Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!caen!umich!terminator!terminator.cc.umich.edu!weiner From: weiner@terminator.cc.umich.edu (Jeff Weiner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Atari Archive Monthly Posting Keywords: bart umich atari.archive terminator the pope Message-ID: <1990Dec5.172837.27486@terminator.cc.umich.edu> Date: 5 Dec 90 17:28:37 GMT Sender: usenet@terminator.cc.umich.edu (usenet news) Organization: U of Michigan, ITD Research Systems Lines: 77 Welcome to atari.archive.umich.edu This is the monthly posting from the umich atari posse. We hope it will answer some of those nagging questions that always seem to pop up from time to time. If you have any additional suggestions, please mail them to me, at weiner@atari.archive.umich.edu. 1: How do I use BART? Bart (Brode's Archive Retrival Thang) is our mail server. You can get his help file simply by asking for it. Mail atari@atari.archive.umich.edu, and type the word help in the body of the message. Further questions about BART can be mailed to jon@atari.archive.umich.edu, NOT me. 2: How can I connect via FTP? Well, we HAD a help file, but it was destroyed in the great AA crash and I haven't yet had a chance to replace it. If you're interested in it, please mail me and I'll rewrite it. 3: What if my machine doesn't support name service? Two things to do here:1) Demand that your sys-admin install it soon, and 2) use the internet address 141.211.164.8 4: I can't download because my hard drive doesn't work and my modem goes out sometimes and .....HELP!!! Sorry, outside of the archive I really can't help you....Your best bet is to find someone at your site with a similar set-up, or post to c.s.a.st for advice. 5: Excuse me, but your index sucks..... I know, I know. I am working on it. Really. It's kinda tedious to index 148 megs of stuff. Please bear with me. The ls -lR index is updated about two times a week, usually on Tuesdays and Sundays. 6: Oftentimes when I'm transferring files, I'll lose my ftp link and get a host not responding error. What's going on? Our regional host network called Merit (the name doesn't reflect anything) oftentimes gets flaky. It's been that way lately, so please bear with us It happens to us too. There are a few files that you will find necessary to continued archive usage, namely: archivers/arc602.arc : The latest version of arc archivers/zoo.arc : The classic archive program archivers/compress.zoo : Useful for removing .Z from sounds and binaries archivers/unlzh11.arc : Unpacks .lzh files Some of the latest uploads: README dlxpaint.lzh lha121.lzh rtvmse.lzh stno_103.lzh artpak.tos dmeditor.arc mandltoy.arc sfx_lzh.lzh term4.lzh artst232.lzh driveoff.lzh megaform.lzh sheet_20.lzh topdown.lzh bit36_e.lzh dterm_1.lzh memfile.lzh shredder.lzh unisbgcc.zoo calculat.lzh fujidesk.lzh miditalk.arc smeister.arc unitmacs.lzh canvasdm.lzh gimmicks.lzh nx1000.lzh speak_ez.lzh unix2dos.lzh cooltetris.arc hacman2.lzh parkhd.lzh st_whiz.lzh unixmode.lzh dcfmt302.lzh ke22.lzh quickgif.lzh stkr_206.lzh ymg125.lzh All of which may still be located in the newitems directory. Thanks to everyone who has uploaded anything lately..... PLEASE NOTE: FTP and BART service are a privelege, not a right! Please make a supreme effort to keep heavy FTP and BART use in off-time hours (i.e. after 5 pm EST but before 8 am EST), especially FTP use. THIS JUST IN: In an ever un-ending attempt to support atari users everywhere, Scott Wood has recently added a new portfolio directory. Please send suggestions comments, or uploads to him at swood@atari.archive.umich.edu. Any ideas, questions, comments, etc. to me, weiner@atari.archive.umich.edu -- weiner@atari.archive.umich.edu Shakey Jake in '92!! Run Jake, Run!!! "Run foolish pedestrians " - Max just before Sam ran into Mom and Pop's corner store and saved the world from the threat of eating processed cheese