The unix-pc archives on osu-cis (informational posting)

[Brant Cheikes]

This message briefly describes the UNIXpc software archive on osu-cis.
It is posted (with a suitably extended expiration date) to newsgroups
unix-pc.general and comp.sys.att.

Users of the AT&T UNIXpc (aka 3b1, PC7300) are invited to peruse the
contents of the UNIXpc software archives maintained on uucp site
'osu-cis' (also known on the Internet as cis.ohio-state.edu).  This
archive contains various software packages that either have been
designed specifically for the UNIXpc or can be compiled on it with
only routine configuration tweaks.  The occasional pearl-of-wisdom
file can be found there as well.  The archive is updated as often as
necessary, though at least once per month.  NB: this is NOT an archive
of all unix-pc.* newsgroup hierarchy articles.  Rather, it is a
collection of interesting, useful, or otherwise valuable programs or
information files, many culled from the unix-pc groups.

ACCESS TO THE ARCHIVES

Uucp-only sites should add the appropriate L.sys entry:

osu-cis Any ACU 2400 16142923124 "" \r\c Name? osu-cis nected \c GO \d\r\d\r\d\r in:--in: Uanon

osu-cis Any ACU 1200 16142923112 "" \r\c Name? osu-cis nected \c GO \d\r\d\r\d\r in:--in: Uanon

Access is provided 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, by the good
graces of the folks at Ohio State Computer & Information Science.  We
all owe a large debt of gratitude to Karl Kleinpaste for making this
archive possible.

All files are in the att7300/* area.  The file README.Z will contain
the latest list of software available for retrieval.  To get the
README file, you would execute a uucp request such as:

% uucp osu-cis!~/att7300/README.Z /usr/spool/uucppublic

This command will cause README.Z to be copied to your public spool
area.

Users with FTP access may simply connect to cis.ohio-state.edu,
chdir to ~/pub/att7300, and snarf 'till the cows come home.

All files in the archive are compressed (and thus the filenames end in
".Z").  The compress/uncompress utility is provided with the UNIXpc
development kit, but the (uncompressed!) "compress.cpio" file in the
osu-cis archive contains source AND executable of compress/uncompress
for those otherwise without it.

In addition to the UNIXpc archives, osu-cis maintains a complete
archive of GNU software.  For more information, you should uucp the
file osu-cis!~/GNU.how-to-get.

Since I maintain the UNIXpc archive, related comments, questions, or
suggestions should be sent by e-mail to me.  Please make absolutely
sure to provide me with a valid reply address if you expect a reply.

I am always happy to accept contributions.  If you notice that
something you consider useful is missing from the archive, please send
me mail about it.
-- 
Brant Cheikes
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Computer and Information Science
brant at manta.pha.pa.us, brant at linc.cis.upenn.edu, bpa!manta!brant