From: aglover@acorn.co.uk (Alan Glover)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.announce
Subject: Archive Sites - Monthly posting
Date: 17 Aug 92 07:55:52 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.acorn
Organization: Acorn Computers Ltd, Cambridge, England

Last-modified: 30 July 1992

[Sorry, but i'm a bit busy at the moment. Suggestions for changes and updates
are still being accepted and archived, and will be incorporated in the list
when i have time. This list is still up-to-date up to about May 1992.
I'm considering to change this list into an "Acorn resources on the Internet"
listing (won't be many additions, i think), when i get the time to update it,
which may be around September...
-- Gerben.]

  This is the regular list of archive servers that contain files related in
any way to Acorn computers, i.e. the Atom, BBC, Electron, Archimedes and
R-series, and maybe some even rarer types of machines. Mainly it's about the
Archimedes and R-series, though.
This list is maintained by Gerben Vos <gpvos@cs.vu.nl>.

  For every server, the name and the type of files it contains is indicated,
along with its numeric address in the case of Internet ftp servers and Janet
pads, and the email address of the maintainer, if known.
  Below that follows a list of the directories to look for with a short
description of their contents. The Newcastle server is an exception to this
rule, since it has only one big flat directory.

  Below the main list is a short list of ways to use services that aren't
normally available to you, e.g. Internet ftp from Bitnet or Janet, and Janet
connection from the Internet. Don't abuse these inter-network connection
services, they are already being heavily used and someone might decide they're
too overloaded and shut them down.

  Also, when requesting files directly from servers, always try to use a
server that is as near as possible to you. And keep in mind that the people
running these machines are doing you a favour, so don't abuse their services.
The mail server in Newcastle is being swamped by requests at the moment. Use
an alternative, if possible.

Changes since the last update:
- Added shiraz.
- The Australian archive moved from mucket to metro.


Legend: A=Archimedes, B=BBC/Electron/Master, T=Text documents,
        *=new items in store since last month
        ?=couldn't reach it, may be temporarily down


FTP SERVERS:
============
[ABT]? actrix.gen.nz (192.100.53.17) (banks_p@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz, wright_j@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz)
/files/archimedes/
    acorn                            Acorn modules, files and news
    archivers                        Archiving utilities
    CLIutils                         Non Desktop utilities
    comms                            Communications applications
    demos                            Demos
    desktop                          Desktop utilities
    editors                          Editor applications
    educate                          Educational applications
    emulators                        PD emulators for the Arc
    fileutils                        File utilities
    fonts                            Fonts/font applications
    games                            Games
    graphics                         Graphical tools/utilities
    languages                        PD languages for the Arc
    sound                            Music/sound applications
    printutils                       Printer utilities
    progutils                        Programming utilities
    unix                             Unix ports to the Arc and any RiscIx stuff
    virus                            Virus killer programs
/files/bbc/
    archivers                        Archiving utilities
    comms                            Communications applications
    editors                          Editor applications
    educate                          Educational applications
    fileutils                        File utilities
    games                            Games
    graphics                         Graphical tools/utilities
    sound                            Music/sound applications
    printutils                       Printer utilities
    progutils                        Programming utilities

  This archive is only reachable from within New Zealand. It holds public
  domain software for all makes and types of Acorn machinery as well as the
  latest updates of release software from Acorn (Shared C Libraries and
  similar things).

[A..]* citi.umich.edu (?) (?)
/afs/alw.nih.gov/service/news/comp/binaries/acorn: comp.binaries.acorn feed

[..T]* ftp.win.tue.nl (131.155.70.100) (rcpieter@win.tue.nl)
/pub/comp/sys/acorn:                 comp.sys.acorn archives

[..T]* ftp.nluug.nl (192.16.202.21) (info-admin@nluug.nl)
/pub/newsarchive/comp/sources/acorn: Two months' worth of comp.sources.acorn
/pub/newsarchive/comp/sys/acorn:     Two months' worth of comp.sys.acorn

[..T]* ftp.eu.net (192.16.202.1) (info-admin@eu.net)
/newsarchive/comp/sources/acorn:     Two months' worth of comp.sources.acorn
/newsarchive/comp/sys/acorn:         Two months' worth of comp.sys.acorn

[A..]  ftp.cs.kun.nl (131.174.32.1) (hans@cs.kun.nl)
/pub/ArMaTuReS:                      ArMaTuReS (TeX)

  This is probably not the newest version. See also rusinfo and Newcastle.

