On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
> I'm sorry to say that I have not as yet been able to get Xcdroast
> working in Linux.
>
> So I'm still stuck using W95 to burn these CDs
> (no more W98... the D**M thing crashed again so I went back to W95) :(((
So don't use Xcdroast. Command line
On Sat, 21 Jul 2001 04:27:28 -0400 (EDT), Thomas Mueller wrote:
> from Glenn McCorkle:
>> No problem.
>> As soon as I fill all 5 partitions... I'll burn them to CDs and
>> start-off again with 5 empty drives. ;-)
> What software, what OS do you use to burn the CDs?
I'm sorry to say that I ha
from [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Howard Schwartz):
>Did not CDRom in Walnut Creek used to sell their own CD collections of
>the Simtel archives? Depending on their prices, if this is so, it may
>be less painful to just buy the collection from them in CD form.
>There might also be the chance that the CD h
On Thu, 19 Jul 2001 21:00:50 -0400, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Jul 2001 00:03:50 -0400, Clarence Verge wrote:
>> On Wed, 18 Jul 2001 21:51:21 -0400, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
>>> "Q" along with these 2 lines in mime.cfg now save all ZIPs
>>> directly where I want them.
>>> file/zip ZI
On Thu, 19 Jul 2001 18:53:21 +0200, Bernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Glenn wrote:
>> (five 529mb partitions are ready to accept files. g:, h:, I:, J:, k: )
>> For a total of about 1.6gb)
> Hmm... I kind of doubt that that's enough space. Only for the msdos
> directory you'll need (roughly) 2
On Thu, 19 Jul 2001 00:03:50 -0400, Clarence Verge wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Jul 2001 21:51:21 -0400, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
>> BTW,
>> Thank you Michael for the "Q" feature in Arachne.
>> Thank you Bernie for acopy.exe
>> "Q" along with these 2 lines in mime.cfg now save all ZIPs
>> directly wher
I wrote:
>I'll get back to you when I have
>more details,
And it's now 90% certain that this will be done :)
//Bernie
On Thu, 19 Jul 01 10:15:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Howard Schwartz) wrote:
> Did not CDRom in Walnut Creek used to sell their own CD collections of
> the Simtel archives? Depending on their prices, if this is so, it may
> be less painful to just buy the collection from them in CD form.
> There might
Did not CDRom in Walnut Creek used to sell their own CD collections of
the Simtel archives? Depending on their prices, if this is so, it may
be less painful to just buy the collection from them in CD form.
There might also be the chance that the CD have all the old files before
the current deleti
L.D wrote:
>So I wouldn't want to
>approach him on that until/unless there was a handle on the rest of the
>BIG problem.
As you say setting up the crone job is the small problem.
However... I have news for you (things happens fast sometimes). It looks
like I'll have the space required in 60 days.
Ron {and all concerned}
Quick partial answer here ...
On Thu, 19 Jul 2001 10:44:32 +, Ron Clarke wrote:
> A bit down the track - could it be possible to set up an automated
> newsletter of recent uploads, similar to what Simtel did before it got
> de-testiculated ?
I have, on my HDD somewh
Clarence wrote:
>Could some regular user of wget tell me if there is a way to know in
>advance just how big each yank is going to be ?
Not that I know the answer to your question, but if you are thinking of
making a copy of it all I already have all of the msdos/ and gnu/
directories (except a fe
Glenn wrote:
>(five 529mb partitions are ready to accept files. g:, h:, I:, J:, k: )
> For a total of about 1.6gb)
Hmm... I kind of doubt that that's enough space. Only for the msdos
directory you'll need (roughly) 2 700MBs CDs + around 300MB with the rest.
And, we haven't even begun talking abou
Clarence asked:
>Is there a way to make it more general ?
>(he asked without thinking about it ;-)
>
>Like, can we lose the \\dos\\ada\\ so the original structure is
>automatically re-created ?
Sure, but not with an APM. You just go in and change the source code for
Arachne, what was that? You do
On Wed, 18 Jul 2001 21:51:21 -0400, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
> Clarence,
> I Don't know whether or not I'm the 3rd person you are reffering to.
> (if not make that 4 interested parties) :)))
You were.
> FWIW,
> I have decided not to wait for the time when I have "Road-Runner".
> D/Ling of
On Thu, 19 Jul 2001 10:44:32 +, Ron Clarke wrote:
> Ya never know ! This could become rather important, and even start to
> attract the stuff still being written. Remember, there is a heap of
> stuff out there that has never been uploaded to any of the public
> archives. Even my own freewar
Bastiaan Edelman wrote:
>
> Hi Clarence,
>
> In (amateur) packet radio wget is used to download from a BBS.
> Before you can use wget you need a file name and path from the BBS
> directory...
> The commands "DIR" and/or "LIST" will give you the details... path,
> name, size, date.
Excellent.
Th
On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 20:21:44 -0500, Clarence Verge wrote:
> Once again, I will suggest we accept the fact that Simtel is GONE for us
> and do something about it ourselves.
> It's fine to talk a bit at first, but no one is talking.
> Does that mean that only LD and I are seriously concerned ?
>
Hi Folks,
Clarence Verge wrote:
> Once again, I will suggest we accept the fact that Simtel is GONE for us
> and do something about it ourselves.
I think you are absolutely right.
> It's fine to talk a bit at first, but no one is talking.
> Does that mean that only LD and I are seriously co
On Wed, 18 Jul 2001 01:02:36 -0400, Clarence Verge wrote:
> Thanks, Sam;
> Could some regular user of wget tell me if there is a way to know in
> advance just how big each yank is going to be ?
> - Clarence Verge
> - Back to using Arachne V1.62
Hi Clarence,
In (amateur) packet radio wget
On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 22:17:03 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> I believe all of us list members would support such a project. You can
> count on me to help. I think all of us are very much concerned about
> the problem with Simtel, but until now nobody has come forward with any
> great ideas on
On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 20:21:44 -0500, Clarence Verge wrote regarding a
proposal to make all the DOS stuff formerly available at Simtel to be
uploaded to an alternative site easily accessible to DOSasaurs like
us:
> I can find the working storage sites, but I'm not taking any of this down
> myself u
Clarence Verge wrote:
> Once again, I will suggest we accept the fact that Simtel is GONE
> for us and do something about it ourselves.
> It's fine to talk a bit at first, but no one is talking.
> Does that mean that only LD and I are seriously concerned ?
> We can download all of /pub/msdos t
L.D. Best wrote:
>
> Gangue, fellow DOSasuars, all people who give a snit ...
> ---
> As many of you know, Digital River is set up in a manner that a DOS user
> or sometimes even a Win3.x user, cannot access the indexes or files that
> are supposed to be a part of Simtel.net ...
>
> Petitions, i
Gangue, fellow DOSasuars, all people who give a snit ...
I just realized, secondary to my perceived gripes, that something very
serious is happening and something needs to be done. And I'm at a lost
where to start.
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