From ts@uwasa.fi Sat Jun 8 00:00:00 1996
Subject: Prerecorded Garbo instructions

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Prof. Timo Salmi   Co-moderator of news:comp.archives.msdos.announce
Moderating at ftp:// & http://garbo.uwasa.fi archives  193.166.120.5
Department of Accounting and Business Finance  ; University of Vaasa
ts@uwasa.fi http://uwasa.fi/~ts BBS 961-3170972; FIN-65101,  Finland

There are some frequently asked questions about the programs
available from garbo.uwasa.fi, by anonymous FTP, WWW and ftpmail
from the /pc/ and other directories here at the University of Vaasa,
Finland, site 193.166.120.5. Below you will find many of them
prerecorded with answers. Please notice that the questions & answers
are not in any logical order. The order has more or less been
dictated by the arriving questions. And, there is overlapping.

If you are well familiar with FTP and mail servers please note the
following. Using automated FTP (batchftp) is preferred, since it
minimizes the connection time (it is convenient for you, anyway).
Furthermore, use mail servers *ONLY* if you don't have the FTP
potential.

Please also note that many recurring MS-DOS FTP site related and
similar questions are answered in ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/pd2/camfaq.zip.

.......................................................................
FTP archives http://garbo.uwasa.fi/ U of Vaasa, Finland, moderated by
Timo Salmi ts@uwasa.fi     Publicity, MS-DOS, selected MS-DOS uploads
Ari Hovila ajh@uwasa.fi    MS-DOS & Win, uploads, Garbo & BBS SysMgr
Hannu Hirvonen hh@uwasa.fi Unix, uwasa SysMgr, postmaster
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1)  What is this anonymous ftp?
2)  Send file(s) to me by email. (Or how to use the mail server?)
3)  Are there any other options for getting the files?
4)  Do you announce all your new programs in the UseNet news?
5)  How is anonymous ftp used?
6)  When I try to unpack the package I received, it is corrupt.
7)  Send me a list where on Simtel.Net I can find the same programs.
8)  What is Garbo's guest user-id?
9)  The .arc .arj .lzh .pak .rar .uc2 .zip .zoo extensions, what are they?
10) I have written some programs or papers myself. Are you interested?
11) I want a description of the programs to decide what to get.
12) Why don't you reply to my email messages?
13) I get an "unknown packing method" error message.
14) I need a program for such and such purpose. Any directions?
15) What are these peculiar files with a .Z extension?
16) What if my site does not know Garbo or connection refused?
17) Is there any way of automating getting the files?
18) Why doesn't your mail server respond to my correct request?
19) Are Garbo files mirrored? Which directories? How to connect?
20) The answer to my question is not in this list, what next?
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From ts@uwasa.fi Sat Jun 8 00:00:01 1996
Subject: What is anonymous FTP

1. *****
 Q: I do not understand this getting files with anonymous ftp. What
does it mean?

 A: FTP stands for file transfer program, which is a standard
feature in many mainframe Unix and VAX/VMS systems. It also means
that you must have a network connection to reach the University of
Vaasa. Please contact your computer's system manager for more
information on the connection. When this is ok, just follow the
instructions in Appendix A at the end of this prerecorded message.

 A2: If you are familiar with the World Wide Web (using programs
like Netscape, Mosaic, or Lynx) Garbo's home page URL is naturally
http://garbo.uwasa.fi/ and to access the files click the appropriate
button on that page.
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From ts@uwasa.fi Sat Jun 8 00:00:02 1996
Subject: Email server instructions

2. *****
 Q: Many of us users have no ftp access. Would you please send
programs to me by email.

 A: To get files sent to you by email, please use our mail server.
 To get more information write an email message to
ftpmail@garbo.uwasa.fi. The subject line of this message can be
anything, e.g.
   garbo-request
 The message must contain just the following text (at the beginning
of the line):
   help
 Do not include a signature because it may confuse the server.
 If you do not understand, please don't send the mail server request.
 If you have ftp capability, please use FTP only, since it causes
less load.
 When you get the instructions from our ftpmail, take it up from
there.
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From ts@uwasa.fi Sat Jun 8 00:00:03 1996
Subject: Poor souls without FTP

3. *****
 Q: Are there any other options for getting the files?

