TML Archives How-To

I haven't mailed this out for a long time, and it's changed quite a bit.
In it I outline how to use the TML Archive sites to get archives and
packages of interesting things like Errata, Traveller Game Aid Software,
Official Sector Data, and Starship Designs.  The TML archives here at
TML central have expanded to contain most things available from the
sunbane server.

James
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Traveller Mailing List Administrator	     James T Perkins @ Tektronix, Inc
[email removed]                      	     Beaverton, Oregon, USA
[email removed]                              "Load Auto/Evade, Beowulf!"

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		Traveller Mailing List Message Archives
			 Retrieval Instructions

			   Updated 19 Apr 1991

This handy quick-reference table indicates at a glance what is contained
at the various TML archive sites:

				------- What's there -------
	Site		Method	Buns	Pkgs	Soft	Shps
	--------------	------	----	----	----	----
	sunbane		ftp	all	all	some*	some
	metolius	email	all*	all*	none	none
	metolius	disk	all	all	none	none
	ocf		ftp	none	none	none	all*
	naucse		ftp	none	none	some	none

There are several different sites archiving Traveller Mailing
List-related materials.  The primary archive sites are called 'sunbane'
and 'metolius', and there are special-interest archive sites at 'ocf'
and 'naucse'.

There are different ways to request archive information, depending on
the site you get the archives from.  'ftp' indicates anonyomous ftp
online file transfer.  'email' indicates reponse and data via email.
'disk' indicates 3.5" DSDD MSDOS floppies delivered by the postal
service.

Also depending on the site, there are different materials available.
'Buns' indicates the TML message traffic, about 9 megabytes in size.
'Pkgs' indicates "Packages" of collected information: errata, software,
official sector data, and starship designs.  'Soft' indicates additional
gaming aid software, beyond that available in the Packages.  'Shps'
indicates starship designs, beyond that available in the Packages.  The
asterisks '*' indicate which site is likely to be most up-to-date for a
particular type of material.

SUNBANE ARCHIVE SITE

All the TML traffic (Bundles) and Packages, and some additional software
and postscript deck plans, are available via ftp from sunbane:

	Host name:		sunbane.engrg.uwo.edu
	IP Address:		129.100.100.12
	Directory:		pub/traveller
	Site administrator:	[email removed] (Dan Corrin)

A sample session follows (lines that a user would type on are marked
with a "*", and commentary begins with a "#"):

    *	shell> ftp 129.100.100.12		#begin the ftp session
	Connected to 129.100.100.12.
	220 sunbane FTP server (SunOS 4.0) ready.
    *	Name (129.100.100.12:dan):anonymous   #prompts for your id, but type
					    #anonymous for archives
	331 Guest login ok, send ident as password.
    *	Password: 		#type [email removed] here -
    				#echoing is disabled
	230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
    *	ftp> binary		#set transfer type to binary
	200 Type set to I.
    *	ftp> cd pub/traveller	#chdir to the Traveller area
	250 CWD command successful.
    *	ftp> get bun01.Z	#file name assumed to be same on your host
	150 Binary data connection for bun01.Z (129.100.100.51,2328)
	    (20480 bytes).
	226 Binary Transfer complete.
	local: bun01.Z remote: bun01.Z
	20480 bytes received in .34 seconds (59 Kbytes/s)
				#repeat get command as desired
    *	ftp> bye		#terminate the ftp session
	221 Goodbye.
    *	shell> uncompress bun01.Z	#uncompress the bundle

The files README and TOC provide a brief/detailed summary of the
contents of the archive.

The site is managed solely by the FTP Site Coordinator: [email removed]
(Dan Corrin).  The University of Western Ontario is not responsible for
the materials and opinions stored in the archives.

METOLIUS ARCHIVE SITE

All the TML traffic (Bundles) and Packages are available via email or
MSDOS diskette from the Traveller Mailing List Administrator,
[email removed].  I do this as time becomes
available, every other week or so, so sunbane is usually the fastest way
of getting information, not metolius.  Sunbane is also better connected
for sending lots of megabytes out across the networks.  If you still
want or need to use the metolius archive service, I will gladly send you
a detailed Bundle Table-of-Contents so you can pick and choose which
Bundles look interesting.

