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From: BROE@AARDVARK.UCS.UOKNOR.EDU (Bruce Roe)
Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.genbank
Subject: RE:A question for FTP users
Message-ID: <9101191404.AA18024@genbank.bio.net>
Date: 19 Jan 91 14:04:00 GMT
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David K. recently asked us to comment on the idea of keeping both
the current GenBank release AND the previous GenBank release in the
FTP directory as standard policy.

Personally I don't care since I do not down load these.  However,
we have the GCG programs at our site and it would be very nice if
we could ftp the latest GenBank release which has been converted
to the GCG format.  It seems that alot of us in netland have to
go through alot of work to convert the databases from GenBank to
GCG format before we can use them and it would be nice if we could
just ftp the database in a format which we don't have to fool with
before using.

At present we (GCG sites) either have to pay $1600 for the tapes
from GCG or download the databases from GenBank and convert them
ourselves to GCG format.  This is money and time we could spend on
other, more productive work.  Is there a site we can ftp the databases
in GCG format out there?  If not, why not?

I await responses with baited breath....

Thanks 
        Bruce A. Roe
        Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
        INTERNET: BROE@aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu
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