Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!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: Aye yi yi yi, yi yi yi yi yi Keywords: umich atari posse bart atari.archive the t word the pope regina Message-ID: <1991Apr24.134449.6088@terminator.cc.umich.edu> Date: 24 Apr 91 13:44:49 GMT Sender: usenet@terminator.cc.umich.edu (usenet news) Organization: U of Michigan, ITD Research Systems Lines: 90 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? Now that BART is back on-line again, you can get bart help by mailing atari@atari.archive.umich.edu and include the word 'help' in the body of the message. This doesn't mean you have to send mail Jon or I. 2: How can I connect via FTP? If you are interested in ftp, I recently wrote a beginner's guide. Please mail me and I will send you a copy. I'll post it every once in a while too. 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.... If you have noticed any errors, or have any suggestions or descriptions of files please mail them to me!! 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 too big and out of control to be really useful. I should be done with it by the end of the century. 8: Here's a question for you Jeff, how come I can't use 'ftp terminator.cc.etc' any more to connect? That's because you're not using atari.archive.umich.edu like we told you to. In the near future, terminator.cc.umich.edu will change it's name. Don't say we didn't warn you....... 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..... Two things to note this month: 1) We just got a whole bunch of new gnustuff from Jwahar Bammi. Speed Reader from the Great Space Coaster says, "Check it out!" 2) Scott Wood, our man with the portfolio, says, "YES! We are accepting portfolio uploads. YES! I have spent tons of cash trying to get stuff from GEnie." Please upload some stuff, portfolio users, and then drop Scoot a line at swood@atari.archive.umich.edu BART PROBLEMS: Common Error for the month of April: BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR SPELLING!!! The Umich Atari Posse says, " See you all in Windsor on May 4-5" 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 Mail Dennis_Devine@ub.cc.umich.edu and ask if he'd like to be the pope Atari.archive.umich.edu Caretaker||194M and climbin'|| "So like take off eh?"