Re: Ground ftp server

[jmholmes@swbell.net (John Holmes)]

I decided to try the caltech site instead of the ground site last night and it 
worked like a charm.  I had also tried ws-ftp and cute-ftp with ground but 
just could not get it to work.  At least I was able to start getting some toys 
to play with off of caltech so it finally turned out ok! :)  

In article <388C2F29.9FFD2FE9@swbell.net>, rubywand@swbell.net wrote:
>John writes ...
>
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>Ok, let me start by stating that in no way am I a "newbie" when it comes to
>doing FTP transfers. 
>
>Is there something that is not quite right about the "ground" FTP server?  I
>have tried not only using Windows FTP programs (FTP Explorer, and the built
>in FTP program in a dos window) but also from unix shell accounts with no
>luck. I can get the ls to work just fine, but when I try to do a get or mget
>nothing ever happens.  It just sits there like I have asked it to serve me a
>cup of coffee or something.  
>
>I thought it might be that I was having some connection issues on my end, so
>I tried several other FTP sites all over the US and had absolutely no
>problems at all.  It's all occuring when I try to FTP from ground...
><<
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>     Weird. Ground is among the really reliable and easy-connecting Apple II
>archives whether via Netscape or ftp. Try using WS_FTP or Cute FTP.
>
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>>>
>Is there any way to just purchase CD-Roms with all the files already on
>there???
><<
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>     Not that I've heard about. Selling a complete copy of Ground on CD
>probably is not possible without running into all sorts of rights challenges.
>
>     You can get a nice collection of Apple II/IIgs software on CD. The CD,
>named "Golder Orchard" was put together by Jim Maricondo. It is a ProDOS and
>HS format product intended for accessing on a IIgs. I'm pretty sure that
>Shareware Solutions II is the distributor.  See ...
>
>http://www.crl.com/~joko/ .
>
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>Rubywand