Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!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 Summary: And welcome to the Jan/Feb edition Keywords: BART, umich posse, atari.archive, the pope Message-ID: <1991Jan28.144501.2772@terminator.cc.umich.edu> Date: 28 Jan 91 14:45:01 GMT Sender: usenet@terminator.cc.umich.edu (usenet news) Organization: U of Michigan, ITD Research Systems Lines: 78 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 169 megs of stuff. Please bear with me. The ls -lR index is updated about two times a week, usually on Tuesdays and Sundays. 6: When I try to FTP to the archive's host, I get a message saying that my machine wasn't recognized and I wasn't allowed to log in. What's up? We only accept ftp logins from recognized hosts. If you are not allowed to log in, please try again. It is possible that the DNS took a bit too long. If you are still denied access, ask your sys-admin to fix your name servers. 7: Lately, there's been quite a bit of talk about lharc. What do you guys think about it? I like it, and will and will continue to use. It uses less disk space (which is a major concern here) and seems to extract faster than arc or zoo. There isn't much more to say about it, other than we like it, and we will continue to use it along with arc, zoo, and tar.Z (One quick note, we will not support .zip. There is no known unix sources, and thus I cannot verify the integrity of files archived in that format. Thanks!) There are a few files you'll really like to have: 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 archivers/sttar.arc : Removes those nasty .tar extenders THEY ARE CONTAINED IN THE SELF EXTRACTING ARCHIVE starter.tos!!! PLEASE USE IT! Thanks to everyone who has uploaded anything lately..... JUST ADDED: ~atari/emulators: A directory specifically for emulators and emulator specific utilities. Please take note of this and upload your favorite atari/spectre/PD util. 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. Any ideas, questions, comments, etc. to me, weiner@atari.archive.umich.edu -- Jeff Weiner weiner@terminator.cc.umich.edu Jeff_Weiner@ub.cc.umich.edu "Out of the way lady! RUN! Run for safety, foolish pedestrians!" -Sam and Max Atari.archive.umich.edu Co-Caretaker 167M and climbin'