AMINET ftp sites for Amiga files
AMINET ftp sites for Amiga files
Aminet is a set of interconnected FTP sites and other file accessing
services. It is structured differently from most other FTP sites so
please read these instructions carefully. Even more important: Read
new/README.BEFORE.UPLOAD before uploading anything, or your upload is in
danger of being deleted. Wherever not mentioned otherwise, pub/aminet/ is
the path for the files described (some sites have a shortcut).
BEGINNERS NOTES
You'll find most of your questions answered in the text info/start/ftp.faq
which is also posted to comp.sys.amiga.introdiction bi-weekly. The
archivers needed to unpack the files stored here can be found in
util/arc/, the archivers themselves are self-extracting in most cases, ie.
start them and they'll unpack automatically.
FILE LISTS
For a list of the last week's uploads, download RECENT
For a list of all files, download SHORT
For a list of all files, wider than 80 chars, get LONG
Those lists are updated twice day and have a description of every file
contained. Most files also have longer descriptions in their .readme
file. The above lists also exist in a compressed (means .Z) version. To
see newest files, use the command 'get RECENT -' or 'get RECENT |more'. To
find a file 'foo' you are looking for, download SHORT.Z and type 'zcat
SHORT | fgrep foo' in the shell.
DIRECTORY STRUCTURE
The directories within /pub/aminet/ are:
new/ New files, upload here. (See new/README.BEFORE.UPLOAD)
priv/ Private uploads. (See new/README.BEFORE.UPLOAD)
biz/ Business software misc/ Miscellaneous
comm/ Communications mods/ Music modules
demo/ Demos mus/ Music software
dev/ Developer software os20/ OS 2.0 and above
disk/ Disk tools os30/ OS 3.0 and above
game/ Games software pix/ Pictures
gfx/ Graphics software text/ Text related
hard/ Hardware related util/ Utilities
info/ Site information
A complete list of the sub-directories can be found in the file TREE.
MIRRORS
These are the members of Aminet and have the files from the main site.
Most delete old files. wuarchive.wustl.edu and ftp.luth.se keep all files.
Whenever possible, use the mirror that is the closest to you. Most mirrors
get updated three times a day.
Scandinavia ftp.luth.se 130.240.18.2 pub/aminet/
Switzerland litamiga.epfl.ch 128.178.151.32 pub/aminet/ (*)
Germany ftp.uni-kl.de 131.246.9.95 pub/aminet/
Germany ftp.uni-erlangen.de 131.188.1.43 pub/aminet/
Germany ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de 130.149.17.7 pub/aminet/
Germany ftp.uni-paderborn.de 131.234.2.32 pub/aminet/
USA ftp.etsu.edu 192.43.199.20 pub/aminet/
USA wuarchive.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4 pub/aminet/
UK src.doc.ic.ac.uk 146.169.2.1 pub/aminet/
Australia splat.aarnet.edu.au 192.107.107.6 pub/aminet/ (*)
(*) closed 6:30am to 4pm weekdays
OTHER AMINET ACCESSES
There are many other ways than FTP to access Aminet. On the Internet:
- ADT. This is a front end for FTP that allows easy access to Aminet. Get
it from comm/misc/ and compile it on your UNIX box.
- FSP. Aminet Files can be downloaded from the FSP site ftp.luth.se at
port 6969. wuarchive.wustl.edu and src.doc.ic.ac.uk have FSP on port
21, but can't be reached from everywhere due to firewalls. Uploads
are accepted and forwarded at wuarchive and ftp.luth.se
- Telnet. src.doc.ic.ac.uk strikes again. You can telnet to 146.169.2.1
and log in as 'sources', which gives you a UNIX account where you can
download the files on src using commands like 'sz' and 'kermit', or
just browse around.
- NFS. The only Aminet site that allows NFS mounting of the archives is
wuarchive.wustl.edu. FTP there and read the details in /README.NFS
- IRC. On Internet Relay Chat, you can talk to various server robots
like Mama, LitBot and MerBot, to do queries and retrievals. Find out
more about them using '/msg mama help', for example.
- Gopher. There is a gopher server for Aminet at merlin.etsu.edu and at
src.doc.ic.ac.uk. To connect, use the command 'gopher <sitename>'.
People without Internet access can find Aminet at the following locations:
- CD-ROM. Aminet is available on CD-ROM. Talk to info@cdrom.com, or write
to Walnut Creek CDROM, 1547 Palos Verdes Mall, Walnut Creek CA 94596, USA
or phone 1 800 786 9907, +1 510 674 0783 or +1 510 674 0821 (FAX)
- Mailserver. The Aminet site src.doc.ic.ac.uk has an email server that
sends out uuencoded binaries. Send a message with HELP in the body
to ftpmail@doc.ic.ac.uk. You can also use ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com to
retrieve files from any Aminet site, but please use an American one
to save bandwidth. Send HELP there for information, too.
- Mailing lists . If you want to get the list of new uploads mailed every
week, send a mail with 'SUBSCRIBE aminet-weekly' in the body to
listserv@wunet.wustl.edu or if you want daily updates, just use
'SUBSCRIBE aminet-daily' instead. Keep the welcome mail in case you
forget how to unsubscribe...
- Usenet. A list of recent uploads is posted every week to the newsgroups
comp.sys.amiga.misc and de.comp.sys.amiga.archive.
- Modem. In Germany, you can download the Aminet files from the Incubus
BBS, telephone number 0931 781464. The login is 'ftp', password 'ftp'.
- EZINFO. This is an internet BBS in Switzerland. Here you can download by
Kermit or ZMODEM, but you need to be verified to become user. Modem dial
01 251 20 02, then type 'call b050' to connect to EZINFO.
HISTORY
Aminet was founded by members of ICU (computer science students' club) in
Zurich, Switzerland, using an A3000UX donated by Commodore Switzerland. In
the beginning it was one FTP site among many, but when what had been the
biggest site (ab20.larc.nasa.gov) shut down, people started adopting
amiga.physik as the replacement. In order to share the both the
performance burdon and network load, two mirror sites were installed. A
new 1GB harddisk donated by Walnut Creek and the user community allowed
Aminet to keep all old files. The number of mirror FTP sites increased to
the current 10. Today, Aminet is the leading Internet source for Amiga
software, giving authors a far-reaching distribution medium and the user
community a place to look for both new and old freely distributable
software.
DISCLAIMER
The administrators of Aminet give no warranties concerning the files
stored. Use at your own risk. Specifically, they cannot guarantee that
the programs are virus-free, uncorrupted, freely distributable or even
useful in any way, although we do our best to ensure the above.
CONTACT ADDRESSES
Please direct reports about corrupt, illegal or infected files to
ftp@amiga.physik.unizh.ch (do not wait for someone else to do it!).
For problems local to one mirror, check the local README's to find out
about the administrator there. Some of the the people involved:
Urban D. Mueller umueller@amiga.physik.unizh.ch
Chris Schneider cschneid@amiga.physik.unizh.ch
Peter Sjostrom pjotr@ludd.luth.se
Brian Wright wright@merlin.etsu.edu