 A: If you have a modem, Finnish users can call Walli BBS for the
files. The phone numbers are 961-3248490, 3170972, and 3170974.  The
settings are 9600,N,8,1. When connecting the first time give "guest"
as your login. This information is subject to changes.
   The Garbo file collection is also available on a CDROM which can
be obtained from WasaWare Oy, Harri Valkama, Palosaarentie 23-25,
FIN-65200 VAASA, FINLAND, Telephone (+358)-61-3173365, Fax:
(+358)-61-3173025, Email: wasaware@xgw.fi. Unfortunately, the CDROM
is updated infrequently.
   As for sending the requested files physically on disks, we do not
provide such a service. Please do not even ask :-).
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From ts@uwasa.fi Sat Jun 8 00:00:04 1996
Subject: Are all programs announced

4. *****
 Q: Do you announce all your new programs in the UseNet news?

 A: Yes, we try to, in the news:comp.archives.msdos.announce
newsgroup, and also on the Garbo announcements mailing list. For
information on the mailing list please see the information file
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/GANN-INF.TXT.
   It is up to our uploaders to email us a proper upload
announcement for the distribution, as explained in the uploading
instructions ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/UPLOAD.INF and the announcement
formula ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/UPTEXT.INF.
   You might wish to take a look at ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/_files.in.
It gives the current month's raw list of all our new MS-DOS files.
For an annotated list of earlier new uploads each month see the file
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/filelist/garb1996.zip.
   Two further files are of relevance for you. First the file
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/pd2/news-pd2 gives _selected_ information
about uploads. Not all, but on those of special interest. Second,
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/ts/0news-ts gives information about all the
uploads in the /pc/ts directory.
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From ts@uwasa.fi Sat Jun 8 00:00:05 1996
Subject: FTP transfer commands

5. *****
 Q: I have the ftp (file transfer program) capability and a network
access that includes your Garbo archive site. But how do I transfer
the files? What are the commands?

 A: The information and examples in Appendix A of this message
should enable you to get the files.
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From ts@uwasa.fi Sat Jun 8 00:00:06 1996
Subject: Allegedly corrupt packages

6. *****
 Q: I have received the programs but the package is corrupt. When I
try to unpack them with my unpacking program (pkunzip, unzip,
pkxarc, pkunpak, arc, lharc, zoo, arj, etc.) the unpacking fails or
produces files that lock my PC.

 A: The files with the .zip, .zoo, .arc, .arj, .lzh, .pak, .uc2,
.rar and .exe extension are binary packages and you have to use the
correct transfer mode when you transfer the programs from the remote
FTP site to our host, and when you transfer the files from our main
frame to your PC.
   Most frequently the problems the users report are due to failing
to set the binary mode when transferring the files from the user's
host to the users PC. Please see Appendix B for more information.
In 1993 there was been over four million successful downloads from
Garbo. Thus it is very unlikely that the original file at Garbo
really is corrupt. It is not impossible, but first check all the
other possibilities.
   There is another common cause for allegedly corrupt packages
besides failing to use the correct mode in the file transfer from
the FTP site to one's own host, or in the file transfer from one's
own host to one's PC. This is failing to use the correct version of
the relevant archiver for archived packages. Unfortunately some of
the PKUNZIP error messages are quite misleading, like "CRC error",
"use pkzip 3.8 (or whatever)", "use PkFixZip". Just assure that you
have transferred correctly and that are using the current version:
 202574 Feb 1 02:04 ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/arcers/pkz204g.exe
 pkz204g.exe  PKWARE's pkzip, pkunzip, pkzipfix, zip2exe for .zip
or
 234315 May 3 18:21 ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/arcers/unz520x3.exe
 unz520x3.exe Info-ZIP's self-extracting unzipper (with 386 version)
   The World Wide Web has added the possibility of getting the files
from the archive sites also with the WWW browser programs. It
appears that (at least with some of the browser versions) in a long
session the browser gets confused and cannot get the files in the
proper format. If you are experiencing such problems, exit your
browser, reload it, and then try to get the target file anew.
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From ts@uwasa.fi Sat Jun 8 00:00:07 1996
Subject: Simtel.Net questions

7. *****
 Q: I would rather like to get the files from Simtel.Net (or some
other archive site near me) since I have an easier access there.
Send me a list telling in which directories the files are at
Simtel.Net or some other near-by FTP archive.

