SimTel, the Coast to Coast Software Repository (tm), is the largest collection of MS-DOS and MS-Windows programs on the Internet (over 11,000 files). It is mirrored by more than 60 sites around the world, and accessible by numerous e-mail servers for those without ftp access. The indexes, with descriptions, of all files in the MS-DOS and MS-Windows collections are available in two formats: Directory SimTel/msdos/filedocs/ Filename Description ============================================== simindex.zip Comma-delim list of all MSDOS files w/descrip. simlist.zip Text format list of all MSDOS files w/descrip. Directory SimTel/win3/filedocs/ Filename Description ============================================== simwndex.zip Comma-delim list of all Win3 files w/descrip. simwnlis.zip Text format list of all Win3 files w/descrip. These programs are recommended for viewing and searching the index: Directory SimTel/msdos/filedocs/ Filename Type Length Date Description ============================================== simdir22.zip B 23483 921018 Display the SimTel file list (SIMIBM.IDX) Directory SimTel/win3/filedocs/ Filename Type Length Date Description ============================================== simdir22.zip B 23483 921018 Display the SimTel file list (SIMIBM.IDX) simvw25.zip B 75955 940507 WIN31: Search/browse/view SimTel's SIMIBM.IDX simvwdll.zip B 462603 940507 WIN31: SDV modules/libraries for non-upgraders SimTel, the Coast to Coast Software Repository (tm), is located on SimTel.Coast.NET, a host that cannot be accessed by anonymous ftp users, however its files are available by anonymous ftp in directories /SimTel/msdos, /SimTel/win3, /SimTel/nt, and /SimTel/vendors on SimTel's primary mirror site FTP.Coast.NET (205.137.48.28) located in Detroit, Michigan, and from the secondary mirror sites: Canberra, Australia: archie.au (139.130.23.2) /micros/pc/SimTel Sao Paulo, Brazil: ftp.unicamp.br (143.106.10.54) /pub/simtel Beijing, China: ftp.pku.edu.cn (162.105.129.30) /pub/simtel Prague, Czech Republic: pub.vse.cz (146.102.16.9) /pub/simtel Lancaster, England: micros.hensa.ac.uk (194.80.32.51) /mirrors/simtel London, England: src.doc.ic.ac.uk (155.198.1.40) /pub/packages/simtel /pub/packages/simtel-win3 London, England: ftp.demon.co.uk (158.152.1.44) /pub/mirrors/simtel Espoo, Finland: ftp.funet.fi (128.214.248.6) /mirrors/simtel.coast.net/Simtel Paris, France: ftp.ibp.fr (132.227.60.2) /pub/pc/SimTel Bochum, Germany: ftp.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (134.147.32.42) /mirrors/simtel.coast.net/SimTel Chemnitz, Germany: ftp.tu-chemnitz.de (134.109.2.13) /pub/simtel Mainz, Germany: ftp.uni-mainz.de (134.93.8.129) /pub/pc/mirrors/simtel Paderborn, Germany: ftp.uni-paderborn.de (131.234.10.42) /SimTel Tuebingen, Germany: ftp.uni-tuebingen.de (134.2.2.60) /pub/simtel Hong Kong: ftp.cs.cuhk.hk (137.189.4.110) /pub/simtel Hong Kong: ftp.hkstar.com (202.82.0.48) /pub/simtel Haifa, Israel: ftp.technion.ac.il (132.68.7.8) /pub/unsupported/simtel Pisa, Italy: cnuce-arch.cnr.it (131.114.1.10) /pub/msdos/simtel Saitama, Japan: ftp.saitama-u.ac.jp (133.38.200.1) /pub/simtel Saitama, Japan: ftp.riken.go.jp (134.160.41.2) /pub/SimTel Tokyo, Japan: ftp.crl.go.jp (133.243.18.20) /pub/pc/archives/simtel Seoul, Korea: ftp.kornet.nm.kr (168.126.63.7) /pub/SimTel Seoul, Korea: ftp.nuri.net (203.255.112.4) /pub/Simtel Netherlands: ftp.nic.surfnet.nl (192.87.46.3) /mirror-archive/software/simtel-msdos /mirror-archive/software/simtel-win3 Wellington, New Zealand: ftp.vuw.ac.nz (130.195.2.193) /pub/simtel Krakow, Poland: ftp.cyf-kr.edu.pl (149.156.1.8) /pub/mirror/simtel Warsaw, Poland: ftp.icm.edu.pl (148.81.209.3) /pub/simtel Aveiro, Portugal: ftp.ua.pt (193.136.80.6) /pub/simtel South Africa: ftp.sun.ac.za (146.232.212.21) /pub/simtel Slovak Republic: ftp.uakom.sk (192.108.131.12) /pub/SimTel Slovenia: ftp.arnes.si (193.2.1.72) /software/SimTel Stockholm, Sweden: ftp.sunet.se (130.238.127.3) /pub/pc/mirror/SimTel Zurich, Switzerland: ftp.switch.ch (130.59.1.40) /mirror/simtel Taipei, Taiwan: NCTUCCCA.edu.tw (140.111.1.10) /PC/simtel /PC/windows/simtel Nonthaburi, Thailand: ftp.nectec.or.th (192.150.251.33) /pub/mirrors/SimTel Ankara, Turkey: ftp.metu.edu.tr (144.122.1.101) /pub/mirrors/simtel Concord, CA, USA: ftp.cdrom.com (192.216.191.11) /pub/simtel Urbana, IL, USA: uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu (128.174.5.14) /pub/systems/pc/simtel Rochester, MI, USA: OAK.Oakland.Edu (141.210.10.117) /SimTel St. Louis, MO, USA: wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4) /systems/ibmpc/simtel Norman, OK, USA: ftp.uoknor.edu (129.15.2.20) /mirrors/SimTel Corvallis, OR, USA: ftp.orst.edu (128.193.4.2) /pub/mirrors/simtel Salt Lake City, UT, USA: ftp.pht.com (198.60.59.5) /pub/mirrors/simtel There are other sites (more than 60, and growing) that mirror SimTel's collections. Many serve only their own country or region and do not wish to receive International traffic. At their request they are not listed above. SimTel files may obtained by e-mail from various ftp-mail servers or through the BITNET/EARN file servers. For details send e-mail to listserv@SimTel.Coast.NET with this command in the body of the message: get simtel-mailserver.info World Wide Web (WWW) users can access SimTel files via these URLs: ftp://ftp.coast.net/SimTel/ http://www.coast.net/SimTel/ Gopher users can access SimTel files through Gopher.Oakland.Edu CD-ROM copies of the entire collection are available from Coast to Coast Telecommunications, Inc., 5850 Dixie Highway Clarkston, MI 48346, U.S.A., telephone (800) 536-3373 or (810) 623-6700, or FAX (810) 623-1469. A WWW Forms Interface for ordering CD-ROMs - http://www.coast.net/SimTel/cdrom.html - is also available. This CD-ROM set includes the entire collection, which is not true of CD-ROMs offered by some other vendors. For information send e-mail to cdrom@Mail.Coast.NET. To order send e-mail to order@Mail.Coast.NET. Quarterly update subscriptions are available at a substantial discount. Dealer inquiries are welcome. Purchases of this CD-ROM set from Coast to Coast will provide direct support to SimTel to enable it to expand and improve its services to you. MSDOS-Ann is a moderated one-way mailing list which is used by SimTel, the Coast to Coast Software Repository (tm), to announce new additions to the msdos, win3 and win95 collections. The announcements posted to this mailing list are also posted to Usenet newsgroup comp.archives.msdos.announce. If your host has Usenet News please do not subscribe to MSDOS-Ann. To add yourself to the mailing list send e-mail to listserv@SimTel.Coast.NET with this command in the body of the message: subscribe msdos-ann To subscribe something other than the username the mail is coming from, such as a local redistribution list, then add that address to the "subscribe" command; for example, to subscribe "local-msdos-ann": subscribe local-msdos-ann@your.domain.net msdos-ann Information files, recent back issues of the digest, and programs to break the digest into individual messages are available. New subscribers will receive a list of these files as part of the mailing list welcome message. The latest list may be ordered at any time by sending a mail to listserv@SimTel.Coast.NET with this command in the body of the message: info Administrative mail may be sent to msdos-ann-request@SimTel.Coast.NET but please use the mailing list server to add or delete yourself from the list. If you wish to unsubscribe, send mail (from the same address where you were when you subscribed) to listserv@SimTel.Coast.NET with this command in the body of the message: unsubscribe msdos-ann Send mail with the word help in the body of the message to get a complete list of commands and their syntax. This server is only for mailing lists and information files. It will not send program files. Please do not include a signature because it may confuse the server. Keith -- Keith Petersen General Manager of SimTel, the Coast to Coast Software Repository (tm) Internet: w8sdz@SimTel.Coast.NET ftp://ftp.coast.net/SimTel/ Uucp: uunet!simtel.coast.net!w8sdz http://www.coast.net/SimTel/