System V/386 groff distribution

John C. Archambeau jca at pnet01.cts.com
Mon Jan 14 04:36:02 AEST 1991


mhoffos at janus.mtroyal.ab.ca writes:
>Just as a matter of record, FTP sites are just about *non-existent* in Canada
>(relative to the number of computer sites here; as an aside how many of you
>know that Calgary has more computers/CPUs per capita than any other city in the
>world?) due to the overwhelming costs in maintaining the lines etc.  Perhaps 
>there should be a site that has both FTP and dial-in access (uunet is
>prohibitively expensive for most human beings).

Then use the BITFTP server bitftp at pucc.princeton.edu.  It'll get it for you,
uuencode it and break it up into mail managable sized uuencoded chunks.

All you need to access BITFTP is a UUCP connection.  Simple.  I'll buy
ignorance cluttering up the net once.

     // JCA

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