Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!ncar!ames!amdahl!nsc!taux01!taux02!orr From: orr@taux02.UUCP (Orr Michael ) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: Pitiful request for help with SIMTEL20 Message-ID: <327@taux02.UUCP> Date: 30 Nov 88 17:12:33 GMT References: <1324@virginia.acc.virginia.edu> <1590@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> Reply-To: orr@taux02.UUCP (Orr Michael ) Distribution: na Organization: National Semiconductor (IC) Ltd, Israel Lines: 16 In article <1590@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> vu0112@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu.cc.binghamton.edu (Cliff Joslyn) writes: >In fact, could someone post a *brief* intro to the relative novice about >the black art of FTP, etc? Hear! Hear! I also would benefiet A LOT from such an explanation. (also, could someone tell me what alternatives exist for folks whose machine is NOT directly linked to the Archive machine ? Is there any way around the inability of ftp to connect to non-adjacent sites ?) -- orr@nsc IBM's motto: Machines should work, {amdahl,decwrl,hplabs,pyramid,sun}!nsc!orr People should think. Orr's remark: Neither do. Disclaimer: Opinions, come home. All is forgiven. Papa.