The Crynwr packet driver collection Availability The Crynwr packet driver collection is available on CD-ROM, by mail, by FTP, by email, by UUCP and by modem. The drivers are distributed in three files: pktd11.zip, which contains most executables and documentation, pktd11a.zip, which contains the first half of the remaining files, and pktd11b.zip, which contains the second half of the remaining files. Mail: Columbia University distributes packet drivers on PC diskette by postal mail. 5.25-inch 360K and 3.5" 720K diskettes are available; please specify size. Two diskette sets are available, and two prices are quoted for each; the first price is for the USA, Canada, and Mexico; the second price is for shipment to all other countries. All prices are in US dollars. Prepayment by check, MasterCard, or Visa is accepted. If your check is not drawn on a US bank, please add $35 check-cashing fee. 1. Binaries and documentation: $35 / $40 2. Source code: $60 / $68 To order by credit card, please specify MasterCard or Visa, your card number and expiration date, and sign and date your order. For further information, call +1 212 854-3703, or write to: Kermit Distribution, Dept PD Columbia University Academic Information Systems 612 West 115th Street New York, NY 10025 or send e-mail to kermit@columbia.edu (Internet) or KERMIT@CUVMA (BITNET/CREN/EARN). FTP/email: The packet driver collection has its own directory devoted to it in the SimTel collection, msdos/pktdrvr. The drivers are there, along with a number of programs that use the packet drivers. For security reasons SimTel, the Coast to Coast Software Repository (tm), is located on a host that is not accessible by anonymous ftp users, however its files are available by anonymous ftp in directories /SimTel/msdos and /SimTel/win3 from the primary mirror site OAK.Oakland.Edu (141.210.10.117) located in Rochester, Michigan, and from the secondary mirror sites: St. Louis, MO: wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4) /systems/ibmpc/simtel Corvallis, OR: ftp.orst.edu (128.193.4.2) /pub/mirrors/simtel/msdos /pub/mirrors/simtel/win3 Australia: archie.au (139.130.4.6) /micros/pc/oak England: micros.hensa.ac.uk (148.88.8.84) /mirrors/simtel England: src.doc.ic.ac.uk (146.169.2.10) /pub/packages/simtel /pub/packages/simtel-win3 Finland: ftp.funet.fi (128.214.248.6) /pub/msdos/Simtel France: ftp.ibp.fr (132.227.60.2) /pub/pc/SimTel/msdos /pub/pc/SimTel/win3 Germany: ftp.uni-paderborn.de (131.234.2.32) /SimTel/msdos /SimTel/win3 Hong Kong: ftp.cs.cuhk.hk (137.189.4.57) /pub/simtel/msdos /pub/simtel/win3 Israel: ftp.technion.ac.il (132.68.1.10) /pub/unsupported/simtel/msdos Netherlands: ftp.nic.surfnet.nl (192.87.46.3) /mirror-archive/software/simtel-msdos /mirror-archive/software/simtel-win3 Poland: ftp.cyf-kr.edu.pl (149.156.1.8) /pub/mirror/simtel/msdos /pub/mirror/simtel/win3 South Africa: ftp.sun.ac.za (146.232.212.21) /pub/simtel/msdos /pub/simtel/win3 Sweden: ftp.sunet.se (130.238.127.3) /pub/pc/mirror/SimTel/msdos /pub/pc/mirror/SimTel/win3 Switzerland: ftp.switch.ch (130.59.1.40) /mirror/simtel/msdos /mirror/simtel/win3 Taiwan: NCTUCCCA.edu.tw (140.111.1.10) /PC/simtel Thailand: ftp.nectec.or.th (192.150.251.33) /pub/mirrors/SimTel/msdos /pub/mirrors/SimTel/win3 There are other sites (more than 50, and growing) that mirror SimTel's collections. Many serve only their own country or region and do not wish to receive International traffic. At their request they are not listed above. SimTel files may obtained by e-mail from various ftp-mail servers or through the BITNET/EARN file servers. For details send e-mail to listserv@SimTel.Coast.NET with this command in the body of the message: get simtel-mailserver.info World Wide Web (WWW) users may access the collections via these URLs: http://www.acs.oakland.edu/oak/SimTel-msdos.html http://www.acs.oakland.edu/oak/SimTel-win3.html Gopher users can access the collection through Gopher.Oakland.Edu. CD-ROM copies of the entire collection are available from Coast to Coast Telecommunications, Inc., 5850 Dixie Highway Clarkston, MI 48346, U.S.A., telephone (800) 536-3373 or (810) 623-6700, or FAX (810) 623-1469. A WWW Forms Interface for ordering CD-ROMs - http://www.coast.net/SimTel/ - is also available. This CD-ROM set includes the entire collection, which is not true of CD-ROMs offered by some other vendors. For information send e-mail to cdrom@Mail.Coast.NET. To order send e-mail to order@Mail.Coast.NET. Quarterly update subscriptions are available at a substantial discount. Dealer inquiries are welcome. Purchases of this CD-ROM set from Coast to Coast will provide direct support to SimTel. Modem: If you cannot access them via FTP or e-mail, most SimTel MSDOS files, including the PC-Blue collection, are also available for downloading from Detroit Download Central (313) 885-3956. DDC has multiple lines which support 300/1200/2400/9600/14400 bps (103/212/V22bis/HST/V32bis/V42bis/MNP). This is a subscription system with an average hourly cost of 17 cents. It is also accessable on Telenet via PC Pursuit and on Tymnet via StarLink outdial. New files uploaded to SimTel are usually available on DDC within 24 hours. CD-ROM: Title: Packet Driver, WinSock & TCP/IP CD-ROM (aka Packet Driver CD) Price: US$29.95/each Brochures and order forms for the CD (paper and electronic versions) will be available from: Gopher: gopher.CDPublishing.com FTP: ftp.CDPublishing.com E-mail: FAX: 604-874-1431 Phone: 604-874-1430 800-333-7565 Postal: CD Publishing Corporation 4824 Fraser Street Vancouver, B.C. V5V 4H4 Canada UUCP: The packet driver files are available from UUNET's 1-900-GOT-SRCS, in uunet!~/systems/msdos/simtel20/pktdrvr. Contact UUNET for more details: UUNET Technologies, Inc. 3110 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 570 Falls Church, VA 22042 +1 703 204 8000 (voice) +1 703 204 8001 (fax) info@uunet.uu.net UK UUCP: Steve Kennedy's BBS is on +44 71 483 2454 (Telebit T2500 PEP/V32 ...) 2455 (USR HST/DS+) Files will be in /pub there will be an anonymous uucp (nuucp) account. 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