 A: No! We are often asked this (and other) information about
Simtel.Net (and other archive sites, including mirror sites). We
like to and do cooperate, but nevertheless this is really something
you should be finding out from Simtel, or the mirroring site, not
us. Simtel archives maintainer is Keith Petersen w8sdz@Simtel.Net.
ftp://Simtel.Net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/00_info/simdos-l.zip is the
Simtel.Net filelist to get. As for near-by archives, please see the
site list.
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From ts@uwasa.fi Sat Jun 8 00:00:08 1996
Subject: What is Garbo's guest user-id

8. *****
 Q: Do you have a guest user-id? I cannot ftp, but I can reach your
site through the net. I type anonymous at the login: and then try to
give my email address at the Password:. I am not let in, but get a
"Login incorrect" message instead.

 A: We do not accept guest users on Garbo. This means that what you
tried, is not allowed at our site. The only way you can get
connected to our system is using the true ftp system, which is
described in Appendix A.
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From ts@uwasa.fi Sat Jun 8 00:00:09 1996
Subject: The .arc .arj .lzh .pak .rar .uc2 .zip .zoo extensions

9. *****
 Q: I now have the files, but they have this .zip (or .arc, .arj,
.lzh, .pak, .rar, .sdn, .uc2, .zoo) extension and they won't run
then I write their name at my DOS prompt.

 A: The files are packed (also often called archived) entities.
These are special formats of compressing files and packing several
files together. This is usually standard knowledge for PC users, and
if you are not familiar with the system, just ask a knowledgeable
fellow user. What you need is the proper unpacking programs such as
PKUNZIP, UNZIP, ARJ, ARC, PKXARC, PKUNPAK, PAK, LHARC, LHA, UC2,
RAR, ZOO and so on. And, you will find all the necessary tools for
handling packed files in the /pc/arcers directory. For example, if
the extension is .zip get the self-extracting
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/arcers/pkz204g.exe utility (or whatever is
latest version).
   Note that if you use an out of date PKUNZIP version, it may
report a CRC error in your .zip file although the true reason for
your problems is using the out of date version. Likewise, if you
have failed to transfer the file in the binary mode, you may get an
unexpected, illogical error message like "requires PKUNZIP 3.0 or
higher version".
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From ts@uwasa.fi Sat Jun 8 00:00:10 1996
Subject: Upload instructions

10. *****
 Q: I have written some programs myself which I think might be of
general interest. Or I have obtained this fabulous program which I
think would be of general interest. Or I have a more recent version
of this program than you have on your archives. Or I have this
scientific paper I would like to submit to your repository. Would it
be possible to upload them to your system.

 A: Please see ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/UPLOAD.INF and /pc/UPTEXT.INF
for the full information on this question. In brief, we welcome
quality MS-DOS uploads in many, but not all categories.
   Please READ THIS MATERIAL VERY CAREFULLY BEFORE UPLOADING to
Garbo. Following the instructions will save your own and our time.
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From ts@uwasa.fi Sat Jun 8 00:00:11 1996
Subject: Need file descriptions

11. *****
 Q: Is there a description of the programs? I would like to have
some information on the files before I start transferring them.

 A1: Yes, certainly. This approach is even recommended. There is a
file called ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/INDEX.ZIP (with MS-DOS eolns)
which is the annotated list of the MS-DOS files on Garbo. This index
file is also available in the (more bloated) ascii format as
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/filelist/INDEX (but please rather use
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/INDEX.ZIP). It is also available in Unix
compressed format ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/filelist/garboidx.gz (Unix
eolns). Furthermore, there are three news files
 ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/pd2/news-pd2
 ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/ts/0news-ts
 ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/unix/ts/0news-u
Note that /pc/pd2/news-pd2 contains selected news on all /pc
(MS-DOS) directories, not just on /pc/pd2. Finally there is a
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/INDEXTS.ZIP.  It contains detailed
information on the contents of each package in the /pc/ts directory.
For the annotated contents of our Unix directories see
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/unix/UINDEX.ZIP.

