Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!bu.edu!wang!news From: DAVE.JENKINS@OFFICE.WANG.COM (David E. Jenkins) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Help with BITFTP access to GRAPE? Message-ID: Date: 13 May 91 23:04:37 GMT Sender: news@wang.com Organization: Mail to News Gateway Lines: 21 I was intrigued by the postings about g++ and decided to get a copy. Lacking FTP access, I tried to go through Princeton's BITNET FTP Server. Here is what I got back... >From: Princeton BITNET FTP Server >To: DAVE.JENKINS@office.wang.com >Subject: BITFTP REPLY > >12:44:43 > FTP grape.ecs.clarkson.edu UUENCODE >12:44:43 > USER anonymous >12:44:44 >>>> Access to GRAPE is not currently supported, >12:44:44 >>>> due to protocol difficulties. The obvious questions I have are... a) What does this really mean? (TCP/IP versions?, Wierdness?) b) Is there anything I can do about it? (Magic incantations?) c) Is there another way to get there? (Other FTP Servers, etc.?) In an attempt to be a good little dobee I checked my most recent SIMTEL20 listing before trying. (Which, of course, doesn't mean I couldn't have missed something.) Any help is appreciated (email preferred, will post if usefull).