From: SCO Information <info@sco.COM>
Subject: SOS/SOSCO FTP Announcement
Organization: XeniTec Consulting Services, Kitchener, ON, Canada
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 15:38:32 GMT
Followup-To: biz.sco.general


SCO is pleased to announce that access to SCO's Online Support
(SOS) system is now available via the Internet.

Customers with SOS accounts can access the SOS menu system
using "telnet."

Any member of the Internet community can access files and other
data available on SOSCO using "anonymous ftp."


To access SOS, you can type one of the following commands:

          telnet sos.sco.COM

                  or

         telnet 132.147.106.6


You will be prompted for a customer key number and a password. 

(Note:  The "Download" menu option on SOS will not work when you are
 logged into SOS via the Internet.  If you wish to download a 
 SCO supplement, you will have to end your telnet session and start up
 an "anonymous ftp" session as stated below.)



To access files and other data on the machine SOSCO via the Internet,
you can type one of the following commands:

          ftp ftp.sco.COM

                 or

          ftp 132.147.106.6

You will be prompted for a login name (use the login name "anonymous")
and a password (use your e-mail address as your password.)


You may transfer files from the following directories:


./SLS   SCO's Support Level Supplements (SLS). This directory contains
        files to supplement SCO products in the form of bug fixes and enhanced
        features.  Items are the same SLSs available on diskette from the 
        SCO Technical Support department. 

./EFS   SCO's Extended Feature Supplements (EFS).  This directory 
        contains enhancements to SCO products, such as new device
        drivers or additional features.  Items are also available
        on diskette from the SCO Sales department for a nominal charge.

./Supplements

        SCO's Maintenance/Performance Supplements (MS).  This directory
        contains a collection of fixes to known problems.  They can apply
        to any SCO Product.  They include new features and/or enhancements
        to SCO products.


./TLS   SCO's Technical Library Supplements (TLS).  The files in this
        directory are offered for experimental or educational use.
        They are not supported by the SCO Support department.  In some  
        cases, these are components or updates to existing SCO software;
        Other material may be educational or supplementary documentation.
        We do not intend this to be another archive of freely
        available software that has been compiled for SCO.  That function
        is well served by other archive sites.  The material here is
        primarily that which SCO uniquely can provide or which is
        not readily available elsewhere.

./Term  SCO's Terminal Support.  This directory contains certain 
        termcap and terminfo files.

./Games SCO's Games directory.  This directory contains games that
        will run on SCO Operating Systems.  The files contained in this
        directory are not supported by the SCO Support department.


Contained within each of the above directories is a file called "info"
that lists the available files for each directory and instructions on
what to do with the files once you have downloaded them. This file is
updated each time a new supplement is made available within the directory.
(Note:  that the "README" file in each directory is linked to the 
"info" file.)  There is also a file named "file.list" which lists available
filenames but does not include the instructions on what to do with the
files once you have downloaded them.  The "file.list" file is also updated
when a new supplement is made available.



Note:  These same supplemental directories are mirrored on UUNET. You
       can access them by using one of the following commands:

       ftp ftp.UU.NET
      
           - or -

       ftp 137.39.1.9

       The supplemental directories are located in the ./sco-archive
       directory.  

       Use the login "anonymous" and your e-mail address as the password.