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ANN: A new public Apple2 only ftp site
Announcing a new apple2 only public ftp site for prompt upload and download
access, with no public distribution restrictions.
ftp://209.100.61.57
I now have a 'total access' public ftp site that I've made available to the
worldwide Apple II community and all of it's uses (what that means is - you can
both; upload to it and download from it, with no restrictions and with nearly no
appreciable length or waiting for the files to be made available for public
access and download. Thus, all files and folders will be made available as such
with total public access for the entire Apple II world to use and enjoy, after a
prompt and fairly short varification process - to assure their legal distribution
status to the public from the ftp site.
The ftp site is for the USEFUL and LEGAL needs only by the entire wordwide Apple
2 community. BUT IT"S NOT TO BE ABUSED! See below for the rules concerning your
use of it and what is expected of you, when using it. It made available and financed
by the same person that provides payment for all of my web and ftp sites now. Thus,
neither he nor I - will not permit any illigal content for this new public apple2 ftp
site!
Absolutely nothing of an illegal nature or content, nor anything of any abusive
or insulting content will be kept or made available to the public for access from
this new Apple 2 only public ftp site.
Such materials will be deleted promptly, if uploaded to the ftp site.
You have the option to upload any type of Apple II or IIgs usable archive type
format file such as; Shrinkit (SHK, SDK or BXY), .zip, etc. Standard ascii text
files of any value with informative, accurate and useful content related to
anything for any and/or all Apple2 models, public announcements of any value,
etc. are welcomed - as well as any graphics format file that can be viewed on the
Apple II models and/or IIgs will be allowed also. You can upload any graphics
format file in raw binary format, that will allow it to be viewed and/or properly
downloaded. I'd rather you not upload any graphics file formats as archived
files. If any graphics format files are uploaded in an archived file format,
there will be a longer delay in making them available for public access, because
they must be unpacked, viewed and approved first!
Please make sure any uploaded archive file type is functional with the Apple II
models and/or IIgs before uploading them to this public ftp site. ShrinkIt and
zip archives are the prefered archive formats. Others will be allowed - as long
as the Apple2 has the program available to the public - to allow them to be
unpacked. Any archive format other than the prefered types mention above will
result in an additional time delay, before they can be unpacked, viewed and
varified for public access.
If they are not usable, corrupt and/or varified as not being able to be unpacked
for use, they will be promptly deleted. ALL UPLOADS SHOULD BE MADE TO THE
INCOMING FOLDER ONLY. Any archives and/or files uploaded into any other folder
will be either deleted, or delayed for a longer period of time for varification
and clerance, and will be instantly blocked from public access until such
varification and clearance is made for them.
All uploads will be varified, classified and placed in a properly named folder
_ASAP_ that covers what they are all about and with which specific apple2 model
or OS they are intended for use with. Please include a short text standard ascii
file with each archive and/or file you upload to allow the varification staff
fast review of them without added time delays in clerance for public access and
so the users of the ftp site will know what they are and what their intended use
is.
You can include any personal information about yourself you wish to - such as the
persons name who made the upload, your email, ftp and/or web site url - etc.
providing it has some useful value with the discription of the uploaded archive
and/or some useful value to the users that read it. If you elect not to include
any such personal information concerning the origin of the person/uploader - etc.
- that's fine too :)
Again, I want to make it clear to all - only legal and/or author/copyright
holder, non-restricted and approved uploads - as archives of the proper packed
archive formats for (all) Apple II models (as outlined above) will be permitted
and kept for public download access. Any other platform and/or any emulators,
emulator images, etc. will be promptly deleted. All uploads to be varified and
cleared for public access, must be either; public domain and sharewares or
freewares that are permitted for unrestricted distribution by their current owner
and/or author/copyright holder.
The ftp site currently has a maximum space of 50MB to use for starts. This can
be increased as the need arises. There is currently no limit on the number of
anonymous user accesses by the public.
You can logon as: anonymous (with or without using a password). If you do elect
to include a password in the options for ftp, WWW or Telnet access - please use a
password with your email address only!
This is something I think has been needed for a very long time for the worldwide
A2 community to have, use and enjoy! I want to make it perfectly clear to
everybody that everything presented from this ' NEW Apple2 only' public ftp site
is 100% legal and will remain as such.
There are NO hidden folders, files, archives or other areas to the ftp site that
the public can't access and/or view. Everthing is opened and completely visible
for public access and use - 24 hours a day, seven days a week, after it's been
varifyed, cleared and made available for public file download access (usually
with no longer than 45 minutes to an hour delay).
