SIMTEL20 Software Archives _A_d_d_r_e_s_s: _E-_m_a_i_l: ebaas@wsmr-simtel20.army.mil _P_h_o_n_e: (505) 678-1011, (AV) 258-1011 _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL is a 4MW DECSYSTEM-20 Model 2065 host owned and operated by the US Army Information Systems Com- mand, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. It supports three disk structures, named PD1:, PD2, and PD3:, containing public domain, shareware, documentation, and mail archives with the following top-level directory names: PD1: PD2: PD3: 8 __________________________________________ HZ100 ADA SIGM MACINTOSH INFO-IBMPC ARCHIVES STARS MISC MSDOS CPM UNIX-C TOPS20 PC-BLUE CPMUG VHDL PCNET ZSYS Except for HZ100, INFO-IBMPC, CPM, and PCNET, each of these top-level directories contain at least one or more subdirec- tory levels. The syntax to reference a file in one of the collections is: PDn:file.type Each top-level directory contains several files with common names: FILES.IDX - a comma-separated entry for each file in the collection 9 _________________________ The information in this section is provided in accor- dance with the copyright notice appearing at the front of this guide. June 21, 1989 NNSC Section 3.6, Page 1 top-dir.CRCLST - a CRC listing of each file top-dir.ARC - an ARC format version of top-dir.CRCLST top-dir.DIRLST - a quick-reference list of the sub-dir names All the files are accessible via ANONYMOUS FTP. However the number of simultaneous ANONYMOUS FTP jobs is limited by time of day and day of week to provide reasonable network perfor- mance for our paying customers as well as for those ANONYMOUS users who do get in. The ANONYMOUS login direc- tory contains several files containing detailed information on the collections in general as well as files specific to certain collections. The MSDOS and CP/M collections are maintained by Keith Petersen, who makes periodic announcements of new releases to the INFO-IBMPC and INFO-CPM mailing lists, respectively. The Ada, STARS, and VHDL collections are maintain by Rick Conn who announces new releases to the ADA-SW mailing list. The UNIX-C collection is maintained by Dave Curry, with monthly announcements to the UNIX-SW mailing list. The MACINTOSH Collection is maintained by Bob Thum, Stan Sobczynski, and John Mitchener, based on announcements made on several Macintosh-related mailing lists. The PC-BLUE and SIGM collections are maintained by their respective organizations and updated as new volumes become available. Each of the mailing lists mentioned above have administra- tive addresses of the form listname-REQUEST@WSMR- SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL to take requests for additions, changes, and deletions to the lists. _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s SIMTEL20 is on MILNET (part of the Internet) at address 26.2.0.74. _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _S_I_M_T_E_L_2_0 Subscription applications for individual access to this host from any federal agency or contractor are accepted. For June 21, 1989 NNSC Section 3.6, Page 2 further information on arranging for an account, contact Elwood Baas at AV 258-1011 or 505-678-1011 or EBAAS@WSMR- SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL. Note that the software libraries can be accessed by anonymous FTP as described above. June 21, 1989 NNSC Section 3.6, Page 3