From: healyzh@holonet.net (Zane H. Healy)
Subject: Linux FTP and BBS List #12
Followup-To: comp.os.linux
Keywords: ftp and bbs list
Organization: University of Helsinki
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 13:48:02 GMT


   Here is the latest list of Public acces BBS's, and FTP Sites that
carry Linux files.  This list was last modified 31 DEC 92.

WHAT'S NEW:
   I've added field's to indicate weather or not the BBS charge's a 
subscription fee to access the files.  If you will be able to download
file's on your first call, and if the BBS allow's file requests.
   Since this is new data I would appreciate feedback and the necessary
info to update the list.

PLEASE UPLOAD FILES TO BBS'S:
   In posting this list I would like to point out that a large number 
enthusiests don't have FTP access.  In fact it is possible that by now 
most of the Linux fan's don't.  So I would like to suggest that those 
of us that do, find at least one BBS to post the Linux file's to.  I, 
for one post every file that I get to at least one of the local BBS's, 
and from there they the file's tend to find there way to other local 
BBS's.  I've seen post's about the future of Linux etc., well here is a
way to help guarentee it.  I think it's safe to assume that most people 
with FTP access also have a modem.  So how about doing other Linux fan's
a favor and finding a BBS to upload the Linux files to.
 
FORMAT:
State   YYY  BBS Name                Phone Number    Modem Speed
Rating       City                    Other data
 
RATING SYSTEM:  1 -- Only enough the most basic of files
                2 -- The basic's and a little more
                3 -- So, so
                4 -- A respectable amount
                5 -- Pretty much everything you need
 
ADDITIONAL INFO:  

     YYY -- Either a Yes/No/? answer to the question
     |||
     ||Free access to Linux files
     |Allow file requests (FidoNet)
     First time D/L of Linux related files

File Requests:
  FidoNet BBS's with the right type's of front-end mailer's can call other
Fido BBS's and request their front-end mailer to send them files that they
want.  All this can be done automatically.  File Requests (freqs) are 
basically the FidoNet equivallent to UUCP.

               
UNITED STATES:



CA      Bill of Rights          818-895-0455 this is NODE 2 and is private 
  5     San Fernando Valley                  Does anyone have a NODE 1 #?
CA  NNY Citrus Grove Public Access 916-381-5822 ZyXEL 16.8/14.4
  3     Sacramento              citrus.sac.ca.us
CA      High[er] Powered BBS    408-737-7040  
  4     ?                       RIME ->HIGHER
CA      hip-hop                 408-773-0768 14.4k V.32bis/HST
  5     Sunnyvale               Login: guest (no password)
CA      Unix-On-Line            707-795-1721
  4     ?  
CA      The Outer Rim           805-252-6342  
  ?     Santa Clarita        
CA      Programmer's Exchange   818-444-3507
                                818-579-9711
  ?     El Monte                Fidonet  
DC      When Gravity Fails      202-686-9086    14.4k
  5     Washington
FL      Slut Club               813-236-1232    14.4k
  5     Tampa/St.Pete           Fidonet 1:377/42
FL      Lost City Atlantis      904-727-9334    14.4k
  4     Jacksonville            Fidonet
FL  YYY Acquired Knowledge BBS  305-720-3669    14.4k v.32bis
  5     Fort Lauderdale         Internet (UUCP)
GA      AVSync                  404-320-6202  
  2     Atlanta                 
GA  YYY Information Overload    404-471-1549    16.8k 
  5                             FidoNet 1:133/308
GA      Atlanta Radio Club      404-850-0546    9600
  ?     Atlanta
ID      Rebel BBS               208-887-3937    9600
  5     Boise
ID      Phantasia BBS           208-939-1350    9600 
  1     Boise                    SmartNet
ID  YYY Rocky Mountain HUB BBS  208-232-3405    38.4k
  4     Pocatello               Fido,SLNet,CinemaNet,etc
IL  YYY EchoMania BBS           618-233-1659    14.4k HST
  3     Belleville              Fido 1:2250/1  (f'reg LINUX)
        F'reqs from unlisted nodes, online callback verifire (works L.D.)
IL      UNIX USER               708-879-8633  
  ?     ?                       Home of Unix User newsletter
IL      PBS BBS                 309-662-2042 Node 1 - 16.8k v.32/HST
  2     Bloomington             309-663-7675 Node 2 - 2400
IL      Third World             217-356-9512    9600 v.32
  3-4   
IN  NNY Digital Underground     812-941-9427 14.4k v.32bis
  5        USENET News Feed
LA      The OA Southern Star    504-885-5928  
  ?     New Orleans             Fidonet 1:396/1
MA  N?N Channel One             617-354-8873  
  ?     Boston                  RIME ->CHANNEL
MA      VWIS Linux Support BBS  508-793-9568    9600
  4     Worcester
MD  N?N Programmer's Corner     301-596-1180    9600  
  5     Columbia                RIME                    
MD      Brodmann's Place        301-843-5732    14.4k
  5     Waldorf                 RIME ->BRODMANN
MD      Main Frame              301-654-2554    9600
  4     Gaithersburg            RIME ->MAINFRAM
MD      1 Zero Cybernet BBS     301-589-4064
  2
NC      MAC's Place             919-891-1111   DS modem 
  5     Dunn                    RIME ->MAC
NC      Digital Designs         919-423-4216
  4     Hope Mills
NE      Flite Line              402-421-2434  
  2     Lincoln                 RIME ->FLITE   DS modem
NE      Legend                  402-438-2433  
  2     Lincoln                                DS modem
NE      MegaByte Mansion        402-551-8681    14.4 V,32bis
  ?     Omaha
NJ      Mycroft QNX             201-858-3429	14.4k
  4     ?
NJ  YNY Steve Leon's            201-886-8041    14.4k
  3     Cliffside Park
NY  YYY The Laboratory          212-927-4980    16.8k HST, 14.4k v.32bis
  3-4                           FidoNet 1:278/707
OR  YYY Intermittent Connection 503-344-9838    14.4k HST v.32bis   
  5     Eugene, Ore             1:152/35
        f'req LINUX for a list - CBV not needed to d/l linux files
PA  NNY Centre Programmers Unit 814-353-0566  
  3     Bellefonte, PA
PA  NYY Allentown Technical     215-432-5699    2400
  3     Allentown               WWIVNet 2578                 
TX  YYY Advanced BBS            512-578-2720    9600    
  5     Victoria, TX            Fidonet 1:3802/215
TX      North Shore BBS         713-251-9757
  2     Houston
TX      The Annex               512-575-1188    9600 HST
  ?                             Fidonet 1:3802/217
                                512-575-0667    2400
                                Fidonet 1:3802/216
    Files available by f'req or by sign-on with a 60-minute per-day limit
TX      Walt Fairs              713-947-9866
  2     Houston                 FidoNet 1:106/18
TX  YYY CyberVille              817-249-6261    9600
  3                             FidoNet 1:130/78
VA      VTBBS                   703-231-7498
  5     Blacksburg
VA      MBT                     703-953-0640
  ?     Blacksburg
VA      NOVA                    703-323-3321    9600  
  4     Annandale               Fidonet 1:109/305
VA      Rem-Jem                 703-503-9410    9600
  2     Fairfax
VA      Enlightend              703-370-9528    14.4k
  3     Alexandria              Fidonet 1:109/615
VA      My UnKnown BBS          703-780-6890    14.4k V.32bis
  4          
WA  YYY S'Qually Holler         206-235-0270    14.4k USR HST D/S
        (Hdqtr's - Linux FDN    206-271-7476    14.4k V32b-V42b
  5     Renton                  Fidonet 1:343/34
WA  YYY Top Hat BBS             206-244-9661    14.4k
  2                             Fidonet 1:343/40
 