 A2: Even if I like to try to help whenever I can, I cannot answer
questions asking me to describe particular files, or to take a
closer look what is in them on behalf of an individual user. I
simply cannot afford the time.
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From ts@uwasa.fi Sat Jun 8 00:00:12 1996
Subject: Problems with sending replies

12. *****
 Q: I sent you a message a couple of weeks ago. Did you receive it?
Why don't you reply?

 A: I try to reply to all queries I have received. But getting the
reply to you successfully is not always technically possible. The
reason for this is that the reply-address which the email program
gives, is sometimes not adequate. My reply bounces back to me as a
consequence. I am afraid that I get so much email that if my reply
bounces I simply can't afford the time to try to do anything at all
about it. Not even to look if your email message contains an
alternative address. So if you don't hear from me within five days,
contact your own system manager. Ask him/her to see to it that your
email address in your message header is a returnable address.
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From ts@uwasa.fi Sat Jun 8 00:00:13 1996
Subject: Unknown packing methods

13. *****
 Q: When I try to unpack the package I get something like an
"unknown packing method" error message. What is wrong?

 A: First check that you are using the correct unpacking program by
looking at the extension of the file name, and select the unpacking
program accordingly. If this does not help, you are most likely
using an outdated version of the relevant unpacking program. Get the
latest version. The /pc/arcers directory at Garbo has a good
collection of these tools.
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From ts@uwasa.fi Sat Jun 8 00:00:14 1996
Subject: Looking for particular programs

14. *****
 Q: I am interested to know if there exists a program for such and
such purpose. Would you point me in the right direction. (This
question also often occurs in the news postings, especially in the
comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted and comp.archives.msdos.d newsgroups.)

 A1: Most often the best answer is to look through file lists. We
have several such lists which should together have quite a good
coverage of the PD programs in circulation. These lists include
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/INDEX.ZIP and Timo's index file
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/INDEXTS.ZIP (these are the MS-DOS file lists
for Garbo), and ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/filelist/simdos-l.zip
(Simtel.Net list).

 A2: How to find MS-DOS files on Garbo: If you are looking for a
particular program at garbo.uwasa.fi you should start by getting the
following files:
   /pc/INDEX.ZIP       (the general annotated /pc files index)
   /pc/INDEXTS.ZIP     (ts-package contents)
 For seeing what is new in the /pc and /pc/ts directories, get
   /pc/pd2/news-pd2    (selected news on all MS-DOS directories)
   /pc/ts/0news-ts     (all news on ts-programs)

 A3: There is more advice on finding files in the Frequently Asked
Questions collection ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/ts/tsfaqn44.zip (or
whatever version number is current), and the Garbo feedback files
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/pd2/tspost??.zip (where ?? = 01,02,... etc.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/pd2/tspost00.zip contains the subject index.
Also see the Frequently Asked Questions for the newsgroup
news:comp.archives.msdos.announce. This FAQ collection is available
as ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/pd2/camfaq.zip.

 A4: Please do not email "looking for a program" questions lightly
to Garbo moderators. We are pleased to try to help, and your email
is welcome, but we are extremely pressed for time. We simply cannot
afford the effort to find programs for the users on an individual
email consultation basis. Preferably post these questions to the
Usenet news. E.g. news:comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted is a good
newsgroup for looking for PD and shareware MS-DOS programs.
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From ts@uwasa.fi Sat Jun 8 00:00:15 1996
Subject: Files with .Z extension

15. *****
 Q: I have noticed that some directories at Garbo archives include
files that have a .Z extension. What are they?

 A1: They are Unix files that are processed with compress,
uncompress, and zcat. The Garbo archives are on a Unix system, and
many these files are related to handling the PC files without having
first to transfer them to from the Unix mainframe to the PC. Please
see /unix/ts/0news-u and ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/ts/tsfaqn44.zip (or
whatever is the current version number) for more details and
instructions. Also try
   man compress
on a Unix system for information.

