| Title: | AMIGA NOTES |
| Notice: | Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2 |
| Moderator: | HYDRA::MOORE |
| Created: | Sat Apr 26 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Feb 05 1992 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5378 |
| Total number of notes: | 38326 |
Ok chaps...
I know you've probably heard this from every green /
wet-behind-the-ears / novice / etc new user of this notes conference
but....
What is ARC? and What is USENET?
Everybody seems to be most knowledgeable about the ins & outs of
using the aforementioned, but nobody has actually stated what they
actually are.
Yes, I know I sound ignorant but that's probably because I am at
present. :-)
Having heard numerous references to the pools of software available
on the net, I'm anxious to work out how to get hold of some of it.
Please, please, please will someone produce an idiots guide or
something?
Yours, wallowing in this conference,
Steve Peake
:-)
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| 1620.1 | Folklore and byways lesson # 1 | NAC::PLOUFF | Beautiful downtown Littleton | Tue Aug 23 1988 17:29 | 32 |
ARC: a file compression program for the IBM PC which has been ported
to the Amiga (and probably several other machines). ARC compresses
individual files 20-50% or more and packages files so that a group
of related files can be sent or archived as one "filename.arc" file.
Look at
MVCAD3::USER0:[AMIGA.ARC] for Amiga executable and document
MVCAD3::USER0:[AMIGA.TOOLS] for VAX executable
Note that you may have to change file formats on VMS using the CVTARC
utility, also in the tools directory.
USENET: A big, worldwide news network with about 250 conferences,
four of which are Amiga-specific. Highly variable information content,
assumed level of expertise, and arcaneness of subject. The conference
"comp.sys.amiga" averages 50 kbytes of postings per day. Highly
UNIX-oriented, with a dense in-jargon. Postings have gallons of
speculation and ounces of fact. Public domain software in the two
software groups good quality but small volume.
To receive Usenet newsgroups inside Digital, you must subscribe to the
forwarding service offered on ROLL::. Starting points:
ROLL::ENETDIS.DOC (that's right, no drive or directory)
the Notes conference ROLL::USENET
Downloading software from the Easynet/Usenet: Best place to start
is to have someone in your office with any home computer, not
necessarily an Amiga, show you how. Best ways to learn the jargon
and the quirks of PD software for Amiga are to sit down with a more
experienced person or go to a users' group meeting.
Wes Plouff
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| 1620.2 | Thank You | SUBURB::PEAKES | Who is this guy anyway? | Wed Aug 24 1988 04:08 | 8 |
Thanks, with such a concise reply I know what I'm up against now.
(Can't wait to get downloading!)
Many many thanks for taking the time to reply to such a beginners
query.
Steve Peake
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| 1620.3 | have I got a deal for you... | LEDS::ACCIARDI | Heisenberg may have slept here | Wed Aug 24 1988 09:02 | 11 |
Send me some e-mail and I'll arrange to get you a disk with some
needed starter utilities on it. It includes ARC, a few terminal
programs, some mini-shells that make the Amiga CLI much less kludgy
and a few other goodies.
Ed Acciardi
DTN 291-7254
LEDS3::ACCIARDI
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| 1620.4 | What can I say? | SUBURB::PEAKES | Who is this guy anyway? | Wed Aug 24 1988 10:21 | 7 |
Now there's an offer I can't refuse.....
Thanks...E-mail on it's way.
Steve Peake
DTN 830-4797
SUBURB::PEAKES
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