Here is the latest list of Public acces BBS's, and FTP Sites that
carry Linux files. This list was last modified 16 Oct 92.
WHAT'S NEW:
I've added field's to indicate weather or not the BBS charge's a
subscription fee to access the files. If you will be able to download
file's on your first call, and if the BBS allow's file requests.
Since this is new data I would appreciate feedback and the necessary
info to update the list.
PLEASE UPLOAD FILES TO BBS'S:
In posting this list I would like to point out that a large number
enthusiests don't have FTP access. In fact it is possible that by now
most of the Linux fan's don't. So I would like to suggest that those
of us that do, find at least one BBS to post the Linux file's to. I,
for one post every file that I get to at least one of the local BBS's,
and from there they the file's tend to find there way to other local
BBS's. I've seen post's about the future of Linux etc., well here is a
way to help guarentee it. I think it's safe to assume that most people
with FTP access also have a modem. So how about doing other Linux fan's
a favor and finding a BBS to upload the Linux files to.
FORMAT:
State YYY BBS Name Phone Number Modem Speed
Rating City Other data
RATING SYSTEM: 1 -- Only enough the most basic of files
2 -- The basic's and a little more
3 -- So, so
4 -- A respectable amount
5 -- Pretty much everything you need
ADDITIONAL INFO:
YYY -- Either a Yes/No/? answer to the question
|||
||Free access to Linux files
|Allow file requests (FidoNet)
First time D/L of Linux related files
UNITED STATES:
IN NNY Digital Underground 812-941-9427 14.4k v.32bis
5 USENET News Feed
CA Bill of Rights 818-895-0455 this is NODE 2 and is private
5 San Fernando Valley Does anyone have a NODE 1 #?
****From what I understand Bill of Right's is temp off line
CA High Powered BBS 408-737-9447
2 ? RIME ->HIGHER
CA hip-hop 408-773-0768 14.4k V.32bis/HST
5 Sunnyvale Login: guest (no password)
CA Unix-On-Line 707-795-1721
4 ?
CA The Outer Rim 805-252-6342
? Santa Clara
CA Programmer's Exchange 818-444-3507
818-579-9711
? El Monte Fidonet
DC When Gravity Fails 202-686-9086 14.4k
5 Washington
FL Slut Club 813-236-1232 14.4k
5 Tampa/St.Pete Fidonet 1:377/42
FL Lost City Atlantis 904-727-9334 14.4k
4 Jacksonville Fidonet
GA AVSync 404-320-6202
2 Atlanta
GA YYY Information Overload 404-471-1549 9600 HST
5 FidoNet 1:133/308
GA Atlanta Radio Club 404-850-0546 9600
? Atlanta
ID Rebel BBS 208-887-3937 9600
5 Boise
ID Phantasia BBS 208-939-1350 9600
1 Boise SmartNet
IL YYY EchoMania BBS 618-233-1659 14.4k HST
3 Belleville Fido 1:2250/1 (f'reg LINUX)
F'reqs from unlisted nodes, online callback verifire (works L.D.)
IL UNIX USER 708-879-8633
? ? Home of Unix User newsletter
IL PBS BBS 309-662-2042 Node 1 - 16.8k v.32/HST
2 Bloomington 309-663-7675 Node 2 - 2400
IL Third World 217-356-9512 9600 v.32
3-4
LA The OA Southern Star 504-885-5928
? New Orleans Fidonet 1:396/1
MA N?N Channel One 617-354-8873
? Boston RIME ->CHANNEL
MA VWIS Linux Support BBS 508-793-9568 2400
4 Framingham
MD N?N Programmer's Corner 301-596-1180 9600
5 Columbia RIME
MD Brodmann's Place 301-843-5732 14.4k
5 Waldorf RIME ->BRODMANN
MD Main Frame 301-654-2554 9600
4 Gaithersburg RIME ->MAINFRAM
MD 1 Zero Cybernet BBS 301-589-4064
2
NC MAC's Place 919-891-1111 DS modem
5 Dunn RIME ->MAC
NE Flite Line 402-421-2434
2 Lincoln RIME ->FLITE DS modem
NE Legend 402-438-2433
2 Lincoln DS modem
NJ Mycroft QNX 201-858-3429 14.4k
4 ?
NY YYY Prism BBS,Middleton 914-344-0350 9600 HST/v.32
5 Middletown, NY Fidonet 1:272/38
NY YYY The Laboratory 212-927-4980 16.8k HST, 14.4k v.32bis
3-4 FidoNet 1:278/707
OR YYY Intermittent Connection 503-344-9838 14.4k HST v.32bis
5 Eugene, Ore 1:152/35
f'req LINUX for a list - CBV not needed to d/l linux files
PA Centre Programmers Unit 814-353-0566
3 Bellefonte, PA
PA NYY Allentown Technical 215-432-5699 2400
3 Allentown WWIVNet 2578
TX YYY Advanced BBS 512-578-2720 9600
5 Victoria, TX Fidonet 1:3802/215
TX North Shore BBS 713-251-9757
2 Houston
TX The Annex 512-575-1188 9600 HST
? Fidonet 1:3802/217
512-575-0667 2400
Fidonet 1:3802/216
Files available by f'req or by sign-on with a 60-minute per-day limit
TX Walt Fairs 713-947-9866
2 Houston FidoNet 1:106/18
TX YYY CyberVille 817-249-6261 9600
3 FidoNet 1:130/78
VA VTBBS 703-231-7498
5 Blacksburg
VA MBT 703-953-0640
? Blacksburg
VA NOVA 703-323-3321 9600
4 Annandale Fidonet 1:109/305
VA Rem-Jem 703-503-9410 9600
2 Fairfax
VA Enlightend 703-370-9528 14.4k
3 Alexandria Fidonet 1:109/615
VA My UnKnown BBS 703-780-6890 14.4k V.32bis
4
WA YYY S'Qually Holler 206-235-0270 9600
5 Renton Fidonet 1:343/34
WA YYY Top Hat BBS 206-244-9661 14.4k
2 Fidonet 1:343/40
Commercial Services that carry some of Linux:
-- NNN Compuserve CIS ??????????? 9600
1 UnixForum 800-848-8199 voice number
-- NNN GENie ??????????? 2400
2 800-638-9636 voice number
-- NNN BIX ???????????
