Re: Downloading files from FTP sites

[gachenb@eis.calstate.edu (Greg R. Achenbach)]

colbyp@pro-freedom.van.wa.us (Colby Pederson) writes:
> I am relatively new to using this Conference System on this BBS.  I have
> noticed that many people have posted articles in which they have placed
> files for downloading at different FTP sites, like brownvm.brown.edu and
> cco.caltech.edu.  The problem is that I don't know how to hook up to these
> sites in order to download them.  Do I have to call another Apple BBS in a
> different state or can I get to the different sites by using the BBS I am
> on now?  Thanks for the help!

You need to have FTP access through your host system, which I assume is a
ProLine system.  I don't know if ProLine has FTP or not, since it hase
been quite a while since I used a ProLine BBS, and that was back when I
was not very savvy telecomm-wise.

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> colbyp@pro-freedom.van.wa.us   -==-   Pro-Freedom BBS - (206) 694-3276
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Greg Achenbach             gachenb@eis.calstate.edu
Los Angeles County Outdoor Science School

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