From: gpvos@cs.vu.nl (Gerben 'P' Vos) Subject: Acorn ftp and mail-server archives (fortnightly posting) Summary: All known Acorn-related archives on and around the Internet Organization: Fac. Wiskunde & Informatica, VU, Amsterdam Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1993 01:45:30 GMT Archive-name: acorn/archives Last-modified: 1993-06-21 This is the regularly posted list of archive servers that contain files related in any way to Acorn computers, i.e. the Atom, BBC, Electron, Archimedes and R-series, and maybe some even rarer types of machines. Mainly it's about the Archimedes, though. This list is maintained by Gerben Vos . People in the UK may want to try the address gpvos@solo.cs.vu.nl . Please mail any updates or remarks to me. There is also a list with answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on the Acorn newsgroups. It is called the "Comp.Sys.Acorn FAQ List Posting", and the maintainer is Philip Banks . You should be able to find it at the same place where you found this article. One of these places is the archive site rtfm.mit.edu (18.70.0.224), which stores many FAQs in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers . The name under which a FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-name line at the top of the article. This list is archived as acorn/archives, the FAQ has as name acorn/faq . There's also a mail server on that machine. You can send an e-mail message to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu containing, without the quotes, the text "send usenet/news.answers/acorn/archives" in the message body. Now back to this list. For every server, the name and the type of files it contains is indicated, along with its numeric address in the case of Internet ftp servers and Janet pads, and the email address of the maintainer, if known. Below that follows a list of the directories to look for with a short description of their contents. The Newcastle server is an exception to this rule, since it has only one big flat directory. Below the main list is a short section which tells you how to use some services on networks you aren't directly connected to, e.g. Internet ftp from Bitnet or Janet, and Janet connection from the Internet. When requesting files from servers, always try to use a server that is as near as possible to you. And keep in mind that the people running these machines are doing you a favour, so please don't abuse or over-use their services. Changes since some arbitrary time in the past: - The Manchester archive, uts.mcc.ac.uk, will close down on 5th July. - Added walton.maths.tcd.ie, a small archive. - The Sydney server, metro.ucc.su.oz.au, seems to have been closed down. - Does anybody know whether johnson.dur.ac.uk is working? - Added ftp.dcs.ed.ac.uk, another small BBC archive. Copyright (c) 1993 Gerben Vos. Distribution is unlimited, but you may only distribute the entire article, including the editorial text. Legend: A=Archimedes, B=BBC/Electron/Master, T=Text documents, ?=couldn't reach it, may be temporarily down FTP SERVERS: ============ [ABT]? actrix.gen.nz (192.100.53.17) (banks_p@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz, wright_j@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz) /files/archimedes/ acorn Acorn modules, files and news archivers Archiving utilities CLIutils Non Desktop utilities comms Communications applications demos Demos desktop Desktop utilities editors Editor applications educate Educational applications emulators PD emulators for the Arc fileutils File utilities fonts Fonts/font applications games Games graphics Graphical tools/utilities languages PD languages for the Arc sound Music/sound applications printutils Printer utilities progutils Programming utilities unix Unix ports to the Arc and RiscIx stuff virus Virus killer