For more information on receiving TML Bundles and Packages on 3.5"
Double-Sided, Double-Density MSDOS-format diskettes, please write the
TML Administrator via email at [email removed].

OCF ARCHIVE SITE

The ocf archive site maintains the consummate set of MegaTraveller
Vehicle Designs.  There are literally hundreds of them available at all
tech levels, sizes, and prices, from Starships to tricycles.  The
mechanism for accessing the data via ftp is similar to the sunbane
archive, and the specific details are:

	Host name:		ocf.berkeley.edu
	IP Address:		128.32.184.254
	Directory:		pub/Traveller
	Site administrator:	[email removed] (George Herbert)

NAUCSE ARCHIVE SITE

The naucse archive site contains some private software development
related to MegaTraveller character generation.  The files there are 386
PC MSDOS exeuctables (.exe's).

	Host name:		wew.ucc.nau.edu
	IP Address:		134.114.32.3
	Directory:		fixes,misc,gm
	Site administrator:	[email removed] (Bill Wilson)

PACKAGES TABLE-OF-CONTENTS

Packages are an assortment of MegaTraveller Errata, DGP Official Sector
Data, Referee Game Aid Software, and some Starship Designs.  These
Packages are available from the sunbane or the metolius archive sites.

MegaTraveller Packages:

	Official Errata from Digest Group Publications as posted on GEnie.

	MT1: MegaTraveller Errata, part 1/2
	    Msgs 163,181 (48837 bytes)
	MT2: MegaTraveller Errata, part 2/2
	    Msgs 180,182 (34247 bytes)

Software Packages:

	SW1: Gensec, mapsub and subsec.csh
	    Msgs 58-59,69-72 (21784 bytes)
	SW2: Expanded System Generator
	    Msg 106 (52597 bytes)
	SW3: NPC and Travel Times
	    Msgs 238,250 (9297 bytes)
	SW4: MegaTraveller-compatible gensec, mapsub
	    Msg 318 (45216 bytes)
	SW5: Weather Generation
	    Msg 469 (39585 bytes)
	SW6: Cosmos Starship Generation
	    Msg 777 (32170 bytes)
	SW7: Expand UWPs, Weapon Availability
	    Msg 1112 (31494 bytes)
	SW8: Misc
	    Msg 384,719,780,823,899 (35358 bytes)
	SW9: (9 parts) Sysgen4 Sector/System/World Generation Suite
	    A comprehensive suite (445031 bytes)
	SW10: (2 parts) X11R4 Subsector Viewer
	    View & Print Subsectors on your X11 workstation (70602 bytes)
	SW11: Trade and Commerce Generator
	    Generate & Print available cargo/freight lots (27388 bytes)
	SW12: Random Name Generator
	    Generate & Print pages of random names (27388 bytes)

Offical Imperium Sector Data from DGP on Genie:

	SD1: Corridor, Reft, Riftspan Reaches, Verge (53827 bytes)
	SD2: Empty Quarter, Trojan Reaches (45128 bytes)
	SD3: Delphi, Glimmerdrift Reaches (48816 bytes)
	SD4: Deneb, Ley (53800 bytes)
	SD5: Solomani Rim (28457 bytes)
	SD6: Old Expanses (30366 bytes)
	SD7: Hinterworlds (30967 bytes)
	SD8: Spinward Marches (30987 bytes)
	SD9: Daibei (31927 bytes)
	SD10: Spica (31924 bytes)
	SD11: Diaspora (32155 bytes)
	SD12: Alpha Crucis (34422 bytes)
	SD13: Vland (35000 bytes)
	SD14: Fornast (36298 bytes)
	SD15: Massilia (36477 bytes)
	SD16: Gushemege (37423 bytes)
	SD17: Core (38139 bytes)
	SD18: Antares (38626 bytes)
	SD19: Dagudashaag (39127 bytes)
	SD20: Lishun (41827 bytes)

Starship Design Packages:

	A few classic Traveller and several MegaTraveller designs.

	ST1: Starship Designs
	    Msgs 33,36,37,41,45,48,49,217,219,228,361,389,465-7 (44767 bytes)
	ST2: Starship Designs
	    Msgs 589,736,772,873,875,888,1047,1051 (66840 bytes)

For the exhaustive listing of all TML messages ever sent (about five 45K
mail messages), please send mail to [email removed]!