Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!cbatt!ucbvax!decvax!savax!pitaro From: pitaro@savax.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: "pr" for dos Message-ID: <513@savax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 27-Feb-87 08:47:02 EST Article-I.D.: savax.513 Posted: Fri Feb 27 08:47:02 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 1-Mar-87 10:48:20 EST References: <286@micropro.UUCP> <1108@uwmacc.UUCP> <2120@tekgvs.TEK.COM> <1129@uwmacc.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: Sanders Associates Inc., Nashua, NH Lines: 47 Summary: How to access SIMTEL20 from a uucp site. In article <1129@uwmacc.UUCP>, anderson@uwmacc.UUCP (Jess Anderson) writes: > In article <2120@tekgvs.TEK.COM>, keithe@tekgvs.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson) writes: > > In article <1108@uwmacc.UUCP> anderson@uwmacc.UUCP (Jess Anderson) writes: > > > >How about posting it to SIMTEL20's MSDOS > > >archive? That way everyone who wanted it later could get it. > > > Uh, don't count on it. You have no idea how _frustrating_ it is to > > be stuck on the uucp side of things (?) with no access to the SIMTEL > > archives. (Or at least none that our UNIX and/or Telecomm people have > > come up with.) > > Sorry, I guess I didn't realize that you had to have arpa access to get > SIMTEL20's stuff. Well, most of us wallow in ignorance of one or more > . > . > . > You gurus out there: is there no relief for a uucp-only site in this > matter? One of SIMTEL20's virtues, in my book, is the *vast* archive Well I'm no guru but a uucp site can access SIMTEL20. It works by sending a message asking for files through an ARPA gateway. There are a number of them but the one I've always used is ucbvax. Basically you send a specially formatted message to the archive server. For instance, send a message to decvax!ucbvax!simtel20.ARPA!ARCHIVE-REQUEST which says SEND INFO This will send you a message over the reverse path telling you how to get various pieces of software from them. Once you get that message use one of the recommended gateways close to your site to keep everyones phone bill down. Your messages asking for files will look like SEND ARE PD:EMACSSRC38B.ARC SEND ARE PD:EMACSEXE38B.ARC SEND ARE PD:EMACDOCC38B.ARC with up to five requests per message. Once you get the files they will be in uuencoded ARC format. To recover them I would suggest using an ascii protocol to transfer them to your PC. Editing them to create the uudecode file. UUdecode them, and then run ARC. I find this method easier than running UUdecode on a UNIX system and then worrying about a binary transfer protocol to your PC. Michael Pitaro USMail: Sanders Associates UUCP: decvax!savax!pitaro MER24-1583C PHONE: +1 (603) 885-9036 CS 2034 HOME: 46-D Hampshire Drive Nashua, NH 03063-2034 Nashua, NH 03063