PBM ftp site, the reworked README From: frits@cp.tn.tudelft.nl (Frits Kuijlman) Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1993 13:56:25 +0000 Hi everybody! I am in the process of cleaning up the PBM ftp site. I am still contacting everybody who has contributed stuff, but there are so many new files that I couldn't resist telling you about it now:-) Anyway, I have included the 0README file below. It contains the current setup of the directories and some info on how to use the ftp site. Enjoy! Frits -------- Welcome to the PBM Info ftp region. Site : ftp.cp.tn.tudelft.nl Directory : /pub/pbm This directory contains any info I can get on PBM and PBEM games. For the time being it will probably mostly information from rec.games.pbm. Current setup : . General stuff that doesn't need its own directory Confirmed Confirmed information Incoming Upload area Misc Miscelaneous stuff, references to other sites Unconfirmed Unconfirmed information Arena Scott Turner's Arena Atlantis Russell Wallace's Atlantis Diplomacy FAQ and AZ Gondor Dutch fantasy pbem by Vinnie Gentevoort Legends Anything I can get on Legends Olympia Information on Rich Skrenta's Olympia I (not II!) OlympiaII Not much PBM.Express Stuff from their BBS Pbem.fanzine Backissues of Greg Lindahl's PBEM Fanzine Sparf Mel Nicholson's Sparf Star.Empires Roger Lincoln's Star Empires Sugar.Ray Reinhard Schoen's boxing game Trax Mel Nicholson's Trax Cs.utk.edu Mirror of /pub/bampton Galaxy and Blind Galaxy Ftp.astro.cf.ac.uk Mirror of /pub/outgoing/Items Legends, Dean Johnson's item lists Ftp.cd.chalmers.se Mirror of /pub/plateu The game Plateau Ftp.erg.sri.com Mirror of /pub/pbm PBeM mag, other game rules Ftp.netcom.com Mirror of /pub/starkey Diplomacy FAQ Heffalump.ucsf.edu Mirror of /pub/atlantis More Atlantis stuff Sunbane.engrg.uwo.ca Mirror of /pub/traveller Traveller(TML) README Yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au Mirror of /pub/celemp Celestial Empire Now, before you start downloading everything just read the following. This ftp site is run on a computer that is normally used for other things than answering ftp requests. (Like reading news and playing nethack :-)) So please don't jump in and blindly download everything. Just browse around and take the things that interest you. This especially goes for the Olympia region. Please read the 0README there also. That directory is HUGE! Recent files (the last seven days) are listed in 0FILES.RECENT All files are listed in the file INDEX. Mirroring is done every three days so the mirrored directories should be reasonable up to date. If you are closer to one of those sites try there before you try here. Remember, this site is all the way in Holland. Some of the mirrored stuff, like Legends and Dip., is also referenced from within other directories. Everything that is mirrored is put into a directory that has the same name as the site it is mirrored from. So, if you want to mirror some stuff from this site, please mirror only the other directories and get the stuff I have mirrored directly from its source. If anybody has some info he wants to share with the rest of the world (and me!) please mail it to : pbm-info@cp.tn.tudelft.nl. Also I have created an upload directory called Incoming. You can put files here by typing : put <file> /pub/pbm/Incoming/<file> or : cd /pub/pbm/Incoming put <file> I will try to copy files from this area to other readable areas as soon as possible. Unfortunately, I had to make files in this directory unreadable to avoid any legal hassles in case of misuse. For simple announcements it might be better if you post them to rec.games.pbm, but things like game documentation are welcome here. (I still have several megabytes to spare). For those of you who DON'T have ftp access we now have installed the Squirrel mail server. This mail server can be used through mail or interactively, but all requests will be handled through mail. Please report any errors you find. This is the first time we have installed this kind of software. To get the helpfile either : telnet ftp.cp.tn.tudelft.nl 2001 MAIL <your mail address> HELP (for small help file) or SEND HELP (for big help file) or INDEX (for the index) QUIT or mail to pbm-server@cp.tn.tudelft.nl with the following body : BEGIN HELP or SEND HELP or INDEX END Enjoy! Frits Kuijlman -- Frits Kuijlman frits @ cp.tn.tudelft.nl Delft University of Technology The Netherlands Up