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SIMTEL 2GB FTP site seeks new home
OK, we're the first to jump on the throats of anyone closing down a
site, so here's our chance to rescue one. Maybe someone can refer this
person to the right place or do the legwork in hooking up a connection.
(wuarchive comes to mind) On the other hand, if it is poorly organized
or replicated elsewhere or whatever, maybe it should just die with a whimper.
(I would be very interested in finding out why the archive is being shut down.)
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Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1993 02:44:12 -0500
From: [email protected] (David Farber)
Subject: WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL is passing away
The massive archive site WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL at White Sands Missile
Range, New Mexico, USA, which is home to more than 2 gigabytes of files
for many computer systems, including MSDOS, Unix, VMS and some mainframes,
will be shut down by its operators as of September 20, 1993. Unless a new
home is found for the archives, this major archive site will vanish.
This is a major archive and if it is possible to save it, then it should
not be allowed to just disappear. If anyone knows of a site that can house
the master archives, please send a message to
Keith Petersen <[email protected]>
Mr. Petersen is trying to find a new home for the master archives. Note
that many of the older files are on CD-ROM, so it is not absolutely
necessary that a site dedicate two GB of disk space, as perhaps 3/4 of
this is on CDs, so the option would be to loan perhaps 4 CD slots in
an optical jukebox, along with perhaps 500 meg of disk space.
Please pass this message to any list that might find it of interest.
Thank you.
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Paul Robinson -- [email protected]
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