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Re: requesting FTP sites

#43503
From: Rich Wales
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 1990 23:50
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In article <52962@bbn.COM> jzavgren@BBN.COM (John Zavgren) writes:

	Try simtel20.army.mil. To ftp binaries be sure to use tenex
	mode.  This machine has an extensive archive of DOS programs.

That's "wsmr-simtel20.army.mil" (the first four letters stand for "White
Sands Missile Range" in southern New Mexico).

-- Rich Wales <wales@CS.UCLA.EDU> // UCLA Computer Science Department
   3531 Boelter Hall // Los Angeles, CA 90024-1596 // +1 (213) 825-5683
   "Then they hurl heavy objects. . . .  And claw at you. . . ."
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!bridge2!jarthur!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ucla-cs!wales
References: <5066@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> <52962@bbn.COM>

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From: wales@valeria.cs.ucla.edu (Rich Wales)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: requesting FTP sites
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Date: 5 Mar 90 23:50:12 GMT
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