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From: avink@cs.vu.nl (Vink AHP)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Just a call for help
Keywords: help
Message-ID: <2426@solo11.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 1 May 89 10:50:10 GMT
Reply-To: avink@cs.vu.nl (Vink AHP)
Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam
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I'm a student from the Netherlands and I frequently read the news
with 'rn', especially all about PC and compatibles. Often there's
something about Simtel20, a huge archieve with many useful programms
I assume. I tried to reach it with 'ftp', which is available on our
network. I type:' ftp 26.2.0.74', but time after time I get the
message 'ftp: login : Connection timed out' or something like that.

I ask anyone of you, who reads this, in general and those in Europe
especially: 'Can I reach Simtel20 and how or it this place just to far
away to get a connection within login time ? I thought every place
connected with a Sun-Unix network, which receives post from all over the
world, also can send it.'
 
 Already I have send some messages for help to Keith Petersen, the
 sysop of the DOS-archieves of Simtel20, but he sent me the default
 message back, that I already used to get contact.

			    Please, send all messages by E-mail to:
			    avink@cs.vu.nl

			    Thanks in advance !

				     A.H.P Vink