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From: verber@miami.mps.ohio-state.edu (Mark A. Verber)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Simtel20: How does it work?
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Date: 17 Apr 89 14:39:42 GMT
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Simtel20.arpa is a DECsystem-20 running TOPS-20.  It's directory structure
is different that a UNIX file system.  On the -20 you specify a file
by an optional device name, followed by directory path enclosed in
angle brackets, followed by a file name and a version number.  For example:

	pd1:<macintosh.da>some-fun-da.hqx.1

Oh, the version number is not required, so some-fun-da.hqx will give
you the last version of a file (boy do I miss multiple versions in Unix).

There is a help file in the ftp directory called SIMTEL20-MACINTOSH.INFO
which gives complete instructions.  Onbe other word of warning. DEC-20s
are 36 bit machines!  If you are downloading a binary file rather than a
binhex4 file (which is 7 bit ascii) use type tenex.

Cheers,
Mark Verber