Date   : Fri, 09 Mar 1984 13:12:00 MST (Fri)
From   : "Frank J. Wancho" <WANCHO@simtel20>
Subject: 24-hr Access to SIMTEL20

The SIMTEL20 has now been up for over 50 continuous hours after the
infamous shunt-trip circuit breaker was installed and acid-tested
(twice) earlier in the week, and the Air Conditioner load balanced so
that it doesn't shutdown.  We expect to remain up continuously except
for scheduled PM every other Wednesday morning.

The SIMTEL20 holds the online repository for the entire SIG/M and
CPMUG volumes of public domain disks.  We also actively maintain a
separate collection of current CP/M public domain software originally
started on MIT-MC.  There is also a fledgling collection of UNIX/C
public domain software from Rick Conn, with the DARCOM ToolChest to be
added momentarily.  We also expect to be uploading the current set of
42 PC-BLUE volumes next week, and the latest releases from SIG/M as
they become available.

The major directories of interest are:

MICRO:<CPM.*>            The constantly updated CP/M collection from MC
                       See MICRO:<CPM>CPM.DIRLST for a short list of
                       the subdirectory name to substitute for the *.

MICRO:<SIGM.VOLnnn>      The SIG/M collection, where nnn = 000 to 145.
                       We are expecting 146 to 165 RSN.

MICRO:<CPMUG.VOLnnn>     The CPMUG collection, where nnn = 001 to 054,
                       and 078 to 090 (055 to 077 are duplicates of
                       various SIG/M volumes).

MICRO:<UNIX.*>           UNIX/C utilities from Rick Conn, including UC
                       and MENU to name two.

MICRO:<UNIX.TOOLCHEST.*>The DARCOM ToolChest (available later today).

MICRO:<PC-BLUE.VOLnnn>   The SIG/M and NYACC PC-BLUE collection, where
                       nnn = 001 to 042 (available later next week).

Each major directory also contains a file of the form,
MICRO:<dir>dir.CRCLST, which lists the contents of each of the
subdirectories in alphanumeric order along with the size, filetype,
and CRC value.

Filetype may be either ASCII or COM.  If COM, then it is an ITS Binary
file.  ALL of the files in MICRO:<SIGM.VOLnnn>, MICRO:<CPMUG.VOLnnn>,
and (soon) MICRO:<PC-BLUE.VOLnnn>, and the obviously binary files in
MICRO:<CPM.*> are stored in ITS Binary format to preserve published or
documented CRC values.

--Frank