Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!news.funet.fi!funic!santra!saha.hut.fi!s37837k From: s37837k@saha.hut.fi (Jari Lehto) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Help with atari.archive Message-ID: <1991Mar27.161655.15195@santra.uucp> Date: 27 Mar 91 16:16:55 GMT References: Sender: news@santra.uucp (Cnews - USENET news system) Reply-To: s37837k@saha.hut.fi (Jari Lehto) Distribution: comp.sys.atari.st Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, FINLAND Lines: 49 In article garrick@jobs.mso.colostate.edu (Kevin O. Garrick) writes: >group and have read quite a bit about atari.archive, but I am unable >to find any information on how to find it. Could someone please send >a short reply telling me where atari.archive is and what I need to do >in order to use it? I would really appreciate it. Thanks. > >Kevin Garrick >garrick@greyrock.mso.colostate.edu The complete address for atari.archive is atari.archive.umich.edu and all you have to do is: ftp atari.archive.umich.edu and when the connected... answer arrives and the "your name: (garrick)" follows, type in "anonymous" , and then it asks your password, type in "garrick@greyrock.mso.colostate.edu". Then "guest login OK, restrictions appear" appears, and the prompt "ftp>" follows. You are in now. This is called "anonymous FTP", (FTP = File Transfer Protocol), and it is widely used for up- and downloading PD, SW and FW -> free stuff. The basic ftp commands you need are: cd changes the directory like in MS-DOS or Unix dir or ls lists the contents of the directory, wildcards can be used bin sets the transmission to binary mode, use for packed files and executable programs and other non-ascii files. asc sets the transmission to ascii mode, default get transfers the file given after this command to you put transfers your file to the remote-end mget like get, but takes many, wildcards can be used mput like put, .......... quit you know... You can get help about the rest of the commands by typing "?" or "help" in ftp. In atari.archive there is a file in the /atari/ -directory called Index, that holds the names and descriptions of the files available. It may well be completed now, few days ago there was still some work to do. ftp is a quite good tool, just find out about it. Try to find a manual or something about it, it is worth it! Jartsu *** Jari Lehto, jartsu@otax.hut.fi, s37837k@saha.hut.fi ***