TML Archive Instructions
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- SYSGEN4.zip (ZIP archive, 90 KB), mentioned
Traveller Mailing List Message Archives Retrieval Instructions Updated 7 Aug 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 Vehi Prose -------------- ------ ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- sunbane ftp all all some* some all metolius email all* all* --- --- --- metolius disk all all --- --- --- ocf ftp --- --- --- all* --- naucse ftp --- --- some --- --- potemkin ftp --- --- some --- --- ucr ftp --- --- some --- all* milton ftp --- --- some --- --- * - indicates which site is likely to be most up-to-date for a particular type of material. 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', 'naucse', 'potemkin', 'ucr', and 'milton'. There are different ways to request archive information, depending on the site you get the archives from. 'ftp' indicates anonyomous ftp online file transfer, available for anyone directly connected to the internet. 'email' indicates reponse and data via email. 'disk' indicates 3.5" 720kB MSDOS floppies delivered by the postal service. Also depending on the site, there are different materials available. 'Buns' indicates the TML message traffic, about 10 megabytes in size. 'Pkgs' indicates "Packages" of collected information, primarily culled from TML archive messages: errata, software, official sector data, and vehicle designs. 'Soft' indicates additional gaming aid software, beyond that available in the Packages. 'Vehi' indicates vehicle designs, beyond that available in the Packages. 'Prose' indicates some documentation for an alternate history for Traveller. SUNBANE FTP ARCHIVE SITE All the TML traffic (Bundles) and Packages, and some additional software and postscript deck plans, are available via ftp from sunbane, See the sample ftp session below if you don't know how to use ftp. Host name: sunbane.engrg.uwo.ca IP Address: 129.100.100.12 Directory: pub/traveller Site administrator: [email removed] (Dan Corrin) 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 EMAIL AND DISKETTE 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 FTP 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. This stuff eventually gets transferred to the sunbane site, too. See the sample ftp session below if you don't know how to use ftp. Host name: ocf.berkeley.edu IP Address: 128.32.184.254 Directory: pub/Traveller Site administrator: [email removed] (George Herbert) NAUCSE FTP 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). See the sample ftp session below if you don't know how to use ftp. Host name: wew.ucc.nau.edu IP Address: 134.114.32.3 Directory: fixes,misc,gm Site administrator: [email removed] (Bill Wilson) POTEMKIN FTP ARCHIVE SITE The potemkin archive site contains some private software development related to random alien word generation. The files there are mostly C language source, specifically, for Vargr name generation. See the sample ftp session below if you don't know how to use ftp. Host name: potemkin.cs.pdx.edu IP Address: 131.252.20.145 Directory: pub/frp/src/name Files: name2.c Site administrator: [email removed] (Raven Blackburn) UCR FTP ARCHIVE SITE The ucr archive site contains some alternate history for Traveller documents and postscript illustrations. This stuff eventually gets transferred to the sunbane site. See the sample ftp session below if you don't know how to use ftp. Host name: watnxt2.ucr.edu IP Address: 192.31.146.189 Directory: pub/ucrgg Files: thist*,tmap*,tyber* Site administrator: [email removed] (Jim Vassilakos) MILTON FTP ARCHIVE SITE The milton archive site contains some software