programs /files/bbc/ archivers Archiving utilities comms Communications applications editors Editor applications educate Educational applications fileutils File utilities games Games graphics Graphical tools/utilities sound Music/sound applications printutils Printer utilities progutils Programming utilities This archive is *only* reachable from within New Zealand. It holds public domain software for all makes and types of Acorn machinery as well as the latest updates of release software from Acorn (Shared C Libraries and similar things). [A..] demon.co.uk (158.152.1.65) (?) /pub/archimedes: Dialup IP, PGP and Usenet software [A.T] flipper.pvv.unit.no (129.241.36.200) (dhmyrdal@pvv.unit.no) /pub/arm/ !Fonts Several PD fonts ARCH-INFO Interesting text-files DTop_silly Some silly applications for your desktop Demos A few demos for the Archimedes DeskLook Utilities to "improve" your desktop Editors Contains text-editors and utilities Games A few games for you to enjoy LIBRARY Command-line utilities incl. GNU software LineGraphics Line/object-oriented graphics programs Math_Fracts Mathematical programs incl. fractals Music Audio programs PixGraphics Pixel-oriented graphics programs PostScript PostScript(tm)-related utilities Programming Utilities to help with programming RUCP Uucp and news software Utils Lots of utilities comp/sys/acorn Selected messages posted to c.s.a.* other_sites Index-files from various places /incoming/arm: Upload directory. [A..] ftp.cs.kun.nl (131.174.33.1) (hans@cs.kun.nl) /pub/ArMaTuReS: ArMaTuReS (TeX) This is probably not the newest version. See also rusinfo and Newcastle. [.BT] ftp.dcs.ed.ac.uk (129.215.160.5, 129.215.186.1) (ajcd@dcs.ed.ac.uk) /pub/ajcd/BBC: Some BBC programs and documents Contains programs by the maintainer, Angus Duggan. [..T] ftp.eu.net (192.16.202.1) (info-admin@eu.net) /newsarchive/comp/sources/acorn: Three months' worth of comp.sources.acorn [..T] ftp.nluug.nl (192.16.202.21) (info-admin@nluug.nl) /pub/newsarchive/comp/sources/acorn: Three months' worth of comp.sources.acorn [A..] ftp.uni-kl.de (131.246.9.95) (m_sattle@tangram.informatik.uni-kl.de, ftpadm@ftp.uni-kl.de) /pub/acorn/ acorn Acorn libraries applications Complete packages beginner Programs to unpack files demos Demos education Educational programs fractals Fractal programs games Games and cheats incoming Upload directory misc Miscellaneous packers Archivers sound Sound utilities tools Miscellaneous utilities viruskiller Virus killers and detectors /incoming/acorn: Upload directory [A..] ftp.uni-koeln.de (134.95.80.1) (acorn-ftp@ph-cip.uni-koeln.de) /pub/thp/acorn: See ftp.thp.uni-koeln.de:/pub/acorn [A..] ftp.thp.uni-koeln.de (134.95.64.1) (acorn-ftp@ph-cip.uni-koeln.de) /pub/acorn/ antivirus: Anti-virus utilities archivers: Archivers and decoders coredump: The Coredump electronic magazine database: Database programs desktoputils: Desktop gadgets docs: Documentation editors: Editors fontutils: Fonts & font utilities fsutils: Disk utilities & filing systems games: Games graphics: Graphics, fractals and drawing programs incoming: Upload directory lang: Languages and libraries math: Mathematical programs misc: Miscellaneous netutils: BBS, terminal, dialup IP and UUCP programs ro3: Risc OS 3 utilities and programs simulation: Simulation programs sound: Sound utilities tex: TeX distribution unixtools: Ported Unix utilities [..T] ftp.win.tue.nl (131.155.70.100) (rcpieter@win.tue.nl) /pub/usenet/ comp.sys.acorn: comp.sys.acorn archives comp.sys.acorn.advocacy: comp.sys.acorn.advocacy archives comp.sys.acorn.announce: comp.sys.acorn.announce archives comp.sys.acorn.tech: comp.sys.acorn.tech archives /pub/comp/sys/acorn.old: Old comp.sys.acorn archives [A..] ipc1.rvs.uni-hannover.de (130.75.5.71) (ftpadmin@ipc1.rrzn.uni-hannover.de) /pub/tex/machines/acorn/riscos: ArMaTuReS (TeX), mirrored from rusinfo [A..] isfs.