5 May 1994 12:50:44 GMT Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, U.S.A. Newsgroups: alt.galactic-guide Greetings from the Mothership! Here's the revised and updated PGG FTP FAQ file (the information file about the Project Galactic Guide anonymous file storage facility, affectionately known as the "PGG Mothership"). Share and Enjoy, Steve ========================================================================= INFORMATION ABOUT THE PGG MOTHERSHIP This file contains information on how to acquire Project Galactic Guide materials, including: o The alt.galactic-guide FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) info file o PGG article archive collections (the *.NEW files) o Information about the PGG T-Shirt design(s) and images o Article reader programs for IBM/DOS, Unix, X Windows, Atari, Amiga, and Acorn Archimedes computer platforms o Hitchhiker's Guide fan stuff (like those two THHG/Star Trek cross-over scripts, plus gif images and other fun stuff) How to reach and use the FTP site: ---------------------------------- >From your favorite ultrix or vax/vms system (assuming that you are on-line, etc): 1) Connect to Oakland University's Vela system: Lexical: [ ftp vela.acs.oakland.edu ] Numeric: [ ftp 141.210.10.2 ] (you only need to use one of these methods; some people can't use the lexical address, and need the numeric ID instead...) 2) If you can not connect, or do not have FTP access, then email me your email address and what you want, and I will (try to) send it to you (i.e., the uuencoded versions of program files, and/or the PGG article archive files, etc). Login to the system: Syntax: [ login anonymous ] and then enter your full email address as your password. 3) Go to the desired directory (see below for a detailed listing): Syntax: [ cd ] Once you're in the desired directory, display a file listing: Syntax: [ dir ] 4) Be sure you are in BINARY mode: a lot of folks have been sending me email complaining of corrupt .ZIP files, etc... it's because they are trying to get the binary file in ASCII mode (which is the default, unfortunately). You only need to type this once, but you MUST type this EVERY TIME you login to the FTP system. Syntax: [ binary ] In summary, ALWAYS TYPE [ binary ] BEFORE YOU [ get ... ] ANYTHING!!! 5) Get the file(s) you want: Syntax: [ get ] Note that you can always change into another directory (detailed above) and get more stuff if you want. 6) When you're satisfied, logout of Oakland's FTP system: Syntax: [ bye ] Directories on the PGG Mothership: ---------------------------------- pub/galactic-guide This is the place to look for the latest and greatest in articles and other important Project Galactic Guide stuff. Currently, the following article archive files are on-line, each containing up to 25 articles (the current quantity standard): REAL01.NEW "Real" articles (i.e., fact) REAL02.NEW REAL03.NEW REAL04.NEW SREAL01.NEW "Semi-real" articles (i.e., muddled reality) SREAL02.NEW UREAL01.NEW "Unreal" articles (i.e., fiction) UREAL02.NEW UREAL03.NEW pub/galactic-guide/information This directory contains general PGG information files, like the alt.galactic-guide Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) file, and info on formatting your own text articles for submission to PGG. pub/galactic-guide/theguide The Guide! for DOS is one of the pioneer reader systems of PGG lore. Requirements are an IBM-compatable 286/386/486/Pentium? system, and Ega/Vga color and hard drives are recommended but not required. A mouse is supported but is also not required. This sub-directory contains The Guide!-specific files, like the latest .ZIP file, the uuencoded version of the .ZIP file, icons for use with OS/2, and other support and dox files. pub/galactic-guide/Xguide The X Windows Project Galactic Guide article reader system. In this sub-directory are installation files as well as text readme information files. NOTE: This stuff is the source code which needs to be compiled on a unix system which has X, and, most importantly, the Modif widget libraries. pub/galactic-guide/tug This is the sub-directory containing The Unix Guide (TUG!), code, dox, and support information. A new alpha release of TUG! (version 2.1.1pl1) is available in the /pub/galactic-guide/tug/alpha subdirectory. pub/galactic-guide/stguide This contains another cool Project Galactic Guide system, The Atari Guide (TAG!). The files here are 'stgde101.zoo' (the binary archive file containing the programs and documentation) and 'stgde101.zoo.UU' (the ASCII uuencoded version of the file). pub/galactic-guide/amigaguide A new addition to PGG lore, this is a scripting system to use the AmigaGuide-based system with PGG articles. Both the binary .lha archives and the ASCII uuencoded versions of the .lha files can be found in here. pub/galactic-guide/amiguide This is where you will find an article-reader system for the Amiga computer systems. Both the .lha archive and the uuencoded version of the .lha file can be found here. pub/galactic-guide/archimedes If you're an Acorn Archimedes user, this directory is for you. In this directory you will find your article reader system in the ever-popular .uue format, ready for transfer. Enjoy! pub/galactic-guide/tshirt This directory contains information and illustrations for the Project Galactic Guide T-Shirt design. Many different ideas and images are stored here. Come and see what we may look like when we're "out in the field!" pub/galactic-guide/fan Here's where you will find all the general Hitchhiker's Guide fan stuff. In here is a sub-directory containing the "complete" index of almost every topic in the first four books (called INDEX.HHG), the two THHG/Star Trek cross-over scripts, gif pictures, and more! I will keep adding to this as I discover more cool files, gifs, lists, etc. (Anybody have things to add to the "library"?) Share and Enjoy! ========================================================================= -- Steve "Gravity brings me down..." Project Galactic Guide Librarian and Editor #2 swbaker@vela.acs.oakland.edu Reach for the stars yIlImQo@aol.com Venus and Mars are alright tonite