Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wasatch!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcvax!sunic!kth!draken!tut!ra!chyde!ts From: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi LASK) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: RE: Some frequently asked questions about ts-programs Message-ID: <700@chyde.uwasa.fi> Date: 16 Aug 89 10:26:42 GMT Reply-To: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi LASK) Organization: U of Vaasa, Finland Lines: 70 Hello, The reply below might have some general interest so I shall put it also in comp.binaries.ibm.pc in addition to emailing it. + From: "James Woolley, Lafayette College" + Subject: Your prerecorded message + To: TS@CHYDE.UWASA.FI + Date: Wed, 16 Aug 89 04:03 EET + + Many thanks for the recent posting in comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d + about access to your utilities. + + I hope you understand, though, how tantalizing it is to the + thousands of us who have no access to FTP, for you to post + announcements only. A few months ago you posted a batch of + utilities to comp.binaries.ibm.pc which I downloaded and have + enjoyed using. But recently you posted only announcements and not + the programs themselves. + + I wonder--if I might suggest it--if you would be willing to post + the rest of your utilites to comp.binaries.ibm.pc. If not, as a + second choice, it would help some of us if you would post an + announcment indicating which SIMTEL *directory* each file is + stored i I don't know about you, but from here getting a SIMTEL + file from rpiecs.bitnet does not always run smoothly, and not + knowing the directory makes it a far more difficult and + cumbersome procedure. I shall be resuming posting my utilities to comp.binaries.ibm.pc in the autumn. This is, however, not a fast process for several reasons. First, I keep upgrading many of the packages. Since I would like to see as up-to-date versions in c.b.i.p. as possible, I have to time it right. Second, the summer is a slack period for many users, and posting to c.b.i.p. during semesters might be more cost effective. Third, we have agreed with Rahul (c.b.i.p moderator) that I should space the postings, since I know that he has quite a lot on his hands. Rahul's moderating process necessarily will always take its time. As to Simtel20, I do not keep a record on the location of my files, since this would mean unnecessary duplicate effort. Simtel20 directory pd1: