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From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d,alt.bbs.internet
Subject: Re: WANTED: Good Source of IBM-PC (DOS) Games Via Anonymous FTP
Message-ID: <1991Jun5.063326.26870@uwasa.fi>
Date: 5 Jun 91 06:33:26 GMT
References: <1991Jun4.190428.3192@netcom.COM>
Organization: University of Vaasa, Finland
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In article <1991Jun4.190428.3192@netcom.COM> noring@netcom.COM (Jon Noring) writes:
:
>The title says just about all.  Basically, I'm looking for an Internet site
>that archives a good selection of up-to-date shareware and freeware games
>for the pc - the kind found on most local BBS's.
:

Now I am not saying that all out games ftp sites won't exist, but
don't set your hopes too high.  The purpose of (most?) ftp sites is
not recreational.  For example garbo archives only has games that
have an educational flavor (see the /pc/ts and /pc/games
directories), and a few good other games as examples. 

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Prof. Timo Salmi
Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37
School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland
Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun