L.D wrote:
>The above is the "root" on the main FTP site I access. Bad news is
>AOL NOW OWNS IT, and AOL is getting ready to throw things away, and
>what AOL has kept accessible isn't even *half* of what should be on
>Simtel Net.
Ouch, luckily I've recently downloaded the entire simtel.net/msdos
Hello folks:
Interesting reading, go here:
http://199.97.97.184/nytimes-partners/avantgo/18SOFT.html
Sam Heywood
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You have to go in via FTP and not the website access. Check to see if
you have any of the FTP URLs on your hotlist and start from there. You
can normally "back up" to parent directory, etc. So even if all you
have is a DOS FTP site you should be able to back up and find Linux,
etc.
At least th
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com:21/pub/
This FTP site offers a mirror of simtel.net [I didn't go all the way
through, BIIRC I've used this site before]. It also had a lot of
other public access stuff.
Suggest you add this URL to hotlist and keep your fingers crossed.
l.d.
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ftp://ftp.simtel.net:21/pub/simtelnet/
The above is the "root" on the main FTP site I access. Bad news is
AOL NOW OWNS IT, and AOL is getting ready to throw things away, and
what AOL has kept accessible isn't even *half* of what should be on
Simtel Net.
I wouldn't have thought, since so many un
> Try (in that newer DOS version)
> "help nc" (for Norton Commander)
> "help pine" (for Pine)
> "help lynx" (for Lynx)
> Would you get anything
> Traditionally, in Linux every application has its own man page, at least as a
> starting point for the path towards finding the more extende
> I'm finding it hard, if not impossible, to download files from Simtel
> with Arachne. Anyone else encountered this problem?
> (Its since they changed the site design)
The trick is to access the simtel archives using an ftp URL, since
the http version gives you the horrible new design. Use:
Glenn McCorkle wrote:
>
> The difference is that "doshelp" only shows the commands and utilities
> that came with DOS.
>
> The "man" command in Linux shows the manual pages for ALL of your stuff.
>
> man arachne
> man gimp
> man netscape
> man mpeg
> man any-prgram-that-has-been-installed
Not
On Mon, 18 Jun 2001 06:46:16 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Jun 2001 17:38:02 -0400, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
>> On Sat, 16 Jun 2001 01:30:26 +0300, Cristian Burneci wrote:
>>> This is what makes Linux so difficult to master, but also so addictive. If
> you
>>> manage to stay near it
On Mon, 18 Jun 2001 08:44:12 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Jun 2001 18:58:02 -0400, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
>> In DOS, the man pages are "inside" the executable.
>> In Linux, the man pages are kept "outside" of the binary.
> So Linux has a much better way of doing it!
You BET it d
On Sun, 17 Jun 2001 22:17:50 +0200, Or Botton wrote:
> I'm finding it hard, if not impossible, to download files from Simtel
> with Arachne. Anyone else encountered this problem?
> (Its since they changed the site design)
Yep. Same problem here. :((
Have a look at this screen-cap.
http://www.a
>Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 08:19:52 +0100
>From: "Joerg Dietze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Simtel
>
>Hi folks,
>
>same thing happened to me. So Simtel is curretly useless for Arachne
>user (and maybe for others, too).
Hi list,
no, it is not completely useless. Fortunately there are many
mirr
On Mon, 18 Jun 2001 06:46:16 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> I have not yet worked with Linux. The feature described above
> would seem no different from "doshelp" which comes with DOS 5.00.
The wealth and depth and range, the extraordainary detail, would
be the main differance. Truly amazi
Hi Thomas and all,
On Mon, 18 Jun 2001 02:21:55 -0400 (EDT), Thomas Mueller wrote:
> from Joerg Dietze:
> with PTS-DOS on Your C: drive You can boot a OS from any drive in
> Your machine, all You have to do is install the OS at the drive You
> want, save the boot sector to a file and set up an
On Sat, 16 Jun 2001 17:38:02 -0400, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Jun 2001 01:30:26 +0300, Cristian Burneci wrote:
>> This is what makes Linux so difficult to master, but also so addictive. If
you
>> manage to stay near it for the first two or three days, you'll get to love
>> Linux, despi
On Sat, 16 Jun 2001 06:00:45 -0400 (EDT), Thomas Mueller wrote:
> (begin quote)
> I can acquire 5.25" floppy drives at flea markets around here. 360K drives
> go from $1 to $5 each and 1.2 MB drives from $5 to $8. I installed a 360K
> floppy drive in my son's 133 Mhz Pentium. Many people on th
On Sun, 17 Jun 2001 18:58:02 -0400, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
> In DOS, the man pages are "inside" the executable.
> In Linux, the man pages are kept "outside" of the binary.
So Linux has a much better way of doing it!
Sam Heywood
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On Sun, 17 Jun 2001 02:52:55 -0400 (EDT), Thomas Mueller wrote:
> Excerpt from Sam Heywood:
> I can acquire 5.25" floppy drives at flea markets around here. 360K drives
> go from $1 to $5 each and 1.2 MB drives from $5 to $8. I installed a 360K
> floppy drive in my son's 133 Mhz Pentium.
> (sn
On 17 Jun 01 at 16:31, arachne-digest wrote:
>Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 16:50:10 -0400
>From: "Glenn McCorkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Hotlist
>
>That's very much like the method I use.
Another one including instructions for beginers (demand if you
need a German version):
Begi
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