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From: werner@ut-ngp.UUCP (Werner Uhrig)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: UUCP access to info-mac (really: alternatives)
Message-ID: <3675@ut-ngp.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 19-Jul-86 09:39:48 EDT
Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.3675
Posted: Sat Jul 19 09:39:48 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 20-Jul-86 05:56:20 EDT
References: <19@sickkids.UUCP> <610@ihlpf.UUCP> <348@cernvax.UUCP>
Organization: UTexas Computation Center, Austin, Texas
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Summary: is the INFO-MAC moderator responding to mail-requests? if not (and he is probably too busy), any volunteers? other sources for PD-stuff are UGs and BBSes. 2 Austin BBSes that rival net.micro.mac and INFO-MAC in volume


In article <610@ihlpf.UUCP> stuart@ihlpf.UUCP writes:
>> This has probably been asked (and answered!) many times, sorry...
>> Can I download something from the info-mac archive if I have direct
>> access to Usenet only?  I can send messages to Arpanet, but I am not

In general, many ARPA-bboard moderators will send archived files on request
to sites that cannot FTP.  I doubt that the current group (not one) of
net-friends that keep INFO-MAC humming are doing so at the moment, as they
may not have the extra time and energy.  But anyone on ARPA could stand up
and volunteer for that duty, so maybe we should have a request for a volunteer
(name your "bribes"), best residing at a site that has some/most/all of the
archives available locally.

However, let me recommend a procedure that is a lot more efficient and
effective, regarding everyone's time and resources:  Join a Users Group,
locally or remote and get their PD-disks.  Boston, NY, Washington, Berkeley,
etc. (Austin??) procide that service (worldwide, I believe), and produce
excellent disk-collections and newsletters.  Also, make an effort to locate
a local BBS and you might be surprised what you may find.  If there is none
locally, you can try long-distance, of course, but why not rather find a few
local folks with similar interests and needs and start a BBS?

BTW, here in Austin, we have several BBSes which rival this net in message
traffic (some say in quality, also).  Try the following during *CHEAP* phone
rate hours (don't ask me when that is!!):

MegaPhone BBS:   (512)331-1662		and

Bull Creek BBS:  (512)343-1612		tell the SYSOP I invited you for a
					look-see.

can you say 50 MegaBytes online ??!!