory.

Other "mirror" sites
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OAK.Oakland.Edu       141.210.10.117
grind.isca.uiowa.edu  128.255.19.233
nic.funet.fi          128.214.6.100
sol.deakin.edu.au     128.184.1.1


Itamar Even-Zohar
Porter Institute
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