 A2: You can handle these compressed files also on your MS-DOS PC.
For that you need ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/unix/comp430d.zip (or
whatever version is the latest). Note for text files that Unix and
MS-DOS use different eolns (end-of-lines). You may filter them
properly e.g. with unix2pc.exe. You'll find this file within
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/ts/tsfilt22.zip (or whatever version number
is current).
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From ts@uwasa.fi Sat Jun 8 00:00:16 1996
Subject: I cannot make the connection

16. *****
 Q: What if my site does not know Garbo or connection refused? (This
question comes in various formats, but the point of all the queries
is that the user cannot connect to garbo).

 A: Garbo, the system, is managed by Ari Hovila (ajh@uwasa.fi) and
our main system poiju/reimari is managed by Hannu Hirvonen
(hh@uwasa.fi) who is also our postmaster. Timo Salmi specializes in
Garbo policy decisions, publicity, and MS-DOS material, not in
technical Garbo system management. Nevertheless, here is some
general information.
   In general if you are having problems in reaching Garbo (not
problems with Garbo itself) the first person to contact is your own
site's system manager. For example, if you might get an error
message like "host unknown". This means that your own host does not
know garbo.uwasa.fi. The Garbo information is missing from your
site's hosts-file, and your host is not using distributed name
service. There is nothing we can do about from this end. (You can
try to use the IP number 193.166.120.5 in that case as a temporary
measure).
   You might also get a more radical error message like "Access to
the Scandinavian nodes has been discontinued, due to the slowness
and unreliability of the network connections." Again this is a
problem that has nothing to do directly with Garbo. It is probably a
question of your site's net privileges and arrangements, or a
problem between different networks quite beyond our control.
   There is more information in the item "Re: garbo: cannot map your
network address to a hostname ?" in the feedback and information
file ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/pd2/tspost18.zip. If you have a
connection, but get something like "We cannot map your network
address to a hostname, if this isn't fixed soon, access from your
host will be unavailable" see that file.
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From ts@uwasa.fi Sat Jun 8 00:00:17 1996
Subject: Automated downloads (see this)

17. *****
 Q: The ftp session is repetitive and tedious, and the connection is
not always available. Is there any way to automate getting files
from Garbo by anonymous ftp.

 A: Yes, there is a useful facility called batchftp by Shawn Cooper,
which achieves this if you have a BSD Unix system. You can get it by
downloading /unix/networking/ftp/batchftp102.tar.Z (or whatever
version is the latest). The package contains documentation, and also
see /unix/networking/ftp/batchftp.inf and /unix/ts/0news93.u for
brief instructions. This system has the added advantage of cutting
down the unnecessary idle time inherent in "manual" ftp connections.

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From ts@uwasa.fi Sat Jun 8 00:00:18 1996
Subject: Problems with mail server requests

18. *****
 Q: I sent a mail server request to Garbo but I get no response at
all. And I am sure that I did everything as instructed.

 A: In that case your, or your system's email address is probably
badly configured. Please contact your own system manager.
   DON'T send a repeat request until your email address problem has
been resolved!!! This is very important, so I repeat DON'T! (If you
persist, regardless, I am afraid that we will cut your access to
Garbo altogether.)
   What happens is this. We get your request, but when Garbo tries
to honor your request to send you the file(s) by email, the email
bounces back to us because of the problems in your email address.
If you send repeat requests, it will just clog our postmaster with
the bounced email.
   Try using a corrected mail address to return the requests. You
can do this by adding the following command to (the body of) your
message to our mail server.
    reply-to YourEmailAddress
 e.g.
    reply-to youruserid@yourmachine.yourdomain.yourcountry
    get WhateverYouWant
 You should contact your system manager to asses an optimized path
especially if you are using UUCP or BANG paths to get your mail
delivered to us. Our mail server checks the mail queue every 15
minutes so if you don't get response in a reasonable time you'd
better check this one out with a little help from your friends.
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From ts@uwasa.fi Sat Jun 8 00:00:19 1996
Subject: Garbo mirrors

19. *****
 Q: Are Garbo files mirrored? Which directories? How to connect?

