2 Finding and Following ANU News
2.1 Getting a copy of News
If you're reading this document, you've probably got a copy of the News
distribution already, or at least you know where to get it. If not, and you
have ftp access, then you can pick up a copy of the latest release by anonymous
ftp to one of the following sites:
-
North America
-
kuhub.cc.ukans.edu -- This is the official source site for ANU News at
present, and is maintained by Bob Sloane (sloane@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu), who also
coordinates News releases. The News distribution files are located in the
directory [.ANU_Vversion], where version reflects the version of News
available in that directory. For example, v6.1beta10 is located in
[.ANU_V61b10]. UnZIP.Exe is located in this directory as well.
-
genetics.upenn.edu -- This site mirrors the regular release, and also
contains binaries compiled with Wollongong or UCX TCP support (the binaries in
the official release are compiled with Multinet TCP support), object files
compiled with CMU-IP support, and a few extras. These files are all found in
the directory [.ANU_News.Distribution]; UnZIP.Exe, along with the source code
for ZIP and UnZIP, can be found in [.Util.VMS.Archive]. This site also houses
the News patch archive (see below), in the directory [.ANU_News.Patches]. The
contact person for questions regarding this site is Charles Bailey
(bailey@genetics.upenn.edu).
-
MRCserv -- The mail server at Mount Royal College in Canada maintains a copy
of the News distribution for public access via email. Since the News
distribution is fairly large, you should try to use ftp in favor of this mail
server if at all possible. For detailed information about retrieving the files,
send a mail message to mrcserv@mtroyal.ab.ca with the word HELP as the body of
the message. The contact for other questions is postmaster@mtroyal.ab.ca.
-
Europe
-
ftp.arnes.si -- The News distribution is located in the directory
/software/VMS/anu-news, as is a copy of UnZIP.Exe. This site is maintained by
the Academic and Research Network of Slovenia. Questions or problem reports
may be directed to Mark Martinec (Mark.Martinec@ijs.si) or Benjamin Zwittnig
(Benjamin.Zwittnig@arnes.si).
News is also periodically included on various DECUS tapes, so you may already
have a copy sitting around unbeknownst to you.
The official News distribution consists of three files:
-
News_version_Src.Zip -- Source code for all News images and the
help library, as well as a few handy DCL procedures and some source patches
used at a lot of sites. These files can be compiled without modification on a
VAX system using DEC's VAXC or DECC or GNU's gcc, or on an AXP system using
DECC.
-
News_version_Dist.Zip -- VAX binaries built from the files in the Src
ZIP file (with Multinet TCP support), as well as templates for most
configuration files, and sample DCL procedures for many common tasks.
-
News_version_Doc.Zip -- Documentation for News in various formats,
notes on News development, and handy RFCs.
As of 23-Jan-1995, the current release of News is 6.1beta10, and the string
version for this release is "V61-Beta10" (e.g. News_V61-Beta10_Src.Zip).
These files were packed with ZIP for VMS, and should be retrieved in binary
mode. ZIP is a file archiving and compression tool which packages groups of
files into archives somewhat like VMS Backup, though without as much error
correction, and with better compression. The News distribution is packaged
using a version of ZIP for VMS which preserves the RMS attributes of each
file. In order to properly unpack these ZIP files, you should use UnZIP for
VMS, version 5.0 or later. ZIP and UnZIP are free, and are available at many
VMS ftp sites. In particular, you can get UnZIP.Exe from all of the ftp sites
which carry the News distribution; it will either be in the same directory as
the News ZIP files, or its location will be noted in a ReadMe file in that
directory.
previous: 2 Finding and Following ANU News
next: 2.2 Unpacking the News distribution
Table of Contents