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[comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d] Grape (c.b.i.p && GIF archive) should be faster now.

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From: Russ Nelson
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 1990 23:27
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Archive-name: grape.ecs.clarkson.edu/07-Feb-90
Original-posting-by: nelson@IMAGE.SOE.CLARKSON.EDU (Russ Nelson)
Original-subject: Grape (c.b.i.p && GIF archive) should be faster now.
Archive-site: grape.ecs.clarkson.edu [128.153.13.196]
Archive-directory: /d/general
Archive-files: catalog.zip
Reposted-by: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti)

I just put a Racal/Interlan ni6510 card into Grape.ecs.clarkson.edu.  This is
a bus mastering sixteen bit Ethernet card, which was donated to Clarkson by
Racal/Interlan (thanks, guys!).  I can see the difference already, just in the
amount of time the disk light stays on.  The only remaining problem with
grape is that it doesn't time out stale connections.  I'm working on it.

The 00readme file on grape follows:
Grape.ecs.clarkson.edu is a Zenith Z-248 running a modified version
of KA9Q's TCP/IP NET that allows you to shell out to DOS while still
processing packets.  After shelling to DOS, we run an Opus BBS.  The
particulars:

Almost all files are stored in .ZIP format.  A .ZIP file contains a group
of files that have been compressed to save space.  You need an unzipper
to access these files.  Either PKzip102 or dezip20 will suffice.

A catalog of all files on grape is in /d/general/catalog.zip.

ZIP: Version 1.01+ required.  Versions 0.90 and 0.92 do NOT work.
FTP: grape.ecs.clarkson.edu [128.153.13.196], any username&&password will work.
     00readme for timely information.
     /d/general/pkzip102.exe for Phil Katz's shareware ZIPper
     /d/general/dezip20.com for a FREE unzipper.
     /d/general/catalog.zip for the software catalog.
     /c/bin[123]/*.* for c.b.i.p postings [under renovation]
     /e/bin[45]/*.* for c.b.i.p postings [under renovation]
     /d/graphics/pa.zip for Painter's Apprentice
     /d/dosutil/postprn.zip for the PostScript device driver
     /e/freemacs/*.* for Freemacs
     /g/gif/*.gif for .GIF images.
     /f/games/*.* for Simtel20's games.
Opus: 260/360 in the Nodelist.  (315)268-6667, 8N1, 1200/2400 Baud, 24 hours.
     file area 7 for PostPrn.
     file area 12 for Painter's Apprentice
     file area 23 for Simtel20's games.
     file area 25 for Freemacs
     file area 26 for c.b.i.p postings.
     file area 27 for .GIF images.

Mail questions to root@grape.ecs.clarkson.edu
-- 
--russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu])  Russ.Nelson@$315.268.6667
Violence never solves problems, it just changes them into more subtle problems
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Subject: [comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d] Grape (c.b.i.p && GIF archive) should be faster now.
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