Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ncar!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!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: Yes, it's that time again already..... Message-ID: <1991Feb26.223516.27182@terminator.cc.umich.edu> Date: 26 Feb 91 22:35:16 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? Well, you can't anymore. At least for the time being. If you have any great mailer-quota schemes, please mail jon@atari.archive.umich.edu and let him know. 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: HEY! Your index is much better than it used to be!!! HEY! I know! We've added text descriptions and a whole lot more! To top that off, the index will now be updated instantaneously. No more waiting for me to get off my butt and do it....But, keep in mind, it's still in the creation process, and will be a bit wierd from time to time. 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: Ok, the index is better, but I can't find a thing in ~atari/utilities. What's up there? I'm in the process of reorganizing this directory. It just got a bit to big and out of control to be really useful. I should be done with it by the 2nd week of March. 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/spcpics - An entire directory devoted to the greatest spectrum pictures ever. All of this courtesy of Franciso DeJesus and those fabulous folks at atari.archive. ALSO JUST ADDED: ~atari/games/tads - A subdirectory devoted to games created with tads (Text Adventure Development System). Write a game and then upload it! Only here at a.a.u.e. PLEASE NOTE: FTP service is a privelege, not a right! Please make a supreme effort to keep heavy FTP use in off-time hours (i.e. after 5 pm EST but before 8 am EST). 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 If anyone has any ideas what I should do after graduation, please tell me! Atari.archive.umich.edu Caretaker||181M and climbin'|| "So like take off eh?"