Accessing Aminet on the Internet

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## A.3: Accessing Aminet on the Internet

There are many other ways than FTP to access Aminet. On the Internet:

`ADT`
  This is a front end for FTP that allows easy access to Aminet. Get it from ``misc/unix/adt*.c`' and compile it on your UNIX box by typing ``sh adt.c`'.
`WWW`
  Mosaic or Lynx are a very decent way to access Aminet. Try the URLs ``http://ftp.wustl.edu/~aminet/`' or ``http://ftp.eunet.ch/~aminet/`' where you can also find pointers to other Aminet sites with WWW support.
`FSP`
  Aminet Files can be downloaded from the FSP site ``ftp.luth.se`' at port 6969. ``ftp.wustl.edu`' and ``ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk`' have FSP on port 21, but can't be reached from everywhere (just try). Uploads are accepted at wustl and luth.
`telnet`
  ``ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk`' strikes again. You can telnet to 146.169.2.1 and log in as 'sources', which gives you a UNIX account where you can download the files on src using commands like 'sz' and 'kermit', or just browse around.
`NFS`
  The only Aminet site that allows NFS mounting of the archives is ``ftp.wustl.edu`'. FTP there and read the details in /README.NFS
`IRC`
  On Internet Relay Chat, you can talk to various server robots like Mama, LitBot and MerBot, to do queries and retrievals. Find out more about them using '/msg mama help', for example.
`finger`
  To find out what's been uploaded to Aminet within the last week, enter ``finger aminet@ftp.wustl.edu`' or ``finger aminet@ftp.eunet.ch`'
`gopher`
  Gopher is specially supported by several Aminet sites. Just type ``gopher <sitename>`' or ``gopher -p <startpoint> <sitename>`'.

          USA (MO)    ftp.wustl.edu        1/pub/aminet/info/goph
          USA (TX)    ftp.etsu.edu         1/AmigaArchives/Aminet
          SWITZERLAND ftp.eunet.ch         1/pub/aminet/info/goph
          GERMANY     ftp.uni-paderborn.de 1/Service/FTP/Direct/ftp-server/aminet
          UK          ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk     1/pub/aminet/info/goph