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Re: Grind Access Problems
Salvatore Buttice (qsilver@moose.erie.net) wrote:
: Nathan Mates (nathan@cco.caltech.edu) wrote:
: : In article <bazyarDA0xrI.FsH@netcom.com>,
: : Jawaid Bazyar <bazyar@netcom.com> wrote:
: : >It is getting more and more difficult to access the grind archive.
: : >Ten users is far too low a limit for an archive that encompasses not
: : >just Apple II but Mac, PC, Amiga, and various mirrors,
: : Apparently you can telnet to it. A much higher limit on doing that,
: : but I've never really used the telnet stuff to do anything more than
: : check on what files are where.
: I've used it several times now. It seems to work reasonably well, except
: that you have to deal with a lot of prompts to move around in the system.
: When you first log in, you have to tell it F at the download protocol,
: and you will get FTP. At that point, you can put decide what you want.
: When you go to download it, it will ask for your login and password to
: make a temporary connection. Blows it over, and then erases your login
: info.
: You can also of course download directly from the system, I'm assuming
: using Zmodem, but I have no clue what kind of times you're looking at.
: I've been using it to get some stuff for my Linux box, so FTP works fine.
: : Nathan Mates
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Yep , I use telnet as well.(since I haven't got access to ftp at the
moment). If you get into it, just type ? to get commands.
Joe