Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc! From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Where is WB1.3.2? Keywords: Compuserve Message-ID: <945@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> Date: 26 Dec 89 22:21:18 GMT Lines: 90 Return-Path: To: van-bc!rnews In <10497@vdsvax.crd.ge.com>, perley@graffiti (Donald P Perley) writes: >A few months ago there was a flurry of postings (flames) about >Workbench 1.3.2 being on compuserve and bix, but not usenet. > >As a workaround, I am going to ask a friend on compuserve (not an amigoid) >to download it for me. What information do I have to give her about >where to find it? When she gets to the '!' prompt on Compuserve, she should type: go amigatech She should then 'join' the forum (no extra charge, she'll just enter her name and she'll be a member. At the 'Forum!' prompt, she should type: lib 15 At the 'LIB 15 !' prompt... bro (that stands for BROwse) She will see a file and description.... ------ [76702,337] CHANGE.TXT 04-Sep-89 3668 1031 Title : List of changes made for Workbench1.3.2 Keywords: WORKBENCH CHANGES 1.32 This is an excerpt from the README file in the update to Workbench 1.3.2. It describes the changes that were made to create this update. You may read the file online by typing REA, or may download it if you prefer. Disposition ! ------ At the 'Disposition prompt, she should type: d She will be prompted for a protocol... ------ Library Protocol Menu Transfer protocols available - 1 XMODEM 2 CompuServe B+ and original B 3 CompuServe A 4 DC2/DC4 (Capture) 5 YMODEM 6 CompuServe QB (B w/send ahead) 7 Kermit 0 Abort transfer request Enter choice ! ----- The best choice is 2 (B or B+) if she has that available. Very fast. Second best choice is probably XModem, worst choices are Kermit or DC2/DC4. Once the download is done, she can hit a twice, and see the next description. There are 3 files altogether, the one above, and these... title date size number of downloads -------------------------------------------------------------- LICENS.TXT 30-Aug-89 9261 934 WB132.ZOO/binary 30-Aug-89 111400 982 Sorry if this is more than your friend needs to know, but I figure it's better to give you too much than not enough. -larry -- " All I ask of my body is that it carry around my head." - Thomas Alva Edison - +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | // Larry Phillips | | \X/ lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca -or- uunet!van-bc!lpami!lphillips | | COMPUSERVE: 76703,4322 -or- 76703.4322@compuserve.com | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+