How to get X sources for free.
Dan Heller
argv at sun.com
Mon May 13 06:00:50 AEST 1991
Submitted-by: Dan Heller <argv at sun.com>
Posting-number: Volume 12, Info 2
Archive-name: .junk1
This is the second of two introductory postings for comp.sources.x.
It contains a list of the currently available archive sites that have
been archiving X sources posted to this newsgroup (some may have
additional stuff not posted here; check with them).
If you collect comp.sources.x postings and are willing and able to make
your collection available to other people, please let me know. Benefits
include the undying gratitude of your colleagues.
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Subject: Accessing the archives
The complete archives are fairly large; an average volume is well
over 10 megabytes!
There are several active archive sites around the net. Archive sites in
the U.K., Canada, and Switzerland are set up, and it may be extended to
provide full European coverage.
Some sites below will send tapes through the mail. For those sites, send
a 1/2" mag tape WITH RETURN POSTAGE and RETURN MAILER. Tapes without
postage or mailer will not be returned. No other methods (COD, etc.) are
available; please don't ask.
At the present time, I do not have ready access to the archives, nor
the support of my employer to do this. Please don't ask me for missing
issues, unless you are sure you are reporting a net-wide problem of
propagation. At the end are detailed instructions on how to access
the archives. More sites will be listed there in the future.
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Subject: Listing of archive sites in no particular order
Here is what each field means:
Site: The name of the site nice enough to act as an archive site.
Contact: The name of the person to contact and their mail address
Location: The general area of the world the site is located in.
Modems: For providing UUCP access, what types of modems are available.
UUCP: Type of UUCP access is available.
FTP: Type of FTP access is available.
Mail Server: Account address of the automated mail server if available.
Additional: Additional information pertaining to accessing the archive.
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U S A - EASTERN
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Site: uunet.uu.net
Contact: postmaster at uunet.uu.net
Location: Fairfax, VA
Modems: All Telebit T2500s
UUCP: uunet uucp customers only
ANON-UUCP: uunet Any ACU 19200 1-900-GOT-SRCS ogin: uucp
FTP: anonymous ftp
Mail server: netlib at uunet.uu.net, uunet!netlib
Additional: contact the postmaster for more information
The 900 number costs $.40/minute.
Get the file uunet!~/help for more info.
Site: hhb
Contact: Lee Daniels (lee at hhb)
Location: New Jersey
Modems: 1200/2400
UUCP: On Request
FTP: None
Mail server: None
Additional: The East Coast Xarchive is now available. The purpose of
this archive is to provide access to all publicly available X Window
System based software through UUCP. The archive contains a complete
comp.sources.x directory and a copy of what can be found on expo/contrib
and expo/pub. The expo directories are updated roughly once a month.
The archive can be accessed at 1200 and 2400 baud.
UUCP connections are available on request The only requirements are that
you submit the attached form requesting connection information. When you
submit the form, your host becomes authorizes to call the archive. You
will be sent a copy of the L.sys entry for accessing the archive. The
archive administrator is using this approach in order to document the
usage of the archive in order to help justify its existence to the system
administrator and upper management. I am hoping to have enough information to help justify adding a Telebit Trailblazer.
Lee Daniels princeton!hhb!lee at uunet.uu.net
HHB Systems
1000 Wyckoff Avenue (201) 848-8000
Mahwah, New Jersey 07430
Site: dune
Contact: pax at dune
Location: Unknown
Fidonet: 369/6 - The Eye of Osiris OPUS/UFGATE 305-973-1947
Modems: Unknown
UUCP: Anonymous UUCP
FTP: None
Mail server: None
Additional: Fidonet archive
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U S A - CENTRAL
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Site: ssbell
Contact: Kent Landfield (kent at ssbell.uu.net)
Location: Omaha/Bellevue, NE
Modems: Telebit
UUCP: On request
FTP: No
Mail server: netlib at ssbell
Additional: Tapes made on request
Site: j.cc.purdue.edu
Contact: Jeff Smith (jsmith at j.cc.purdue.edu)
Location: Indiana
Modems: None
UUCP: None
FTP: Anonymous FTP
Mail server: None
Additional: None
Site: mcdch1 (really mcdchg)
Contact: Ron Heiby (heiby at chg.mcd.mot.com or mcdchg!heiby)
Location: Illinois
Modems: 2400 Baud
UUCP: Anonymous UUCP
FTP: None
Mail server: None
Additional:
In order to ensure that the archive service does not interfere with
real work, the uucico for the archive login will be have its "x"
permission bits turned off at 8 a.m. Chicago local time (CST6CDT) and
on again at 6 p.m. on weekdays. Execute permission will be turned on
throughout Saturday and Sunday.
