Date   : Mon, 18 Jan 1988 16:48:50 GMT
From   : fluke!doctor@beaver.cs.washington.edu (Doug Klopfenstein)
Subject: Downloading PD CP/M programs

Does anyone out there have a list of current bulletin boards that allow you
to download public domain CP/M programs? The SIMTEL archives are not
available at this site. I also tried to send mail to LISTSERV@CICGE.RPI.EDU,
but never received any response (I assume my mailer's From: line has an
unacceptable format). Next I tried a few bulletin boards on my CP/M computer
at home. The list of CP/M bulletin boards that I have is about 2 years old,
and the numbers I called this weekend (about 10 different places around the
country) are no longer in service.

                          Attn. Keith Peterson

        I called your Royal Oak board this weekend; unfortunately the
        telephone lines between here (Seattle) and there are so bad the
        modem couldn't handle the garbage on the lines. This is the fourth
        time I have called your board over the last year. The telephone
        lines seem to be getting worse. Any suggestions?

Someone will probably tell me that I should just send floppy disks to some
place that has programs available on disk. Since I have a CP/M machine with
a unique format (ever seen a Datavue 353 with a 1M floppy drive -- actually
776k?), I can't get any programs on disk (or buy a copy of WordStar v4.0 -
sigh). The only way to get programs is over a modem. I also have a Northstar
Horizon, but it requires hard sectored floppy disks, so it too probably
can't be used (besides, the floppy drive on the Horizon is flakey).

So, I would appreciate it if someone could tell me where I could contact a
bulletin board that has CP/M programs to download.

Thanks, 

(doctor) Doug

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