Commercial Services that carry some of Linux:
 
--  NNN Compuserve CIS          ???????????     9600
  1     UnixForum               800-848-8199 voice number
--  NNN GENie                   ???????????     9600/2400
  3                             800-638-9636 voice number
                                301-251-6415 voice number, international
--  NNN BIX                     ???????????
  1                             800-227-2983 voice number
--  NNN Delphi                  ???????????
  ?     In PC SIG
 
OUTSIDE US:
 
AUSTRALIA:
NSW YYN Linux-Support-Oz        +61-2-418-8750         14.4k
  4     Sydney                  Intlnet, SBCNet
NSW NYY 500cc Formula 1 BBS     +61-2-550-4317 V.32bis
  4     Sydney
ACT NNY Filco                   +61-6-282-2911 V.32
  2     Canberra                FidoNet 3:620/260
 
CANADA:
AB  NNN  Magic BBS              403-569-2882  14.4k HST/Telebit/MNP
  3      Calgary, AB, Canada    Internet/Usenet
ON       Ned's Ottawa           613-739-1591
  2
ON       Bytown                 613-236-1232 
  2                             SmartNet
PQ       Synapse                819-246-2344  819-561-5268
  5      Gatineau               RIME->SYNAPSE
ON   YYY r-node                 416-259-5366  2400
  3      Toronto                USENET
GERMANY:
        bakunin.north.de        00 49 421 870532        9600
  ?     D 2800 Bremen    kraehe@bakunin.north.de
        zeus.zer.sub.org        +49-40-735-5349         14.4k V.32bis/HST
  4     Hamburg
        Hipposoft's Mail Server +49-241-875090          14.4k V.32bis/HST
  3     D-W5100 Aachen          Fidonet 2:242/6
    YNY Thorin-BBS              +49 6253 85110          14.4k v32b/v42b
  3-4   D-W6149 Rimbach         USENET
    YYY GNUSYS                  +49 +228 432433         19.2k
  ?     Bonn                    USENET/SubNet
    YNY umibox                  +49 40 7654276          16.8k
  4-5   Hamburg                 Usenet
FINLAND:
    NYN The Field of Inverse Chaos +358 0 506 1836      14.4k v32bis/HST
  4     Helsinki, Finland       USENET; ichaos.nullnet.fi
IRELAND:
    NYY TOPPSI          +353-1-711047 or 773547         9600
  1     Dublin, Ireland         Fido, (Chatnet ?)       Fidonet 2:263/151
    NN? DUBBS                   +353-1-2885634          14.4k
  3     Dublin, Ireland         Fido (just barely-echo mail once a month)
    ?N? Galway Online           +353-91-27454           14.4k v32b
  3     Galway, Ireland         RIME, @iol.ie
NORWAY:   
  ?     Thunderball Cave        472567018     
                                RIME ->CAVE ?
NETHERLANDS:
  ?     DownTown BBS Lelystad, Linux Support BBS        14.4k
                                +31-3200-48852 FIDONET
SINGAPORE:
    YYY The Controversy         (65)560-6040            14.4k V.32bis/HST
  2-4                           Fidonet 6:600/201
SOUTH AFRICA:
        Andre Skarzynski - Linux Activists of Southern Africa
  ?     +27 2231 78148 (Is this voice or data?)
UNITED KINGDOM:
    NYN The Purple Tentacle     +44-734-590990          HST/V32bis
  3-4   Reading                 Fidonet 2:252/305 
        A6 BBS                  +44-582-460273          14.4k
        Herts                   Fidonet 2:440/111