The phone number for "mcdch1" is (currently) +1 708 576 7902. There
is a single line on that number. The modem will answer at 2400bps and
will require a carraige return to get a "login:" prompt. It will
down-speed to 1200 bps. In response to the login prompt, your system
should send the login id, "pduucp". The password is "public". As I
said above, all this is turned off between about 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Chicago time Monday through Friday, so we can get our real work done,
so don't bother trying it during those periods.
The Systems file entry for doing this looks something like:
(For HoneyDanBer UUCP (BNU) users. Combine into a single line.)
mcdch1 Wk1800-0730,Sa,Su ACU 2400 chiburb5767902
"" \r\c in:--in: pduucp word: public
Once you have your system set up to place an outgoing UUCP call to
"mcdch1", you can retrieve material from the archives. There are
three files that are excellent choices for testing your link. This
file is file mcdch1!~/howto.snarf. The current directory of what is
stored in the comp.sources.unix archives is found in the file
mcdch1!~/unix/directory. The current directory of what is stored in
the comp.sources.x archives is found in the file mcdch1!~/x/directory.
To get these files, execute commands like:
uucp mcdch1!~/howto.snarf !~/MYNAME/
uucp mcdch1!~/unix/directory !~/MYNAME/directory.unix
uucp mcdch1!~/x/directory !~/MYNAME/directory.x
The directory is simply the output from "ls -sRxF" on the comp.sources.x
archive disk hierarchy. It is updated just before 6 p.m. every day.
Be sure to look carefully to be sure you are getting the latest version
available. Also, look for "index" files to help find what you want.
NOTE: There are occasionally inconsistencies between the archive names
we have on disk and those published in the index by the moderator
of comp.sources.x.
WARNING: These files are not stored under /usr/spool/uucppublic, so
requests for an absolute pathname, rather than one under "~"
will almost certainly fail. Currently, "~" is /source/public, but
that is subject to change.
WARNING: Please be aware that uucp commands asking for file names
containing wild cards will almost certainly not work. This is
because all of the implementations I know of submit a uux job
to the remote system asking it to run "uucp" on the wild card
filename. Systems logging in with "pduucp" are prohibited from
executing "uucp" or other commands via "uux". So, be sure to
ask for each file separately.
Site: giza.cis.ohio-state.edu/osu-cis
Contact: Karl Kleinpaste <uucp at cis.ohio-state.edu>
Location: Columbus OH USA
Modems: Telebit, V.32, 2400, 1200, 300
UUCP: anonymous (osu-cis)
FTP: anonymous (giza.cis.ohio-state.edu)
Mail server: none
Additional: The compleat MIT X.V11R4 distribution, most of the
fixes, a few of the contrib toys.
Contact uucp at cis.ohio-state.edu (== osu-cis!uucp) for
anonymous UUCPing instructions
Site: e.ms.uky.edu
Contact: David Herron (david at e.ms.uky.edu)
Location: Kentucky
Modems: Telebit
UUCP: On Request
FTP: Anonymous FTP
Mail server: None
Additional: None
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U S A - WESTERN
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Site: aeras
Contact: Rob Simon (simon at aeras)
Location: San Jose, CA
Modems: 1200, 2400, Telebit
UUCP: Anonymous
FTP: None
Mail server: None
Additional: SnailMail tapes (Under duress)
Systems/L.sys information:
aeras Any 2400 4089439152 "" "" ogin:--ogin: uugarch word: freebee
aeras Any 19200 4089439246 "" "" ogin:--ogin: uugarch word: freebee
aeras Any 9600 4089439396 "" "" ogin:--ogin: uugarch word: freebee
Suggested places to get additional information:
/u3/archive/sources/LISTING
/u3/archive/sources/LISTING.Z
/u3/archive/sources/compress.sh (16-bit compress source)
LISTING contains the names of all the programs stored in the
archives, and the sizes. Note: all archives have probably been
stored in compressed form. Older files are in 12 bit compression
but all newer files use 16-bit compression.
All multiple file programs have been stored in separate directories,
then compressed.
More information about the files stored in a particular volume are
kept in files called LOGFILE. Such as:
/u3/archive/sources/x/vol1/LOGFILE
would be the one to get to examine the exact contents of volume 1
of the x section. Additional information from files: sample command
to recover files:
uucp aeras!/u3/archive/sources/games/vol1/LOGFILE /usr/spool/uucppublic/.
Special note: wild cards have been proven to not be reliable, so
to assure success they are not recommended tools.
