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Availability of files
Q1: How do I access the archives of this group via anonymous FTP?
Q2: How do I access the archives of this group via WWW?
Q3: How do I access the archives of this group via Mail?
Q4: What information is available in the archives?
Q5: How do I unzip .zip files?
Q6: How do I uudecode binary uuencoded files sent via Mail?
Q7: How can I search in the archives?

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Q1: How do I access the archives of this group via anonymous FTP?

You may get files by logging in to that server by FTP using the following commands:

   Start FTP:     FTP www.rug.nl
   Login:         anonymous
   Password:      'your IP-address'
   Change dir:    cd origami

Add a next cd to change to one of tha data directories (viz. models, archives, ...).
Mind that when you download from the archives: the best time of day to the USA is in the afternoon.
Making FTP connections from Holland to the USA I did in the morning and in the afternoon. The last were very very much slower. That is because when it is 10.00 hour here, it is about 04.00 (East) to 01.00 (West) in the USA. At that time the trans atlantic connections are not so busy.

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Q2: How do I access the archives of this group via WWW?

You may access these files with a WWW browser by selecting the URL:

   http://www.rug.nl/rugcis/rc/ftp/origami

This last menu shows you the main menu of the archives. To access one of the available directories select the apropriate item.

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Q3: How do I access the archives of this group via Mail?

To access the archives via Email send a message to:

   origami@www.rug.nl

with one or more commands in the body (the subject is ignored). To get the HELP information give the command HELP in the message.
When you get binary files they will be uuencoded. See Q6 how to uudecode these.
See also Q7.

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Q4: What information is available in the archives?

As the information in the archives is not static, only an overview of the available information is given here.

Some special items are:

   faqs         Directory with several FAQs in it.

   archives     This directory contains the archive files of all mail that
                has been sent via this mailing list.

   models       Some members of this list have put the drawings of models
                on computer readable files. The available models are put
                in this directory.

   programs     On this directory programs pertaining to origami and also
                pkunzip and uudecode are available.

   gsdos        Contains files with the GhostScript system for MSDOS.
                You may use this to print PostScript files when you don't
                have a PostScript printer.

   lists        Directory with several lists with addresses valuable to
                the Origami Interest Group.

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Q5: How do I unzip .zip files?

Get the program pkunzip from the archives. It is available in directory programs/compress. It explains itself by starting it without parameters or options.

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Q6: How do I uudecode binary uuencoded files sent via Mail?

You need the program uudecode.
On large computer systems this program should be available.

If you need it on a PC you may get one of three versions of the uudecode program source from the archives. They are available in directory programs\compress:

   uudecode.bas
      If you have a GW-BASIC interpreter, run the UUDECODE.BAS program.
      It will create UUDECODE.COM.

   uudecode.dbg
      If you have the MS-DOS DEBUG program, create UUDECODE.COM by feeding
      UUDECODE.DBG to DEBUG by giving the command:

         DEBUG < UUDECODE.DBG

      This will create UUDECODE.COM.

   uudecode.c
      If you have a C compiler, compile the UUDECODE.C program.

Start the uudecode program by giving the command:

   UUDECODE  codedfile

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Q7: How can I search in the archives?

You may use a search engine at:

   http://www.rug.nl/cgi-bin/oigquery.sh

Or you may search the archived messages via mail by sending a message to

   origami@www.rug.nl

with in the body the command:

   messages  keyword