Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!dali.cs.montana.edu!milton!serval!yoda.eecs.wsu.edu!mwoodwar From: mwoodwar@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu (woodward matthew d - CS350) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit Subject: Re: Transfer Message-ID: <1991May6.175145.29937@serval.net.wsu.edu> Date: 6 May 91 17:51:45 GMT References: <41996@cup.portal.com> Sender: news@serval.net.wsu.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Washington State University Lines: 37 In article <41996@cup.portal.com> Chris_F_Chiesa@cup.portal.com writes: >> How exactly do you recieve files from the atari archive? The umich.edu >> thing. I have tried to read how to do it with little luck, does anyone >> know how? > >I remember reading several months ago, on this very newsgroup, that the Atari >archive at umich.edu had been "abused by someone in Germany" resulting in the >server's being TAKEN AWAY FOREVER. However, SINCE that time, I have seen a >flock of messages, also on this very newsgroup, REFERRING people to that self- >same archive as a source of Atari 8-bit software and going unchallenged on >that point. > >MY question, then, is this: is the archive STILL UP, after all? Did the >Powers That Be at umich.edu change their minds? I'd like to hear from some- >one who knows! > > Chris Chiesa > Chris_F_Chiesa@cup.portal.com Yes, the archive is still around... (unix way to use it follows) % ftp atari.archive.umich.edu ftp> (user) anonymous ftp> (password) anonymous ftp> cd atari/8bit ftp> binary ftp> ls ftp> get file.whatever ftp> quit then the file's right in yer directory. Now, go home, dial up the unix system, and xmodem or kermit the file to your Atari. Matt P.S. I think mail access was restored as well.