Site: zok
Contact: mark at zok.uucp (Mark W. Snitily)
Location: Cupertino, CA
Modems: Telebit (connections established in PEP, 2400, 1200 order)
UUCP: +1 408-996-8285: login: UXarch Password: Xgoodies
FTP: None
Mail server: None
Additional: SnailMail tapes
A new west-coast UUCP X11 Archive is administered by Mark Snitily
(mark at zok.uucp) and contains the full X11R4 distribution, the XTEST
distribution, an entire archive of comp.sources.x and other goodies.
A sample Systems (or L.sys) entry might be:
zok Any ACU 19200 4089968285 in:--in: UXarch word: Xgoodies
To get a current listing of the files that are available, download
the file "/usrX/ls-lR.Z".
A full subject index of the comp.sources.x files is available in the
file "/usrX/comp.sources.x/INDEX".
When downloading files with uucp, wildcards (i.e. "*") won't work. Be
sure to specify the full pathname starting with "/usrX/". For example,
uucp zok\!/usrX/ls-lR.Z \!~
(The above "\"'s are csh escapes, ignore them if you're using sh.)
The machine currently has just the one modem, so please do not fetch
large amounts of data at one sitting.
Site: gatekeeper.dec.com
Contact: Paul Vixie (vixie at decwrl.dec.com)
Location: Palo Alto, California
Modems: N/A
UUCP UUCP to existing neighbors
FTP: Anonymous FTP
Mail server: None
Additional: None
Site: quark.wv.tek.com
Contact: Jeff Beadles (jeff at quark.wv.tek.com)
Location: Wilsonville, Oregon
Modems: N/A
UUCP: N/A
FTP: None
Mail server: netlib at quark.wv.tek.com
Additional: Tapes available (QIC24, QIC120, and QIC150) Send mail for details.
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Canada
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Site: torsqnt
Contact: David Haynes (david at torsqnt.UUCP)
Location: Toronto, Ontario CANADA
Modems: Telebits (PEP, 2400, 1200), US Robotics (1200, 2400)
UUCP: Anonymous UUCP
FTP: None
Mail server: None
Additional: Tarmail, Tape Duplication (QIC24, 9-track)
Send mail for connection details.
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Finland
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Site: nic.funet.fi
Contact: UNIX moderators group (unix at nic.funet.fi)
Location: Espoo, Finland (within greater urban area of Helsinki)
Modems: N/A
UUCP: N/A
FTP: anonymous ftp (nic.funet.fi [128.214.6.100])
Enter your email address as password. Use computer which
does have correct and globally known IP reverse mapping.
Mail Server: N/A (being implemented - nothing you can guess...)
Bitnet Server: N/A (part of mail server)
Additional: This is central archive site for Finnish academic community,
we maintain here large base of material for many different
interests.
The archive contains all issues of comp.sources.x (archived
via issue number under pub/archive/comp.sources.x) and most
of the R4 stuff on expo.lcs.mit.edu. (under pub/X11R4 -tree)
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Great Britain
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Site: doc.ic.ac.uk
Contact: Lee McLoughlin (lmjm at doc.ic.ac.uk)
Location: Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
Modems: Indirectly thru' modems onto Janet 300/1200/2400
UUCP: None
FTP: Janet/PSS NIFTP
Mail server: info-server
Additional: tapes
Home of the UKUUG Software Distribution Service. Contains
the full X.V11R4 distribution (+ fixes), XTEST, comp.sources.x,
a copy of expo's contrib/ (+ bits from other archives),
a copy of expo's R3 contrib/. Also contains vast ammounts of
other Unix (and related) sources.
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Switzerland
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Site: pan
Contact: Jamie Watson (mcvax!cernvax!pan!jw)
Location: Solothurn, Switzerland
Modems: Multitech 1200/2400
UUCP: Anonymous UUCP
FTP: None
Mail server: None
Additional: SnailMail tapes/diskettes
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Austrailia
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Site: sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au
Contact: Mark Prior (postmaster at ucs.adelaide.edu.au)
Location: Adelaide, South AUSTRALIA
Modems: N/A
UUCP: N/A
FTP: anonymous ftp (ftp.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.40.3])
Mail Server: N/A
Additional: The archive is also accessible via ACSnet fetchfile.
We will also make tapes: 9 track (1600/6250) or QIC (11 and
24) if the tape and return mailer is supplied.
The archive contains all issues of comp.sources.x (archived
via issue number under pub/sources/x) and most of the R4
stuff on expo.lcs.mit.edu. (under pub/X/R4)
--
Dan Heller
O'Reilly && Associates Z-Code Software Comp-sources-x:
Senior Writer President comp-sources.x at uunet.uu.net
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