Commercial Service's Outside the US:

UNITED KINGDOM:
    NNN Compulink Info eXchange 081-390-1255            v.32bis
  1-?
 
MAJOR FTP SITES FOR LINUX:

textual name                          numeric addr   Linux directory
===================================== ============== ===============
tsx-11.mit.edu                        18.172.1.2     /pub/linux
nic.funet.fi                          128.214.6.100  /pub/OS/Linux
ftp.mcc.ac.uk                         130.88.200.7   /pub/linux
kirk.bu.oz.au                         131.244.1.1    /pub/OS/Linux
ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de         131.159.0.110  /pub/Linux
fgb1.fgb.mw.tu-muenchen.de            129.187.200.1  /pub/linux
ftp.dfv.rwth-aachen.de                137.226.4.105  /pub/linux
ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de         137.226.112.172 /pub/Linux
sunsite.unc.edu                       152.2.22.81    /pub/Linux
wuarchive.wustl.edu       
ftp.win.tue.nl                                       /pub/linux
ftp.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de                   134.169.34.15  /pub/os/linux
ftp.uni-kl.de                                        /pub/linux
ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de                   130.149.17.7   /pub/os/linux
srawgw.sra.co.jp

  Are you new to Linux or do you want to get a good Idea of what a 
Linux system look's like?  Then try this system it's running the 
latest version.  Here is what the SysOp has to say about it:

/*
     System name: hip-hop
     Software:    Linux v0.97pl2 + TCP/IP 0.8.0
     Hardware:    486/33, 16M RAM, 300+ MB HD space, US Robotics Dual 
                  Standard (V.32bis and HST, 14.4Kbps). DTE rate is  
                  38.4Kbps.
     Misc info: I'm carrying almost all sources and around half of the 
     binaries (many of those on the FTP sites are obsolete). I am 
     personally doing ports of some TCP/IP stuff and X clients, all of 
     which are in publicly readable directories. The linux stuff is up 
     to date within a couple of days, and it's open for business (no 
     fees though) 24 hrs. I'll be giving out individual accounts as 
     requested and as disk space holds out.
     X/Y/Zmodem and Kermit are installed and working. Most of the 
     popular archivers are also installed and available (zoo, lha, 
     zip, compress, etc.).
     Focus: TCP/IP, SLIP, networking, X games.
         Phone# 408-773-0768
         Login: guest (no password).
*/

  If you have any additions/corrections to this list please send 
them to one of the following:

             Internet -- healyzh@holonet.net
           CompuServe -- 70332,14
              Prodigy -- SCNN49A
         Fido NetMail -- Zane Healy at 1:109/615
      RIME UNIX Conf. -- Zane Healy


/*************  NEEDED INFO FOR BBS ENTRIES:  ******************/

                                           BBS Name:
                                       Phone Number:
                                        Modem Speed:
                             City and State/Country:
Whatever Network it's on (i.e. FidoNet, RIME, etc.):
         First Time access to D/L Linux Files (Y/N):
                   Free Access to Linux Files (Y/N):
                          Allow File Requests (Y/N):
                                   BBS Rating (1-5):

  I would apprieciate it if when you send me info on a BBS that you
send me all the info that you see in the entries, thanks.

 It is my understanding that if you have access to a BBS on 
FidoNet that if you can talk the SysOp into it he can get the 
Linux Files via Fidonet Linux SDN. Contact Greg Naber at S'Qually
Holler BBS (or Fido netmail to Greg Naber at 1:343/34). 

Note:
 If you have a mailer, you can Freq LINUX from 1:343/34 or 
1:152/35 and get a list of the Linux files available at those 
sites.  Also F'Req LINUX.FRQ from 1:377/42, aka 813-689-1150.
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce,comp.os.linux,news.answers