archives have been moved from directory PS:<MAIL.ARCHIVES> to individual
directories having names of the form PS:<ARCHIVES.KEYWORD>, where "KEYWORD"
has been chosen to indicate the associated newsgroup. See the section
entitled "NEWSGROUP CORRESPONDENCE ARCHIVES" for additional details.
2. The section entitled "NEWSGROUP CORRESPONDENCE ARCHIVES" has been changed
to the following:
Copies of correspondence for several newsgroups are kept on SIMTEL20 in
directories with names of the form PS:<ARCHIVES.KEYWORD>, where "KEYWORD" has
been chosen to indicate the associated newsgroup. At present, the following
correspondence archives are available:
newsgroup mail archive filename
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ADA-SW PS:<ARCHIVES.ADA-SW>
AMETHYST-USERS PS:<ARCHIVES.AMETHYST>
INFO-68K PS:<ARCHIVES.68K>
INFO-APPLE PS:<ARCHIVES.APPLE>
INFO-CPM PS:<ARCHIVES.CPM>
INFO-FORTH PS:<ARCHIVES.FORTH>
INFO-HAMS PS:<ARCHIVES.HAMS>
INFO-MICRO PS:<ARCHIVES.MICRO>
INFO-MODEM7 PS:<ARCHIVES.MODEM7>
INFO-MODEMXX PS:<ARCHIVES.MODEMXX>
INFO-MODULA-2 PS:<ARCHIVES.MODULA-2>
NORTHSTAR-USERS PS:<ARCHIVES.NORTHSTAR>
INFO-PASCAL PS:<ARCHIVES.PASCAL>
UNIX-SW PS:<ARCHIVES.UNIX-SW>
INFO-XENIX310 PS:<ARCHIVES.XENIX310>
Descriptions of these and other newsgroups can be obtained via FTP with
anonymous login (as for SIMTEL20) from the Network Information Center's host
SRI-NIC.ARPA. Ask for the file PS:<NETINFO>INTEREST-GROUPS.TXT (an ASCII
file). And please note, this is NOT on SIMTEL20.
File names for SIMTEL20 newsgroup correspondence archives have two
forms. For example, PS:<ARCHIVES.CPM>CPM.ARCHIV.ymmdd is a group of files
containing INFO-CPM correspondence going back several years. The characters
"ymmdd" in the file names are actually digits giving the year, month and day
of the last message in each particular file. Current correspondence is kept
in the file PS:<ARCHIVES.CPM>CPM-ARCHIV.TXT, which is constantly changing.
Although INFO-CPM has been used as an example here, the same naming scheme
is used for the other newsgroup files as well. For a complete list of
available files, connect to SIMTEL20 via FTP and do this:
dir ps:<archives>
You will receive a list of names of the form:
KEYWORD.DIRECTORY.n
where "n" is one or more digits. For example, the INFO-CPM listing currently
appears as "CPM.DIRECTORY.1" To then get a list of files in a particular
archive, do this:
dir ps:<archives.keyword>
where "keyword" (for example, "cpm") is chosen from the preceding list, and
the word "directory" and the number "n" are not used. At present, all of
these files are stored in ASCII.
Dave Towson <info-cpm-request@amsaa.arpa>
info-cpm list maintainer
15-Feb-86 01:33:13-MST,1948;000000000000
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From: "ROSSI J.A." <rossi@NUSC.ARPA>
Subject: Access to INFO-CPM@AMSAA & North Star Formats
To: info-cpm <info-cpm@AMSAA.ARPA>
Reply-To: "ROSSI J.A." <rossi@NUSC.ARPA>
Hello,
I am LT John Rossi III <ROSSI@NUSC.ARPA>. I have been reviewing some
of the archives from SIMTEL20 and I was somehow lead to believe that AMSAA
is a clearinghouse for info on CP/M systems. I have tried to access AMSAA by way of FTP and TELNET and have found that there is no ANONYMOUS access. Question
#1 - Are ytou an interactive clearinghouse ?.
Independent of direct access to AMSAA, I would like to know if you could
point me in the direction of a place where I can obtain a version of the MODEMx
program in Northstar DS/DD (360K) format. I am currently conducting experimentsat U.S. Navy Subbase,NLON, NSMRL and I would like to use my old standby N*
controller based kluged computer to handle some of the data. My communications
ports are by old CompuPro Interfacer I boards so I need sufficient documentationalong with the program so that I asn patch the appropriate linklages to my user area. I need the modem program for communication with a VAX-750 which will be
handling most of the data. Since N* is a hard sectored format, I realize that
I have two options, type in source code, or find someone who can supply machine readable media. I would prefer the later and would be more than happy to
pay for the service of obtaining the software and documentation I need to get
this project moving. Any advice would be appreciated.
Thank You,
John Rossi III
P.S. I am still new to this network game so If you could, please acknowledge
receipt of this message.
Thanks Again
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