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp (130.54.20.1) (?) /.u2/oldnews/comp/binaries/acorn: comp.binaries.acorn archives /.u2/oldnews/comp/sources/acorn: comp.sources.acorn archives Unsure if these directories are still supported. [A..] isgate.is (130.208.165.63) (archive-management@isgate.is) /pub/Usenet/Usenet.bin/comp.binaries.acorn: comp.binaries.acorn archives [..T]? johnson.dur.ac.uk (129.234.202.104) (Oliver.Cornes@newcastle.ac.uk) /pub/arc/tech_notes: Technical info about the Archimedes /pub/arc/incoming: Upload directory for the above Haven't been able to reach this server yet. [AB.] kermit.columbia.edu (128.59.39.2) (?) /kermit/ a: Kermit for BBC+Z80 second processor c: Kermit for BBC, Cambridge Workstation and Archimedes (under Arthur) [...]? metro.ucc.su.oz.au (129.78.64.2, 129.78.139.4) (s2105995@spectrum.cs.unsw.oz.au) Site seems to have been closed down. [AB.] micros.hensa.ac.uk (148.88.8.84) (hensa@micros.hensa.ac.uk) /micros/arch/riscos/a: Archimedes programs /micros/arch/riscos/tools: UUDecode, Arc, SparkPlug2 /micros/bbc: 6502 programs /kermit/ ac: Kermit for the Cambridge Workstation ar: Kermit for the Archimedes (under Arthur) bbc: Kermit for BBC B, B+, B+128 and Master cp: Kermit for BBC+Z80 second processor [AB.] rusinfo.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (129.69.1.12) (arcinfo@rusinfo.rus.uni-stuttgart.de) /soft/acorn/ 6502/archivers: Archivers 6502/beginner: Programs to unpack files 6502/comm: Communication programs 6502/lang: Languages (Assembler and Small-C) minix: ARM-Minix riscix/unixtools/gnu/gdb: gdb (Acorn diffs only) riscos/antivirus: Virus killers riscos/archivers: Some archivers riscos/beginner: Some of the same and other archivers riscos/cad: CAD programs? riscos/comm: Communication packages and utilities riscos/comm/msdos-disk: MS-DOS disk readers riscos/database: Database programs riscos/editors: Editors riscos/etc: Miscellaneous riscos/lang: Languages, libraries, debuggers riscos/maths: Mathematical programs riscos/problems: Programming problems & answers riscos/unixtools: Many ported Unix and GNU tools riscos/util: Utilities and fonts riscos/util/sys: System utilities /soft/incoming/acorn: Upload directory /soft/tex/systems/acorn/riscos/ oldtex: ArMaTuReS (TeX), old version texadditions: TeX-related files texupdate: Updates to the old version [.B.] shiraz.ohm.york.ac.uk (144.32.136.36) (ian@ohm.york.ac.uk) /pub/BBC/ 32016: 32016 2nd processor utilities Submissions: Upload directory archiver: Archiver (there are more in Submissions) This is the archive of the BBC mailing list, bbc-list@ohm.york.ac.uk . [A..] titania.mathematik.uni-ulm.de (134.60.66.21) (borchert@mathematik.uni-ulm.de) /pub/soft/minix: ARM-Minix [AB.] tolsun.oulu.fi (130.231.96.16) (?) /incoming/acorn: BBC and Archimedes software /pub/acorn: BBC and Archimedes software, ularn [A..] uts.mcc.ac.uk (130.88.200.3) (zzassgl@uts.mcc.ac.uk) /incoming/riscos: Upload directory /pub/riscos: Archimedes software All the software is public domain or shareware. Most of it has been archived with the !Spark 2 application. !SparkPlug 2 is available. This server will no longer provide Archimedes related files after Monday, July 5th. The incoming directory will still be available for TEMPORARY use IF THE MAINTAINER IS TOLD WHAT IS UPLOADED. [A..] walton.maths.tcd.ie (134.226.81.10) (chughes@maths.tcd.ie) /pub/acorn: Archimedes software /pub/incoming/acorn: Upload directory This is a small site, with a slow connection and not much space, so it can't cope with too much. At the moment it just has stuff by Conrad and Merlin Hughes in it; it's easier for them to distribute that way. MAIL SERVERS: ============= [A..] info-server@newcastle.ac.uk (Albert.Koelmans@newcastle.ac.uk) topic: