This is a windows 95 console archie command. All that you need to do to install it is to define the environment symbol ARCHIE_HOST, by for example adding the following command line to your autoexec.bat file. You will also need to have microsofts TCP/IP installed. set ARCHIE_HOST=an.archie.server Where an.archie.server is the name of your archie server. Some archie servers are: archie.doc.ic.ac.uk United Kingdom archie.hensa.ac.uk United Kingdom archie.au Australia archie.edvz.uni-linz.ac.at Austria archie.univie.ac.at Austria archie.uqam.ca Canada archie.cs.mcgill.ca Canada archie.funet.fi Finland archie.univ-rennes1.fr France archie.th-darmstadt.de Germany archie.ac.il Israel archie.unipi.it Italy archie.wide.ad.jp Japan archie.hana.nm.kr Korea archie.sogang.ac.kr Korea archie.uninett.no Norway archie.rediris.es Spain archie.luth.se Sweden archie.switch.ch Switzerland archie.ncu.edu.tw Taiwan archie.unl.edu USA (NE) archie.internic.net USA (NJ) archie.rutgers.edu USA (NJ) archie.ans.net USA (NY) archie.sura.net USA (MD) This client is based upon the client ditributed with Prospero Beta V5.1a. It was compiled using Microsoft's Visual C++ V2.0 by David Woakes. If you have any problems with this software email me at david.woakes@dial.pipex.com. Please do not send error reports or queries about this version anywhere else. Note: This product is unlikely to work from behing a firewall, though if the winsock spec is to be believed it should use a non priveleged UDP port above 1023 (the port is allocated dynamically) for incoming packets. The following licence applies: /* * Copyright (c) 1991-1994 by the University of Southern California * All rights reserved. * * PROSPERO(TM) LICENSE AGREEMENT * * 1. COPYRIGHT. The Prospero software is owned by the University of * Southern California and is protected by the United States copyright * laws and international treaty provisions. Other copyrights may * apply to parts of the Prospero distribution and are so noted when * known to be applicable. * * 2. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS". The * University of Southern California MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR * WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. By way of example, but not * limitation, the University of Southern California MAKES NO * REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY * PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THAT THE USE OF THE LICENSED SOFTWARE * COMPONENTS OR DOCUMENTATION WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY PATENTS, * COPYRIGHTS, TRADEMARKS OR OTHER RIGHTS. The University of Southern * California shall not be held liable for any liability nor for any * direct, indirect, or consequential damages with respect to any * claim by the user or distributor of the Prospero software or any * third party on account of or arising from this Agreement or the use * or distribution of the Prospero software. * * 3. GRANT OF LICENSE. * * a) Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and * its documentation in source and binary forms is hereby granted, * provided that: * * i) the use, copying, or distribution is not done for direct * commercial advantage; * * ii) any distribution of the software is on the same terms as in * this Prospero License Agreement, and each copy contains the * copyright notices and the license agreement that appear in * this software and supporting documentation; and * * iii) any documentation or other materials related to such * distribution or use acknowledge that the software was developed * by the University of Southern California. * * b) Permission to copy, modify, and distribute this software and its * documentation in source and binary forms AS PART OF ANOTHER * PRODUCT for commercial advantage is hereby granted, provided that: * * i) notice is provided to the University of Southern California * describing the use of Prospero in the product; * * ii) any distribution of the software is on the same terms as in * this Prospero License Agreement, and those terms apply also to * the distribution and use of that part of the product derived * from the Prospero distribution (it is acceptable to * impose additional restrictions on other parts of the product), * and each copy contains the copyright notices and the license * agreement that appear in this software and supporting * documentation; * * iii) any documentation or other materials related to such * distribution or use acknowledge that the software was developed * by the University of Southern California; and * * iv) one of the following three conditions is met: * * a. The product so distributed has been developed * independently and it incorporates only files and related * functions (e.g. allocators) from the Prospero distribution * needed to providing compatibility with the Prospero * distribution; or * * b. the product so distributed has been developed independently * and the parts of the Prospero distribution included * constitute less than 25% of the product, and the total annual * sales of products incorporating Prospero does not exceed * $100,000 (U.S. Dollars); or * * c. parties to which the product is sold or distributed are * allowed to use or distribute the product in source and binary * forms without fee if the party's use or distribution of the * product is not for direct commercial advantage. * * c) Permission to use this software to provide a service for a fee is * granted provided that notice is provided to the University of * Southern California describing the nature of the service and * provided that the total annual revenues for the service provided * using Prospero does not exceed $250,000 (U.S. dollars). * * d) Any use, copying, modification, or distribution other than as * provided for above requires an additional license from the * University of Southern California. The University of Southern * California is prepared to license this software for such use on * reasonable terms. * * 4. OTHER RESTRICTIONS. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed * as conferring rights to use in advertising, publicity, or * otherwise, the name of the University of Southern California, or * any trademark thereof. * * This agreement shall be construed, interpreted, and applied in * accordance with the laws of the State of California, United States of * America. If any part of this Agreement is held illegal or * unenforceable, the remaining portions shall not be affected. * * Any notice required under this agreement shall be sent to the Prospero * Project; Information Sciences Institute; University of Southern * California; 4676 Admiralty Way; Marina del Rey, California 90292-6695 * USA. Any questions concerning the Prospero distribution should be * directed to info-prospero@isi.edu. * * Prospero was originally written by Clifford Neuman (bcn@isi.edu) while * a graduate student at the University of Washington, and subsequently at * the Information Sciences Institute of the University of Southern * California. Contributors include Steven Seger Augart (swa@isi.edu), * Santosh Rao (srao@isi.edu), and other individuals identified in the * software distribution and accompanying documentation. * * Prospero, the Prospero Directory Service, the Prospero File System, * and the Prospero Resource Manager are trademarks of the * University of Southern California. * */