 A: Garbo is mirrored at several sites on different continents. The
mirrors are independent operations. Therefore you should direct any
detailed questions about the mirroring to the relevant moderators of
those sites, not to us. Note, however, much of what is in Appendix A
on how to download the files is directly applicable to the mirrors
as well. See ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/link/moder.zip for the
mirroring sites, for preliminary information on the main mirror
directories, and the mirror moderators' email addresses.
   Also note that there is no guarantee that the mirror will not lag
even week(s) behind, _or_ might not have all the files.
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From ts@uwasa.fi Sat Jun 8 00:00:20 1996
Subject: Answer not found

20. *****
 Q: The answer to my question is not in this list, what next?

 A: It depends very much on your question. Try take a look at the
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/ts/tsfaqn44.zip (or whichever version is
current) Frequently Asked Questions and the /pc/pd2/tspost*.zip (* =
00,01,02,...) Garbo information files. Also see /pc/pd2/camfaq.zip.
If these do not help document your problem carefully. Please note
that I cannot guarantee that we have the answer, or that I will have
the time to look for it. I like to help, but I often simply cannot
afford the time. Therefore you should save a copy of your question
so that you can consider posting it to the UseNet news when
relevant.
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From ts@uwasa.fi Sat Jun 8 00:00:51 1996
Subject: Appendix A: FTP downloading

A. *****
 Q: APPENDIX A: Obtaining (downloading) the Programs by FTP
 ==========================================================

   You can obtain the file(s) from garbo.uwasa.fi (193.166.120.5)
using the InterNet ftp (file transfer program) with username
"anonymous". For a login password use your electronic mail address.
If you are using ftp from a VAX/VMS system, set case lower before
proceeding.
   Consider as an example the programs of Timo Salmi. The files are
in directory /pc/ts. At the ftp> prompt first type binary (for
binary files). To go to the relevant directory apply cd /pc/ts. To
see its contents apply ls or dir. To download a file, use get
filename or mget filenames. The files have been packed with Unix Zip
so on MS-DOS you will need PKUNZIP from PKWARE or some other unzip
program to unpack them on your PC.
   The following contains the same information by giving the
commands needed for transferring vaasa.inf (contains text on
Finland, Vaasa, and University of Vaasa) and tspfon30.zip as an
example. In the example its is assumed that you are calling from a
Unix system. The usage for a VAX/VMS system is quite similar.

ftp                   #Invoke the file transfer program
open garbo.uwasa.fi   #Connect to Garbo at the University of Vaasa
anonymous             #Use this name to get temporary privileges
Give (at least) the first part of your email address as your password
cd /pc/ts             #Go to the relevant directory
dir  (or ls -lF)      #Directory of available files
ascii                 #vaasa.inf is an ordinary text file
get vaasa.inf         #Copy the file to your default directory
binary                #tspfon30.zip is a binary file
mget tspfon*.zip      #mget allows wildcards
close                 #Terminate the connection
quit                  #Quit the file transfer program
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From ts@uwasa.fi Sat Jun 8 00:00:52 1996
Subject: Appendix B: Your host -> your PC

B. *****
 Q: APPENDIX B: Transferring the Programs to PC
 ==============================================
   After you have received the files to your host, there still
remains the task of transferring the programs to your PC. This is
familiar to most users, but occasionally there are problems. It
impossible to give advice that would cover resolving all the
difficulties, but the most common can be described. The most usual
file transfer method between the host and the user's PC is MsKermit.
(Zmodem and others may be used as well, but I would guess that most
often persons using these alternatives are advanced users, and can
resolve any problems by themselves.)
   The most common problem is probably that after getting a packed
file to one's PC, the file appears damaged. Almost always this is
due to failing to set correctly the Kermit parameters at ONE or BOTH
ends of the transfer. What you have to do is the following. In your
host Kermit set file type binary, set parity even (or none or
whatever), and in your PC MsKermit you must have the SAME parity you
set for your host (select host Kermit parity on the basis of your
PC's). If you fail to get these compatible, the transfer will not
result in what you want. Transferring text files does not lead to
problems so often. The trick is set file type text (or ascii
depending on your Kermit version).
   Finally, if nothing else, absolutely nothing else(!), seems to
resolve the problem, please let us know, and we will check that the
file at our site is good and proper.

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