From: Lee Silverman <LEE@brownvm.brown.edu>
Subject: What's available from Phish-Archives
Reply-To: LEE@brownvm.brown.edu
Organization: The Internet
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 21:33:51 GMT

Hello, everyone!  Sorry I haven't been around too much lately; exams
are pressing.  I saw Rich's post asking what's on the Phish-Archive
site, so I thought I might keep everyone updated:

First, a list of files:
There are 9 Phish.net Philes:
The Netter's List:A list of all the people on the Phish net.
(note: I'm in the proccess of updating this; it's taking forever
because of exams.  I'll have it done in January, I promise.)
The FAQ list: Collection of Frequently Asked Questions & some answers
The Lyrics DataBase:A collection of all the lyrics posted to the net.
The Stories Collection:All the interesting phish-related or net-related
    stories that have been posted to the net.  Highlights include
    The Ness Story, and tales from shows like Townsend.
The Interviews file: Transcripts of interviews with the band.
    Plus two reviews of PON from the Boston Phoenix.
The Helping Phriendly Book:A collection of setlists and song titles.
The Chords File:A collection of posts to the net containing
    Chords for a few songs.
The Tour Dates file: Contains current *verified* tour dates and
    phone numbers for venues.
The Nettiquette File: Contains some basic pointers about how people
    should conduct themselves on the net.  Very useful for those
    new to email, networks etc.

Now, you can get the files without sending mail to phish-archives.
The only way is via FTP.  This explanation is meant for those who
are already familiar with the workings of FTP.  If you don't know FTP,
it's easier for you to simply mail in a request than to figure it out.

For those of you who do know FTP, here's how it works:
-FTP to Brownvm.Brown.EDU.  (128.148.128.40)
-Log in as anonymous
-Send your userid as a password.

Ok.  So now you're in.  Don't bother trying to do an LS at this point;
the VM Mainframe won't show you a list of available directories.
Simply change to the Phish directory by typing the following somewhat
obscure command:
cd ST101137.201
(Brief explanation: ST101137 is my account number, 201 is the disk #)
(also note that my new acct is LEE@BROWNVM, but I'm still using
the old one for the archive site.)
The 201 disk contains only the official "Phish.Net" files.  There
is also a 202 disk (cd ST101137.202) that contains tape lists
and other non-official stuff.

Now you can do an LS, and see what's available.  All the files will
have names in the format  #######.#######
Files ######.PHISH are the standard net.files: Stories, Interviews,
 Lyrics, FAQ, and HPB.
Files ######.TREE are copies of all the trees that I know of running on
 the PHISH NET ONLY!!!
Other files should be pretty obvious.

Now, I am in the middle of upgrading the server.  I am trying to move from
the Brown mainframe, which is really an awful place to set up an archive,
onto a NeXT that a friend of mine on the computer support staff is letting
me use.  Currently it's about halfway set up.  There are a lot of files
there, including every Phish digest that has ever been posted (yes,
starting from Digest #1) and all the phish philes.  However, there's
no acct for people to log in and FTP, and the mailer is broken.  So
for now stick with mailing to phish-archives@fuggles.acc.virginia.edu
and getting files that way.

For those of you have binary files (scanned photos, sound files, etc)
I will be making space for them on the new machine.  But, at the moment,
I don't have any space for them.  Please be patient; I'm working on it.


Any suggestions anyone has are more than welcome.  I'm becoming painfully
aware that I can't think of everything.

Also, (I know this is getting long; I'll finish soon) If you post something
to the net that seems like it might fit well in an archive somewhere,
or you see something on the net that you think should go into the archive,
please feel free to mail it to me; it's likely that I overlooked it.

Take care, everyone.  Merry Christmas!


Set the Record Levels for the high gear of your soul!!
Pandion                                       Pandion@Brown.edu
(Lee Silverman)                               LEE@BROWNVM
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