[A..]  isfs.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp (130.54.20.1) (?)
/.u2/oldnews/comp/binaries/acorn:    comp.binaries.acorn archives
/.u2/oldnews/comp/sources/acorn:     comp.sources.acorn archives

[A..]  isgate.is (130.208.165.63) (archive-management@isgate.is)
/pub/Usenet.bin/comp.binaries.acorn  comp.binaries.acorn archives

[..T]* lcs.mit.edu (18.26.0.36) (?)
/news/comp/binaries/acorn:           A few days' worth of comp.binaries.acorn
/news/comp/sources/acorn:            A few days' worth of comp.sources.acorn
/news/comp/sys/acorn:                A few days' worth of comp.sys.acorn
/news/eunet/micro/acorn:             A few days' worth of eunet.micro.acorn

[A.T]* metro.ucc.su.oz.au (129.78.64.2, 129.78.139.4) (s2105995@spectrum.cs.unsw.oz.au)
/pub/archimedes:                     Archimedes programs

  Largely a mirror of the Manchester archive.

[???]? mucket.vast.unsw.edu.au (149.171.224.9) (s2105995@spectrum.cs.unsw.oz.au)
/incoming/acorn:                     Acorn upload directory

  Seems to be unavailable.

[AB.]* pdsoft.lancs.ac.uk (148.88.64.2) (pdarch@pdsoft.lancs.ac.uk)
/micros/arch/riscos/a:               Archimedes programs
/micros/arch/riscos/tools:           UUDecode, Arc, SparkPlug2
/micros/bbc:                         6502 programs
/kermit/
    ac:                              Kermit for the Cambridge Workstation
    ar:                              Kermit for the Archimedes (under Arthur)
    bbc:                             Kermit for BBC B, B+, B+128 and Master
    cp:                              Kermit for BBC+Z80 second processor

[A..]? reseq.regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de (192.48.107.50, 129.187.230.225) (ftp@e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
/public/GNU/News/gdb/acorn_arm:      gdb (Acorn diffs only)

[AB.]* rusinfo.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (129.69.1.12) (scheurich@rus.uni-stuttgart.de, zrzm at ds0rus1i)
/soft/acorn/
    6502/beginner:                   Hexadecimal encoder/decoder
    6502/lang:                       Languages (Assembler and Small-C)
    minix:                           ARM-Minix
    riscix/unixtools/gnu/gdb:        gdb (Acorn diffs only)
    riscos/antivirus:                Virus killers
    riscos/archivers:                Some archivers
    riscos/beginner:                 Some of the same and other archivers
    riscos/comm:                     Communication packages and utilities
    riscos/comm/msdos-disk:          MS-DOS disk readers
    riscos/editors:                  Editors
    riscos/etc:                      Miscellaneous
    riscos/lang:                     Languages, libraries, debuggers
    riscos/maths:                    Mathematical programs
    riscos/problems:                 Programming problems & answers
    riscos/unixtools:                Many ported Unix and GNU tools
    riscos/util:                     Utilities and fonts
    riscos/util/sys:                 System utilities
/soft/incoming/acorn:                Upload directory
/soft/tex/machines/acorn/riscos/
    oldtex:                          ArMaTuReS (TeX), old version
    texadditions:                    TeX-related files
    texupdate:                       Updates to the old version

[.B.]* shiraz.ohm.york.ac.uk (144.32.136.36) (ian@ohm.york.ac.uk)
/pub/BBC                             BBC programs
/pub/BBC/Submissions                 Upload directory

  This is the archive of the BBC mailing list, bbc-list@ohm.york.ac.uk .

[A..]  titania.mathematik.uni-ulm.de (134.60.66.21) (borchert@mathematik.uni-ulm.de)
/pub/soft/minix:                     ARM-Minix

[AB.]? tolsun.oulu.fi (130.231.96.16) (?)
/incoming/acorn:                     BBC and Archimedes software
/pub/acorn:                          BBC and Archimedes software, ularn

  I can't log in to this one at the moment.

[A..]* uts.mcc.ac.uk (130.88.200.3) (zzassgl@uts.mcc.ac.uk)
/pub/riscos:                         Archimedes software
/incoming/riscos:                    Upload directory

  All the software is public domain or shareware.  Most of it has been
  archived with the !Spark 2 application.  !SparkPlug 2 is available.

