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From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi LASK)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: How to download files from other sites?
Message-ID: <1990Feb8.203348.26280@uwasa.fi>
Date: 8 Feb 90 20:33:48 GMT
References: <243@mojo.UUCP>
Organization: University of Vaasa
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In article <243@mojo.UUCP> finn@mojo.UUCP (Finn Markmanrud) writes:
>
>Today, I saw an announcement in comp.ibm.pc that a new version of a GIF
>viewer was available on SIMTEL. How do I get to this? Is this some kind
>of a bulletin board I have to log in to, be a member of, or do I dial out
>on my modem, or......
>As you can tell, this is new to me. The only files I have gotten of the net
>were either mailed to me, or posted in an article.
>Pleas point me in the right direction.
>Thanks!

The right direction: Start by following the comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
newsgroup.  You'll soon find out.  Furthermore, I just posted (two
days ago) a long prerecorded message about getting files by
anonymous ftp in this newsgroup which you are now reading.  Please
scan the messages. 

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Prof. Timo Salmi        (Moderating at anon. ftp site 128.214.12.3)
School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland
Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun