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From: kenfair@flammulated.rice.edu (Kenneth Jason Fair)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: NEEDS HELP ON MY GS...
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Date: 31 May 91 04:18:32 GMT
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In article <9105310119.AA13117@apple.com> ISSLTC@NUSVM.BITNET (Lim Thye Chean) writes:

>* On the ftp site wuarchive.wustl.edu, why are all the files ends with
>  .z? How do I retrieve the files? I saw Bouncing Blaster and some
>  other interesting softwares there that are not in tybalt.caltech.edu,
>  but I do not know how to retrieve them.
>
>* Does anybody know other interesting ftp site other than the two
>  mentioned above? Thanks.
>

	Any files that end with .Z have been compressed in UNIX with
the utility _compress_.  To uncompress files _filename_.Z, simply type
"uncompress _filename_".  You can use the wildcard "uncompress *.Z" to
uncompress all files with .Z.  compress and uncompress should be on
your UNIX system, they're fairly standard.  I'm not sure about other
computer architectures though (BITNET, DECNET, UUCP, etc.).

	As for other ftp sites, there are bundles.  Try ftp.apple.com,
Apple Computer's ftp site.  Also plains.nodak.edu and WSMR- SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL.

	Let me see if I can find the list I had...
	Oy! It's compressed (.Z)!

I'll post it in a sec...  brb

Kenneth Fair (a.k.a. Mr Toaster)



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