archimedes Archimedes software Don't be fooled by the short listing of this archive; it has been a close companion to the Acorn newsgroups for many years and often has the latest versions. It contains public domain software for ARM based systems (Archimedes, A3000, Rxxx etc), mainly put together from Usenet postings and private submissions. The info server is currently in danger of falling victim to its own popularity (it's mailing out over a gigabyte per month at the moment). Use an alternative, if possible, and coordinate your requests with others. Requests are of the form: line-limit 1000 request: sources topic: archimedes request: end An index is available under the filename "index". There is also an index of (ar)minix software available as "am_index", and a list of the last 50 files added to the archive as "tail_index". If you don't receive a reply, try including a Reply-To: line in your mail header, specifying your e-mail address (or edit your From: line). If that doesn't work, try specifying the domain part of your address in reverse order (e.g., gpvos@nl.vu.cs), or route it via a major Internet backbone, (e.g., gpvos%cs.vu.nl@mcsun.eu.net). Mailers in the UK generally get confused by addresses starting with "cs", which they think means "Czechoslovakia", but this can happen with any address which has a top level domain at both ends. [AB.] archive-server@micros.hensa.ac.uk (hensa@micros.hensa.ac.uk) /micros/arch/riscos/a: See under "ftp servers". /micros/arch/riscos/tools: See under "ftp servers". /micros/bbc: See under "ftp servers". /kermit: See under "ftp servers". Requests are of the form: send You can obtain a help file using the single-word command "help". [AB.] mail-server@rusinfo.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (arcinfo@rusinfo.rus.uni-stuttgart.de) /soft/acorn: See under "ftp servers". /soft/incoming/acorn: See under "ftp servers". /soft/tex/systems/acorn: See under "ftp servers". Requests are of the form: [uuencode] # Only for binary files send [...] Use "send /soft/acorn/README" and "send /soft/acorn/HOW2TRANSFER" for more information and an index. There are many options, use "help" for a summary, or "send help" for a detailed description of the archive server. JANET FTP/TELNET/PADS: ====================== [AB.] micros.hensa.ac.uk (numeric address 000010403000, login hensa) /micros/arch/riscos/a: See under "ftp servers". /micros/arch/riscos/tools: See under "ftp servers". /micros/bbc: See under "ftp servers". /kermit: See under "ftp servers". HOW TO REACH CERTAIN SERVICES ============================= If you can't use Internet ftp, there are servers which can do it for you. To find out how they work, send them a message containing just the word help. - ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com - bitftp@pucc.bitnet, or bitftp at pucc (only from within Bitnet) If you can't reach Janet telnet or pads from the Internet, try to use one of these access points by using telnet: - ruts2.runit.sintef.no (129.241.1.8) (press return to see the prompt) - sun.nsfnet-relay.ac.uk (128.86.8.7) (login janet) Note that there is now a Janet IP service, through which Internet users can use most Janet ftp servers, at least HENSA. There are also two gateways i heard of for people on Janet who want to use Internet ftp, one of which also works in the reverse direction. They are: - sun.nsfnet-relay.ac.uk (128.86.8.7) (login guestftp, password guestftp) - ft-relay.ac.uk (using hhcp from Janet) More information can be obtained from uk.ac.janet.news (for Internet users: telnet to sun.nsfnet-relay.ac.uk (128.86.8.7), login as janet, and enter uk.ac.janet.news as hostname). gpvos@cs.vu.nl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G e r b e n V o s <>< THIS IS THE LAST TETRIS VARIANT TO BE ADDED TO THE ARCHIVE. -- Albert Koelmans