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Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 08:39:46
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Ralph Proctor <ralphgpr AT shadow DOT net>
Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Updated version of port of gcc-2.8.1 is available
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Nate: I did not know this; I assumed all Simtel mirrors were about the same.
We can assume the the sites referred to in DJ's "Zip Picker" are good, right?
I mentioned digiro.net--I got that from the Zip Picker. Sometimes it is
full, however.
But thanks, I'll keep my eye on those dates at the left and look for other
signs as
well.

At 08:58 PM 10/28/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Ralph Proctor wrote:
>> 
>> At 11:40 AM 10/27/98 +0200, you wrote:
>> >
>> >Updated version of DJGPP port of gcc-2.8.1 is available from
>> >ususal DJGPP distribution sites in directory v2gnu:
>>                         in separate archives, but now in one archive.
>> 
>> >Andris Pavenis <pavenis AT lanet DOT lv>
>> 
>> Thanks, I found them on dgiro.net..........v2gnu
>> 
>> But they are not on peachnet........v2gnu
>> 
>> The peachnet SimTel has become a favorite with me lately--I wonder if you
>> consider this a
>> "usual DJGPP distribution site"?
>
>Not all Simtel mirrors are equal.  ftp.lib.sonoma.edu is geographically
>very close to me, and is listed in the MIRRORS file of Simtelnet, but is
>hopelessly out of date.  (As of this message, they don't even have DJGPP
>GCC 2.8.x (!)).  As far as I can tell, the "usual djgpp distribution
>sites" are ftp.simtel.net, its participants (*), and reliable mirrors. 
>You will have to decide the reliability for yourself.
>
>(*) ftp.simtel.net is actually a rotating name that refers to several
>different sites.  This is supposed to reduce the load on each.  Among
>them are ftp.cdrom.com (my personal favorite), ftp.ou.edu, and (I think)
>oak.oakland.edu.
>-- 
>
>Nate Eldredge
>nate AT cartsys DOT com

Have a nice day,

Ralph