From: gjschmid@cantor.math.uwaterloo.ca (Greg Schmidt)
Subject: ARCHIVES: FTP Files (update) [1 of 3]
Followup-To: rec.games.frp.misc
Keywords: Introduction
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 16:40:38 GMT


Well, here it is, finally: the much-promised-and-seldom-delivered list of
FTPable files.  It is not as up-to-date as I would like, but there have
been quite a few "where can I find x" postings lately, so I thought I
should post what I have.  I did make sure to get the up-to-date info on
the Net.Spell.Book and Net.Prayer.Book, as those seem to be in great
demand.

Those of you seeing this on r.g.f.dnd, the rest of the list is only posted
in r.g.f.archives.  I have cross-posted this section because most of the
"where can I find..." postings seem to be in r.g.f.dnd.

Quick note to the people who are still waiting for me to send their latest
requests: I will get to them Real Soon Now.  I've got 3 assignments this
week, but next week's lighter.  Expect them then.

If you don't want to see this ever again, simply place the subject "FTP
Files (update)" in your kill file, and I'll try to use the same subject
every time.  I have also posted a smaller list (~1/2 size), which only
contains additions or corrections from the last time the list was posted.
It has a subject line of "ARCHIVES: FTP Files (patch)" for your kill files,
and can be applied to the previous version with the patch programme.

If you don't want to see either, just put "ARCHIVES: FTP Files" in your kill
file, and all of them will go away.

Volume 2 of this set of postings is a (long) list of what I currently
have.  Volume 3 lists all the various net.books; I don't have all of
these yet.  If you are looking for anything, check these lists; chances
are pretty good it'll be here.  If you have anything I might find
interesting, which is not on this list, please send it along.

If you want anything from this list, there are three things you can do.
1) First, try getting it by ftp.
2) If you don't have ftp access, attempt to contact the author.  Most
   people that post these things like to know that there is interest
   out there, and this way you can let them know.
3) Unfortunately, not all the authors are known, or still on the net.
   I have made no attempt (yet) to verify the addresses of any authors.
   In these extreme cases, contact me, and I'll forward the requested
   portions to you within a few days.  Note that practically everything
   I save, I re-format to suit my personal tastes, so what you get from
   me may not look like what the author wrote (I do leave the text intact,
   apart from the occasional spelling correction).  In particular, I like
   to break up large files into smaller parts (ie. one file for each of
   the monsters/items/whatever in the net.books).

Apologies to anyone who gets upset that this is close to 80 characters
wide for most of the list.  It was the only way to get everything to
fit in.  Apologies also to anyone who doesn't want to read this, but
has a stupid newsreader and has to (especially at 1200 baud).  Thanks
to Loren Miller and now Adam Dray  for maintaining the list of ftp sites.

Archive site            Directory       Notes
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ccosun.caltech.edu      /pub/adnd       very large archive; much is compressed
elbereth.rutgers.edu    /pub/sfl        r.a.sf archive
ftp.cc.gatech.edu       /pub/frp
ftp.nau.edu             /rpg
ftp.warwick.ac.uk       /pub/fiction
ftp.white.toronto.edu   /pub/frp        "Jayhawk" is in the Shadowrun directory
garfield.catt.ncsu.edu  /pub/DND
greyhawk.stanford.edu   /D_D
ics.uci.edu             /usenet/rec.games.frp
iesd.auc.dk             /rpg
potemkin.cs.pdx.edu     /pub/frp        Lots of stuff here I haven't listed; I
                                         haven't even started newstuff/eklektik.
quayle.mu.wvnet.edu     /pub/rpg
soda.berkeley.edu       /pub/vampire
                        /pub/ars-magica
suphys.physics.su.oz.au /pub/rpghelper
teetot.acusd.edu        /pub/Beelzebub


Legend:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Still in progress (latest episode number may be wrong)
+ Saved as a single file (tar, zip, arc, cat, etc)
- Saved both as a single file and split up
~ Incomplete collection
% No read permission on these files (could someone correct this?)


Notes:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
o Short stories are any fiction that includes less than 5 parts (completely
  arbitrary divider on my part).  If there was only one part, no number is
  given; otherwise the part numbers are given.  Five or more parts is a
  series.  Anything else is labelled descriptively.

o If multiple archive sites are given, the item was found at more than one site.
  If no archive site is given, I did not find it anywhere, and just have it at
  home (and will be happy to send it to you if you ask for it).

o If anyone can fill in any blanks, or provide newer email addresses for some
  of the authors listed (many are quite old), please let me know.

o I do not vouch for the quality of anything contained herein.  Much of it I
  recently picked up myself, and haven't had a chance to determine what is
  worth keeping.

o There always seem to be lots of questions about how to extract text from
  various archived files.
  o If the filename ends in .Z, the answer is uncompress, a UNIX command
    which is also available in many incarnations for DOS or Macs.  Simply
    type "uncompress filename", where filename does not have to have the .Z
    included (but may).  Note that uncompress may also be invoked as
    "compress -d".
  o If the filename ends in .tar, the answer is tar, another UNIX command
    which has often been ported.  To extract files of this sort, the command
    is "tar xvfo filename", where filename must include the .tar.  This is
    often combined with compress to give *.tar.Z files (first uncompress,
    then untar).
  o If the filename ends in .zoo, the answer is zoo, a DOS command which
    has been ported to UNIX.  To extract these files, use "zoo x filename",
    where filename does not have to have the .zoo included (but may).
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