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From: jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: System V/386 groff distribution
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Date: 13 Jan 91 17:36:02 GMT
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mhoffos@janus.mtroyal.ab.ca writes:
>Just as a matter of record, FTP sites are just about *non-existent* in Canada
>(relative to the number of computer sites here; as an aside how many of you
>know that Calgary has more computers/CPUs per capita than any other city in the
>world?) due to the overwhelming costs in maintaining the lines etc.  Perhaps 
>there should be a site that has both FTP and dial-in access (uunet is
>prohibitively expensive for most human beings).

Then use the BITFTP server bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu.  It'll get it for you,
uuencode it and break it up into mail managable sized uuencoded chunks.

All you need to access BITFTP is a UUCP connection.  Simple.  I'll buy
ignorance cluttering up the net once.

     // JCA

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