---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Packet Drivers -------------- The file packet.exe is a self-extracting pc file which contains the version 10 packet driver set. It has an installation program. Copy the file to an empty directory on the pc. Type: packet It will self-extract into several files. Delete packet.exe. Copy the remaining files to a blank formatted floppy disk. Type a:install (or b:install if on drive b:) to use. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To get the latest packet drivers: From: nelson@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Subject: CRYNWR packet drivers for QVT/Net Date: Tue, 11 Jan 94 04:01:26 GMT Organization: Crynwr Software The Crynwr packet driver collection Availability The Crynwr packet driver collection is available on CD-ROM, by mail, by FTP, by email, by UUCP and by modem. The drivers are distributed in three files: pktd11.zip, which contains most executables and documentation, pktd11a.zip, which contains the first half of the remaining files, and pktd11b.zip, which contains the second half of the remaining files. Mail: Columbia University distributes packet drivers on PC diskette by postal mail. 5.25-inch 360K and 3.5" 720K diskettes are available; please specify size. Two diskette sets are available, and two prices are quoted for each; the first price is for the USA, Canada, and Mexico; the second price is for shipment to all other countries. All prices are in US dollars. Prepayment by check, MasterCard, or Visa is accepted. If your check is not drawn on a US bank, please add $35 check-cashing fee. 1. Binaries and documentation: $35 / $40 2. Source code: $60 / $68 To order by credit card, please specify MasterCard or Visa, your card number and expiration date, and sign and date your order. For further information, call +1 212 854-3703, or write to: Kermit Distribution, Dept PD Columbia University Academic Information Systems 612 West 115th Street New York, NY 10025 or send e-mail to kermit@columbia.edu (Internet) or KERMIT@CUVMA (BITNET/CREN/EARN). FTP/email: The packet driver collection has its own directory devoted to it in the SimTel collection, msdos/pktdrvr. The drivers are there, along with a number of programs that use the packet drivers. For security reasons the SimTel Software Repository is located on a host that is not accessible by Internet users, however its files are available by anonymous ftp from the primary mirror site OAK.Oakland.Edu (141.210.10.117) located in Rochester, Michigan, and from the secondary mirror sites: St. Louis, MO: wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4) Corvallis, OR: archive.orst.edu (128.193.2.13) Falls Church, VA: ftp.uu.net (192.48.96.9 Australia: archie.au (139.130.4.6) England: src.doc.ic.ac.uk (146.169.2.1) Finland: ftp.funet.fi (128.214.6.100) Germany: ftp.uni-paderborn.de (131.234.2.32) Israel: ftp.technion.ac.il (132.68.1.10) Switzerland: ftp.switch.ch (130.59.1.40) Taiwan: NCTUCCCA.edu.tw (140.111.1.10) SimTel files may obtained by e-mail from various ftp-mail servers or through the BITNET/EARN file servers. For details see file /pub/msdos/filedocs/mailserv.inf. Gopher users can access the collection through Gopher.Oakland.Edu. World Wide Web (WWW) and Mosaic users can connect to the URL http://www.acs.oakland.edu to access the files on OAK.Oakland.Edu. Modem: If you cannot access them via FTP or e-mail, most SimTel MSDOS files, including the PC-Blue collection, are also available for downloading from Detroit Download Central (313) 885-3956. DDC has multiple lines which support 300/1200/2400/9600/14400 bps (103/212/V22bis/HST/V32bis/V42bis/MNP). This is a subscription system with an average hourly cost of 17 cents. It is also accessable on Telenet via PC Pursuit and on Tymnet via StarLink outdial. New files uploaded to SimTel are usually available on DDC within 24 hours. CD-ROM: Title: Packet Driver, WinSock & TCP/IP CD-ROM (aka Packet Driver CD) Price: US$29.95/each Brochures and order forms for the CD (paper and electronic versions) will be available from: Gopher: gopher.CDPublishing.com FTP: ftp.CDPublishing.com E-mail: FAX: 604-874-1431 Phone: 604-874-1430 800-333-7565 Postal: CD Publishing Corporation 4824 Fraser Street Vancouver, B.C. V5V 4H4 Canada UUCP: The packet driver files are available from UUNET's 1-900-GOT-SRCS, in uunet!~/systems/msdos/simtel20/pktdrvr. Contact UUNET for more details: UUNET Technologies, Inc. 3110 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 570 Falls Church, VA 22042 +1 703 204 8000 (voice) +1 703 204 8001 (fax) info@uunet.uu.net UK UUCP: Steve Kennedy's BBS is on +44 71 483 2454 (Telebit T2500 PEP/V32 ...) 2455 (USR HST/DS+) Files will be in /pub there will be an anonymous uucp (nuucp) account. System name is "marvin" -- end of HOWTOGET.IT -russ ftp.msen.com:pub/vendor/crynwr/crynwr.wav Crynwr Software | Crynwr Software sells packet driver support. 11 Grant St. | +1 315 268 1925 (9201 FAX) | Quakers do it in the light Potsdam, NY 13676 | LPF member - ask me about the harm software patents do. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------