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4.1) What is the University of Michigan Archive?

The University of Michigan (UMich) Software Archives hold a huge number of
files for many computing platforms, including the Atari 8-bit computers.  For
more information:

Bill Kendrick, mailto:kendrick@zippy.sonoma.edu (8-bit Atari files)
Mickey Boyd, mailto:boydm@atari.archive.umich.edu (the entire Atari Archive)
Michael Dautermann, mailto:myke@umich.edu (the entire UMich Software Archives)

Downloading
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There are numerous methods available for downloading files from the UMich
Archive.  The Archivists request you use these mechanisms in this order of
preference:

1) The number one way to get into the UMich archives is via AFS. If you have
AFS, all our files are kept in the directory
"/afs/umich.edu/group/itd/archive". If you have AFS, PLEASE USE IT!
Specifically, use:

file:///afs/umich.edu/group/itd/archive/atari/8bit/

2) Gophering to gopher.archive.umich.edu and looking under the "Software
Archives" choice.  Specifically, use:

gopher://gopher.archive.umich.edu:7055/11/atari/8bit/

There are also mirror Gopher servers:
gopher://wuarchive.wustl.edu:70/11/systems/atari/umich.edu/8bit/
gopher://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk:70/1/0-Most-Packages/atari/umich/8bit/

3) The WWW interface is fine, at this point.  http://www.umich.edu/~archive/
Specifically, use:

http://www.umich.edu/~archive/atari/8bit/

Mirror web sites:
http://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/computing/systems/atari/umich/8bit/
http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/atari/umich.edu/8bit/

4) FTPing to atari.archive.umich.edu and looking in the "8bit" subdirectory.
Specifically, use:

ftp://atari.archive.umich.edu/atari/8bit/

The atari.archive.umich.edu FTP site is chronically overloaded, but there are
several mirror sites which are all updated from the home site regularly:
ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/atari/umich.edu/8bit/
ftp://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/computing/systems/atari/umich/8bit/
ftp://info2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/afs/umich.edu/group/itd/archive/atari/8bit/
ftp://barnone.citi.umich.edu/atari/8bit/
ftp://ftp.kendall.mdcc.edu/pub/atari/umich.edu/8bit/
ftp://ftp.toad.net/pub/umich/8bit/

Brief FTP tips:
 - user name is "anonymous"; password is your e-mail address
 - Remember to set file type to BINARY when downloading non-text files
   (.arc, .com, .dcm, etc.) by FTP.

5) E-Mail <-> FTP gateways.  See the section of this FAQ list entitled "How can
I retrieve files from FTP sites by e-mail?"

Uploading
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General uploading tips:
 - No uploads may be made to the Archive's mirror sites.
 - Please also upload a short text file describing what your upload is.  You
   might also suggest what permanent 8bit subdirectory you'd like your file to
   end up in.
 - Note that the 8bit/New directory is "write-only."

1) upload via AFS:
Just copy files into file:///afs/umich.edu/group/itd/archive/atari/8bit/New/

2) upload via FTP:
FTP to atari.archive.umich.edu, cd into "8bit/New", and upload your files.

Brief FTP tips:
 - user name is "anonymous"; password is your e-mail address
 - Remember to set file type to BINARY when downloading non-text files
   (.arc, .com, .dcm, etc.) by FTP.

3) upload via E-Mail:
Simply uuencode the file and mail it to mailto:kendrick@zippy.sonoma.edu
(Bill Kendrick).