WHERE TO GET SDN FILES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Service: Fidonet nodes. Form: Fidonet TIC Contact: Nodelist USDN or SDN user flag or your net's Files_Coordinator Comment: Many SDNer's use the zone 1 USDN user flag. Most local nets are getting on the ball and appointing Files_Coordinator or Files_Distribution nodes. If your net does not yet have this - suggest it to your NC - it is the future. If you are importing SDN into your net let your net's Files_Coordinator know about it. Also let your net's sysops know they can get it from you - share. * Service: Planet Connect Service Form: Fidonet TIC Contact: Boyd Goodin at 1:3612/50@fidonet Address: Planet Systems Inc. 1065 Cosby Highway, Newport, TN 37821 Phone: 615-623-4694 Type: Satellite Comment: You must have a fido node number. Planet Systems offers a subscription service which downlinks fidonet and other networks. The full Backbone and most of the Filebone are available. The FileGate is in the works at this date. * Service: Internet - Fidonet site Form: Individual and Fidonet TIC script. Both Tiers in .arj compression. Contact: Burt Juda 1:107/309@fidonet or ftp.fidonet.org Address: E-mail msg to 'listproc@ftp.fidonet.org' with the first line of 'subscribe filebone YOUR NAME'. Be sure to subscribe from an Internet site and not from a fidonet system via gateway. Comment: SDN areas are available via anonymous-FTP from 'ftp.fidonet.org'. Each SDN area is in a subdirectory named the same as the AreaTag below the directory '/pub/fidonet/files'. Be sure to use BINARY mode when transferring files via 'ftp'. They are also mirrored to 'ftp.halcyon'. Files are not held long as the purpose of this site is BBS sysop timely pickup. * Service: Internet - Simtel, The Coast to Coast Software Repository (tm) Form: ZIP format. All files. Contact: 50 mirrored sites throughout the Internet Address: OAK.Oakland.edu or http://www.acs.oakland.edu Comments: Not all SDN files are posted here. Try to log in at a mirror site and not clog oakland's lines. SDN files are put into appropriate existing directories along with files from other sources. * Service: BIX Form: Individual files, distributed by authors request. Contact: ibm.utils 'listings' or 'wix/' forums. Address: BIX information 1-800-695-4775 Comment: These are presently mostly the IBM DOS files. The moderator sometimes does not post all the files, but most get posted. This is a commercial online service. This is not in Fido format. SDN is posted in ZIP format here. Authors must request BIX posting. * Service: Fidonet Filebone Form: First and second Tier Fidonet TIC. All files. Contact: Local FB sites or obtain FILEBONE.NA listing. Address: - Comments: These Fidonet sites can often be identified through nodelist flags or in FILEBONE.NA sent around periodically. * Service: Fidonet IFDC FileGate Form: First and Second Tier. ARJ compression. All files. Contact: FileGate Node in your Zone Address: IFDC's FileGate Info BBS 203-634-0370 Comments: Check in your Zone for FileGate listings. The international node for IFDC's FileGate information is at The SDN Project BBS 203-634-0370 in the United States. * Service: America OnLine Form: ZIP format, distributed by authors request. Contact: America Online Address: Sign up information is 1-800-827-6364 Comments: Posted in the appropriate forums. AOL's priority of posting is: First Choice = directly from the author. Second Choice = re-distributer (SDN). Third Choice = from user uploads. As far as I know, SDN is the only electronic distribution network that regularly supplies AOL. Moderators of course apply their own criteria as to what will be posted. * Service: NovaLink Interactive Networks Form: ZIP format, distributed by author request. Contact: NovaLink information 1-800-274-2814 Address: Most major cities. Comments: SDN files are dropped off to the PC forum and split up to more appropriate forums from there. NOTE: Commercial online services names are copyright or trade mark of their respective owners. /eof