written by Jo Jaquinta which implements the MegaTraveller World Builder's Handbook generation and graphical display on an IBM PC-type computer. This stuff eventually gets transferred to the sunbane site, too. See the sample ftp session below if you don't know how to use ftp. Host name: milton.u.washington.edu IP Address: 128.95.136.1 Directory: public/trav Files: libdist.zip Site administrator: [email removed] (Ryan Cambell) SAMPLE FTP SESSION A sample ftp session to sunbane follows (lines that a user would type on are marked with a "*", and commentary begins with a "#"). All the ftp sites' files are accessed in a similar manner: * 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 PACKAGES TABLE-OF-CONTENTS Packages are an assortment of MegaTraveller Errata, DGP Official Sector Data, Referee Game Aid Software, many Vehicle and Starship Designs, and Play-by-email game turns. 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) Vehicle Design Packages: A few classic Traveller and many MegaTraveller vehicle designs (from meson gun cruisers to submarines to garbage trucks). VD1: Msgs 33,36,37,41,45,48,49 (20779 bytes) VD2: Msgs 217,219,228,389,465,466,467,477,589 (30266 bytes) VD3: Msgs 736 (38106 bytes) VD4: Msgs 772,873,874,888,1047,1051,1291 (30030 bytes) VD5: Msgs 1379 (49086 bytes) VD6: Msgs 1381,1398 (45024 bytes) VD7: Msgs 1424,1435,1438,1514,1530,1531 (45449 bytes) VD8: Msgs 1549,1553,1554,1556,1569 (45966 bytes) VD9: Msgs 1573,1578,1581,1601,1602 (36545 bytes) VD10: Msgs 1604,1608,1616 (39316 bytes) VD11: Msgs 1635,1639,1644,1646,1648 (43244 bytes) VD12: Msgs 1658,1663-5 (40012 bytes) VD13: Msgs 1666-7,1670-1,1675-6 (44371 bytes) VD14: Msgs 1678-9,1682,1686-7,1689 (45687 bytes) VD15: Msgs 1691-2,1726,1888-9,1906,1919 (43574 bytes) VD16: Msgs 1920,1954-6,1961,1966-7,1983-4 (42629 bytes) VD17: Msgs 1985-6,2016,2030,2106,2121 (34835 bytes) VD18: Msgs 2191,2205,2261,2266,2279 (44326 bytes) VD19: Msgs 2309,2318,2324,2333,2335-6 (41567 bytes) VD20: Msgs 2344,2346-7,2349,2355,2361,2365 (43783 bytes) VD21: Msgs 2368-70,2372,2375,2379,2384,2399,2445,2455 (45631 bytes) VD22: Msgs 2478,2517,2521,2553,2577,2579 (40612 bytes) VD23: Msgs 2600 (38462 bytes) VD24: Msgs 2623,2637,2642,2653 (16360 bytes) TML Play-by-email game turns: Richard Johnson's TML PBEM play turns and administrative notes. PB1: TML PBEM intro, turn 0.0, turn 0.1 Msgs 787,802,835,837,845-6,848,855,859 PB2: TML PBEM turn 0.2, 0.3, 1.0, updates Msgs 905,935,975,1065-6,1095,1106 PB3: TML PBEM turn 3.0, 3.2 Msgs 1131-3 PB4: TML PBEM turn 3.1, addresses, turn 4.0 (some) Msgs 1134,1146,1169,1180,1198 PB5: TML PBEM turn 4.1 (rest), 4.2, 10.1, 10.2 Msgs 1199,1200,1566,1593-4,1613,1625 PB6: TML PBEM turn 10.4, admin stuff Msgs 1707,1721,1818,1822,1837,1852 PB7: TML PBEM status, turn 10.5 (most) Msgs 1999,2023,2025,2027 PB8: TML PBEM turn 10.5 (rest), 10.6 Msgs 2029,2156,2182 PB9: TML PBEM turn 10.7, admin stuff Msgs 2234,2248-9,2251 PB10: TML PBEM turn 10.8a Msgs 2254 (first part) PB11: TML PBEM turn 10.8b, R-alpha natives, whining, admin Msgs 2254 (second part),2267,2274,2304-5 PB12: TML PBEM turn 10.9A, 10.9B Msgs 2306,2317,2325,2327 PB13: TML PBEM turn 10.9D Msgs 2328 PB14: TML PBEM turn 10.9C, 10.9E Msgs 2329,2330 PB15: TML PBEM admin, turn 10.10 Msgs 2692,2693 For the exhaustive index to the "bundles"; that is, all TML messages ever sent (emits about five 45K mail messages), please send mail to [email removed]! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Traveller Mailing List Administrator James T Perkins @ Tektronix, Inc [email removed] Beaverton, Oregon, USA "How many ancients can dance on the head of a pin?" - Scott Kellogg