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- PUBLIC DOMAIN SOFTWARE ACCESSIBLE FROM JANET
-
- Last updated K.M.Crennell 19 Nov 93
-
- This file lists sources of information and software available via file
- transfer on the Joint Academic network, JANET, from the following:
-
- CPC, INFO-ADMIN, MAILBASE, HENSA/unix, NISS, HENSA/micros, PIXEL
-
- Please send details of any others you come across to KMC@UK.AC.RL.ISISE
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- THE CPC PROGRAM LIBRARY INFORMATION SERVICE
-
- This service provides information about almost 1200 programs in physics and
- physical chemistry which are held in the CPC Program Library and described in
- the journal Computer Physics Communications (CPC). There is both a subject
- and an author index. Detailed instructions for accessing the index can be
- obtained by sending a mail message to
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- LISTRAL@UK.AC.RL.IB ( or the JANET-EARN gateway UK.AC.EARN-RELAY)
-
- containing the single line
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- GET CPC INTRO CPCINDEX
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- Other useful lines are:
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- GET CPC NEWS CPCINDEX
- ( which sends latest news and list of programs in the latest volume
- of the journal)
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- GET INFO ORDER CPCINDEX
- gives information on how to order program copies from the CPC Program
- Library.
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- GET CPC INSTR CPCINDEX
- gives concise instructions to authors for submitting a program to CPC
- Program Library and its description to Computer Physics Communications.
-
- The CPC Program Library would be grateful to receive constructive comments
- from users of the information service. Please send them to:
- CPC@UK.AC.QUB.AMV1 JANET network
- CPC@AMV1.QUB.AC.UK or
- CPC%UK.AC.QUB.AMV1@UKACRL.BITNET EARN/BITNET network
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- INFO-ADMIN Newcastle (Archimedes only )
-
- Subject: Re: Request: sources; Topic: archimedes index
- Sender: info-admin@uk.ac.newcastle
-
- Please DO NOT reply to this message unless you wish to reach the
- administrator of the newcastle info-server <info-admin>.
- Info-server requests sent to this address are thrown away.
-
- INDEX OF ARCHIMEDES SOFTWARE HELD ON THE NEWCASTLE INFO SERVER
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-
- To retrieve a file a file from the archive, send a message to
- info-server@newcastle.ac.uk with the following content:
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- line-limit 1000
- request: sources
- topic: archimedes filename
- request: end
-
- where filename is replaced by the name of the file, as shown below.
- A filename of 'index' will send you the latest version of this message.
-
- All file sizes have been rounded down to the nearest K.
-
- OTHER ARCHIVES: (information from Newcastle)
-
- There is an archive at the University of Stuttgart Supercomputing Centre
- (rusmv1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de, address 129.69.1.12) with some interesting
- stuff. The directory is soft/acorn.
-
- The nethack posting is available for anon ftp from the tolsun archive
- (internet address 128.214.5.6), directories pub/acorn and incoming/acorn.
-
- A version of TeX for the Archimedes is available, also for anon ftp, from
- phoibos.cs.kun.nl, address 131.174.81.1. The directory is pub/ArMaTuReS, and
- there are 17 sparked files called TeX0.arm .... TeXg.arm. The '0' file
- contain's readme's, '8' and '9' contain sources, 'a' ... 'g' contain fonts.
-
- There is also an archive site in Australia which is only accessible from
- within Australia. Contact person is nomad@deakin.oz.au.
-
- An archive of comp.sys.acorn is available for anonymous ftp from
- ftp.win.tue.nl (currently 131.155.70.100, but this could change) in the
- directory /pub/comp/sys/acorn. The archive contains (almost) all articles
- which have ever appeared in comp.sys.acorn on the host
- svin02.info.win.tue.nl. Note that this contains discussion, not necessarily
- software.
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- Joint Network Team's "Networked Information Services Project" (NISP)
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- The Mailbase Service supports over 50 discussion lists for 10 UK groups
- which include CHEST, IUIC and the Libraries group. Documentation on how
- to use the service is available from
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- mailbase@uk.ac.newcastle
-
- Send e-mail to this address contining the single line
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- send mailbase overview
-
- This will return you information on how to use the system and find out what
- lists are available. I belong to CHEST-UNIRAS and CHEST-EMUTEK and find
- them very useful, my unseen friends can often help with advice on my problems
- which are rarely documented in the manuals.
-
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- Higher Education National Software Archive (HENSA)- unix
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- Formerly Numerical Software Distribution Service (Netlib)
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- A list of the available libraries will be mailed to you if you send a
- message to archive@unix.hensa.ac.uk containing the single line
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- send info/hensa.unix.general
-
- Further details can be found in the journal CACM Vol30, 1987 p403-407
- There is a lot of Fortran source code here, including the database of
- polyhedra used by !WimpPoly, and information about the Computers in
- teaching Initiative (CTI).
-
- The organisers welcome suggestions for further software to mount. Mail your
- suggestions to archive-admin@unix.hensa.ac.uk
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- National Information on Software and Services (NISS)
-
- This offers two major online services, NISSBB, the NISS Bulletin Board,
- and NISSPAC, the NISS Public Access Collections. Users on JANET can connect
- to this service by typing CALL NISS
- which should connect you to the service, and give you help to get started.
-
- If this command does not work, try calling the numeric address 000062200000
-
- Experienced users can call NISSBB@Uk.ac.NISS.BB (000062200001) or
- NISSPAC@UK.AC.NISS.PAC (000050300009
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- Higher Education National Software Archive (HENSA)- micros
-
- Formerly PDSoft at Lancaster
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- Has software for most of the popular microcomputers, and regular
- newsletters sent out via e-mail.
-
- The newsletters contain abstracts of the latest packages to have been put
- on the archive for this section and any user queries or articles of
- interest.
-
- The newsletter is sent out via e-mail approximately every two weeks although
- this may vary depending on the amount of material being made available for
- the section. If you wish to receive a copy of the newsletter then you should
- send a message to :-
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- archive-server@uk.ac.hensa.micros
-
- Containing the following text :-
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- subscribe arch-riscos A.N.Other
- (where A.N.Other is your name)
-
- If you have any problems or have items for inclusion in the newsletter then
- you should mail them to :-
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- hensa@uk.ac.hensa.micros
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- The PIXEL
-
- "The Pixel" is a weekly electronic digest of articles intended to promote
- discussion, help, and the dissemination and sharing of information between
- people working in the areas of image processing, analysis and synthesis.
-
- Associated with the digest is an image processing archive, which contains
- only freely-distributed material. The current contents include source code,
- references and support material, back issues of digests and newsletters.
- There are a few images, more will be added as space permits.
-
- For information, contact the moderator,
-
- Dr Adrian F Clark, Dept ESE, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park,
- Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ
- telephone (+44) 206-872432 (direct line) Fax (+44) 206-872900
- e-mail addresses:
- pixel-request@uk.ac.essex (JANET)
- pixel-request%uk.ac.essex@nfsnet-relay.ac.uk (INTERNET)
- pixel-request%uk.ac.essex@ac.uk (BITNET)
-