[AB.]  watsun.cc.columbia.edu (128.59.39.2) (?)
/kermit/
    a:                               Kermit for BBC+Z80 second processor
    c:                               BBC Kermit and 65C02 assembler,
				     and Kermit for the Cambridge Workstation


MAIL SERVERS:
=============
[ABT]? info-server@comp.vuw.ac.nz (banks_p@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz, wright_j@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz)
topic: archimedes                    See actrix.gen.nz under "ftp servers"
topic: bbc                           See actrix.gen.nz under "ftp servers"

  This archive is only reachable from within New Zealand.

  Requests are of the form:

    request: sources
    topic: <machine> <filename>
    request: end

  Where <machine> is either "archimedes" or "bbc", and <filename> is the full
  pathname of the file. An index is available under the filename "index".
  Indices per section with file descriptions are available as
  <directoryname>/List. Info on how to access the system can be obtained under
  the filename "help".

[A..]* info-server@newcastle.ac.uk (Albert.Koelmans@newcastle.ac.uk)
topic: archimedes                    Lots of Archimedes programs

  Don't be fooled by the short listing of this archive; it has been a close
  companion to the Acorn newsgroups for many years and often has the latest
  versions. It contains public domain software for ARM based systems
  (Archimedes, A3000, Rxxx etc), mainly put together from Usenet postings and
  private submissions.

  The info server is currently in danger of falling victim to its own
  popularity (it's mailing out over a gigabyte per month at the moment).

  Requests are of the form:

    line-limit 1000
    request: sources
    topic: archimedes <filename>
    request: end

  An index is available under the filename "index". There is also an index of
  (ar)minix software available as "am_index", and a list of the last 50 files
  added to the archive as "tail_index".

  If you don't receive a reply, try including a Reply-To: line in your mail
  header, specifying your e-mail address (or edit your From: line). If that
  doesn't work, try specifying the domain part of your address in reverse
  order (e.g., gpvos@nl.vu.cs), or route it via a major Internet backbone,
  (e.g., gpvos%cs.vu.nl@mcsun.eu.net). Mailers in the UK generally get
  confused by addresses starting with "cs", which they think means
  "Czechoslovakia", but this can happen with any address which has a top level
  domain at both ends.

[AB.]* archive-server@pdsoft.lancs.ac.uk (pdsoft@pdsoft.lancs.ac.uk)
/micros/arch/riscos/a:               See under "ftp servers".
/micros/arch/riscos/tools:           See under "ftp servers".
/micros/bbc:                         See under "ftp servers".
/kermit:                             See under "ftp servers".

  Requests are of the form:

    send <filename>

  You can obtain a help file using the single-word command "help".

[AB.]* mail-server@rusinfo.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (scheurich@rus.uni-stuttgart.de, zrzm at ds0rus1i)
/soft/acorn:                         See under "ftp servers".
/soft/incoming/acorn:                See under "ftp servers".
/soft/tex/machines/acorn:            See under "ftp servers".

  Requests are of the form:

    [uuencode]                       # Only for binary files
    send <filename> [<filename>...]

  Use "send /soft/acorn/riscos/README" and "send /soft/acorn/HOW2TRANSFER" for
  more information and an index. There are many options, use "help" for a
  summary, or "send help" for a detailed description of the archive server.


JANET FTP/TELNET/PADS:
======================
[AB.]* pdsoft.lancs.ac.uk (numeric address 000010403000, login pdsoft)
/micros/arch/riscos/a:               See under "ftp servers".
/micros/arch/riscos/tools:           See under "ftp servers".
/micros/bbc:                         See under "ftp servers".
/kermit:                             See under "ftp servers".


HOW TO REACH CERTAIN SERVICES
=============================
If you can't use Internet ftp, there are servers which can do it for you.
To find out how they work, send them a message containing just the word help.

- ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com
- bitftp@pucc.bitnet, or bitftp at pucc (only from within Bitnet)

If you can't reach Janet telnet or pads from the Internet, try to use one of
these access points by using telnet:

- ruts2.runit.sintef.no (129.241.1.8) (press return to see the prompt)
- sun.nsfnet-relay.ac.uk (128.86.8.7) (login janet)

Note that there is now a Janet IP service, through which Internet users can use
some Janet ftp servers, at least the Lancaster one. There is another way to
reach Janet ftp from the Internet; it's also the only way i'm aware of to use
Internet ftp from Janet, if you don't have Janet TCP/IP. To use it, connect to:

- sun.nsfnet-relay.ac.uk (128.86.8.7) (login guestftp, password guestftp)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G e r b e n   V o s   <><
Aconet: 8500/104!Gerben Vos  Internet: gpvos@cs.vu.nl
Contrary to popular belief, the programmers at Acorn do know what they are
doing.  -- Nicko van Someren

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