1 800-227-2983 voice number
-- NNN Delphi ???????????
? In PC SIG
OUTSIDE US:
AUSTRALIA:
NSW YYN Linux-Support-Oz +61-2-418-8750 2400
2-3 Sydney Intlnet, SBCNet
? 500cc Formula 1 BBS +61-2-550-4317 V.32
? (2-3)
CANADA:
ON EX-10 Kitchner 519-725-4400
?
ON Ned's Ottawa 613-739-1591
2
ON Bytown 613-236-1232
2 SmartNet
PQ Synapse 819-246-2344 819-561-5268
5 Gatineau RIME->SYNAPSE
GERMANY:
bakunin.north.de 00 49 421 870532 9600
? D 2800 Bremen kraehe@bakunin.north.de
?????????????? +49-40-735-5349 14.4k
1
Hipposoft's Mail Server +49-241-875090 14.4k V.32bis/HST
3 D-W5100 Aachen Fidonet 2:242/6
IRELAND:
? TOPPSI +353-1-711047 or 773547 9600
Fidonet 2:263/151
NORWAY:
? Thunderball Cave 472567018
RIME ->CAVE ?
NETHERLANDS:
? DownTown BBS Lelystad, Linux Support BBS 14.4k
+31-3200-48852 FIDONET
SOUTH AFRICA:
Andre Skarzynski - Linux Activists of Southern Africa
? +27 2231 78148 (Is this voice or data?)
UNITED KINGDOM:
NYN The Purple Tentacle +44-734-590990 HST/V32bis
3-4 Reading Fidonet 2:252/305
A6 BBS +44-582-460273 14.4k
Herts Fidonet 2:440/111
Commercial Service's Outside the US:
UNITED KINGDOM:
NNN Compulink Info eXchange 081-390-1255 v.32bis
1-?
MAJOR FTP SITES FOR LINUX:
textual name numeric addr Linux directory
===================================== ============== ===============
tsx-11.mit.edu 18.172.1.2 /pub/linux
nic.funet.fi 128.214.6.100 /pub/OS/Linux
ftp.mcc.ac.uk 130.88.200.7 /pub/linux
kirk.bu.oz.au 131.244.1.1 /pub/OS/Linux
utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp 133.11.11.11 /misc/linux
ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de 131.159.0.110 /pub/Linux
fgb1.fgb.mw.tu-muenchen.de 129.187.200.1 /pub/linux
ftp.dfv.rwth-aachen.de 137.226.4.105 /pub/linux
Tupac-Amaru.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE 137.226.112.31 /pub/Linux
sunsite.unc.edu 152.2.22.81 /pub/Linux
Are you new to Linux or do you want to get a good Idea of what a
Linux system look's like? Then try this system it's running the
latest version. Here is what the SysOp has to say about it:
/*
System name: hip-hop
Software: Linux v0.97pl2 + TCP/IP 0.8.0
Hardware: 486/33, 16M RAM, 300+ MB HD space, US Robotics Dual
Standard (V.32bis and HST, 14.4Kbps). DTE rate is
38.4Kbps.
Misc info: I'm carrying almost all sources and around half of the
binaries (many of those on the FTP sites are obsolete). I am
personally doing ports of some TCP/IP stuff and X clients, all of
which are in publicly readable directories. The linux stuff is up
to date within a couple of days, and it's open for business (no
fees though) 24 hrs. I'll be giving out individual accounts as
requested and as disk space holds out.
X/Y/Zmodem and Kermit are installed and working. Most of the
popular archivers are also installed and available (zoo, lha,
zip, compress, etc.).
Focus: TCP/IP, SLIP, networking, X games.
Phone# 408-773-0768
Login: guest (no password).
*/
If you have any additions/corrections to this list please send
them to one of the following:
Internet -- healyzh@holonet.net
CompuServe -- 70332,14
Prodigy -- SCNN49A
Fido NetMail -- Zane Healy at 1:109/615
RIME UNIX Conf. -- Zane Healy
/************* NEEDED INFO FOR BBS ENTRIES: ******************/
BBS Name:
Phone Number:
Modem Speed:
City and State/Country:
Whatever Network it's on (i.e. FidoNet, RIME, etc.):
First Time access to D/L Linux Files (Y/N):
Free Access to Linux Files (Y/N):
Allow File Requests (Y/N):
BBS Rating (1-5):
I would apprieciate it if when you send me info on a BBS that you
send me all the info that you see in the entries, thanks.
It is my understanding that if you have access to a BBS on
FidoNet that if you can talk the SysOp into it he can get the
Linux Files via Fidonet Linux SDN. Contact Greg Naber at S'Qually
Holler BBS (or Fido netmail to Greg Naber at 1:343/200).
Note:
If you have a mailer, you can Freq LINUX from 1:343/34 or
1:152/35 and get a list of the Linux files available at those
sites. Also F'Req LINUX.FRQ from 1:377/42, aka 813-689-1150.
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Zane H. Healy | As soon as a Program is released
healyzh@holonet.net | it is obsolete.
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