This "Apple2" only public ftp site will not be taken offline or shutdown - (other
than in the event of; a server malfunction, net access overload, power-failure,
automatic emergency shutdown or other unknown access failure for any reason -
which might occur at random).
If you do have any problems with accessing it at any time - please contact me
concerning the nature of the problem you had by either email or voice telephone
call, to find a solution to any access problems you might encounter.
This 'NEW Apple2 only' public ftp site is monitored by a well qualified server
staff - for any pirated warez and/or improper/illegal uploads of any nature - 24
hours a day - 7 days a week. If any such uploads do happen - they will be found
promptly and will be deleted promptly. No such unwelcomed and unwanted upload -
will ever be allowed to be made available for public access. All logons are
monitored and are save by access log record. Any person, online service, ISP or
IP that makes any sort of offensive, abusive and/or illegal upload to the
incoming folder knowingly - will be promptly banned from future access to the ftp
site.
This is something I've been working on for over a year now to perfect the options
for allowing it to be available for everybody in the worldwide Apple II/IIGS
community to use legally with access made available to the public as promptly as
possible for all the files and archives that are uploaded, varified and cleared
to downloads.
It's been a very time consuming and costly effort to develop a secure Apple2 ftp
public site with a system for rapid varifications of all uploads to make certain
NO abusive, offensive content materials, files, illegal warez archives, graphics,
etc. and/or commercial Apple II/IIGS programs are EVER made available to the
public from the archive collections. I've throughly tested all possibilities in
every manner for upload/download abuse and/or illegal actions, access, etc. and
I'm very confident no such archives will ever be allowed for public access from
the ftp site.
Thus, please note - there is around a 1 hour maximum waiting period before any
unloaded archives can be varified and cleared for public access and downloads
from the ftp site.
I feel that this is a fair option to allow all uploaded archives and files that
are varified as legal and totally permitted - to be made available to the
wordwide Apple2 users, as promptly as possible, without any restrictions of any
sort!
If any archived software or file authors EVER have any objections to their
programs and/or any of their materials being available from this 'NEW Apple 2
only' public ftp site - please send me an email or give me a voice telephone call
promply - to that effect and the file and/or archive will be removed promptly!
There is no need for any such software authors to make any post reply to any
restictions effect - as I'm fully aware now of all such authors, their feelings
and desires - with respect to NOT having their software, files, etc. availabvle
from any site I host, offer, maintain or control. So, do everybody a favor and
don't bother with any such posts concerning restriction notices to me concerning
your personal files and/or software. Such a reply is neither needed or
neccessary in any respect. If you do make such a reply, you'll only be wasting
your time and showing yourself and your bad attitude to the general A2 community
even more than you may already have done in the past. Telling me one time not to
distribute your software, posts and/or any files you own the rights to is
sufficent - thank you!
If you have anything you thing might be of value to the Apple II and IIgs
community needs and its users, please upload it to this public Apple II/IIGS only
ftp. (any person that does uploads any distribution/restricted files and/or
software from any authors of same - that have stated in a public post - they do
not want them made available from any site I host, maintain or control, can
expect them to be promptly deleted and not made available for public access and
downloads.) .
I'd also, rather you not upload anything that you know to currently be available
from the other public apple2 ftp sites, such as Ground, Caltech (Zocalo) and any
other major or minor Apple2 ftp sites around the world. There's no need to
duplicate what is already available to the public from the other official, main,
minor and/or privately maintained Apple2 ftp public sites - that the general
Apple II users currently have access to.
I do hope to see something from you that you are willing to upload and contribute
to this new Apple2 only public ftp site - that will be of some useful value to
the A2/GS users worldwide - who really need both; new and old - unique, rare and
useful software to keep the platform ALIVE, PROSPEROUS, PRODUCTIVE and GROWING!
With my best wishes to you, I look forward to hearing from you soon with respect
to anything you care to discuss about the Apple II computers or with any useful
and productive suggestions you have concerning the new Apple2 only ftp site.
Thanks in advance for not nit-picking with respect to any erros you may find.
This announcement and post was not checked for any typos, spelling or other
errors, etc.
For the benefit of Nathan Mates and others like him, I simply want to say
don't worry, be happy and why???...because everthing is gonna be OK!
Cheers & Best Wishes,
Tom
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Charles T. Turley
115 Santa Clara St.
Brisbane, CA 94005-1736
VOICE: 415-468-1609
Email's cturley@grin.net (prefered)
owsw@aol.com (not often checked :)
WWW's; http://www.grin.net/~cturley
http://members.aol.com/owsw/
http://209.100.61.57
FTP's; ftp://members.aol.com/owsw/incoming/ (private)
ftp://209.100.61.57/incoming/ (public)