Re: Ground ftp server

[cturley2@aol.com (Cturley2)]

Well, John...I do feel foryouafter reading yourproblems with tryin to access
tarnover with your Windows machine.  Still I must relate to you in all honesty
- I just accessed tarnover again with no problems using both of the following
methods:  

Using my grin.net acct. to connect...
(A) plain old Fetch on my Apple PPC for the ftp and Netscape for the http
access - boom got em both at the same time in less than 2 seconds and didn't
get knocked off either - until I disconnected myself.

and

(B) Using my AOL acct. and their own ftp connection mode - got on tarnover by
ftp with the same efficiency, speed and stability.  While still connected by
AOL's ftp mode - I used the AOL web broswer and got on tarnover via http also -
same efficiency, speed and stability.  Both connections remained just fine
until I disconnected myself.

My conclusion and solution for you:  Get an acct. on AOL and give it a try. 
PC or Mac - AOL is just fine for my needs with the above.  Perhaps your
IP (swbell.net) is what's giving you problems with your connecting needs.
Perhaps it's that with Windows - perhaps not - who know!!  

I honestly don't know - as I don't have an acct. with swbell.net - nor do I use
(or ever intend using) a PC machine to connect to the Net by any method or OS. 
For me it's Apple (Mac PPC) - AOL and grin.net or nothing!

Here's a though for you to consider.  Rubywand has an acct.with swbell.net and
uses a PC to connect to all of the Apple2 sites by ftp and/or http.  Perhaps he
could help you solve the problem of why you seem to have so much trouble with
it all.


Cheers,
Tom

PS:  If you really need CD's of Ground, Tarnover, etc.  I have them all and
certainly could make private arrangements with you to provide them to you. 
Just let me know.  I'm sure we couldwork somethingout for such needs.