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From: ps AT ocisgi7 DOT unizh DOT ch (Serge Pachkovsky)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: No more DJGPP on SimTel ???
Date: 15 Apr 1996 06:28:42 GMT
Organization: University of Zurich, Switzerland
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Eli Zaretskii (eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il) wrote:

: On 11 Apr 1996, Eric NICOLAS wrote:

: > Yesterday I looked to my favorite SimTel mirror to search for an
: > old djgpp ZIP file. I was very confused to see that all the 
: > SimTel tree was changed : No more /SimTel, but a /simtelnet directory,

: You are looking at the wrong site!  /simtelnet is NOT a SimTel home 
: directory, it holds the Walnut Creek repository, which is something 
: entirely different (I wish they didn't use the same name).  That favorite 
: mirror of yours probably has moved SimTel to somwhere else: ask the 
: administrator there.

Well, historically Simtel was/is associated with the name of Keith
Petersen, starting in the now murky days of WSMR-SIMTEL20. Judging
by this criterion, simtelnet is *the* Simtel. In all likehood, 
simtel.net will soon be up to the golden standards....

Regards,

/Serge.P

--

Russian guy from the Zurich university...