Accessing Aminet without Internet

Tracker 4.44

## A.4: Accessing Aminet without Internet

- Get internet access. Certainly the most comfortable way to access Aminet but sometimes expensive. Some Internet providers are:

          USA         Portal  Voice 1.408.973.9111  Modem 1.408.973.8091
                      Netcom  Voice 1.408.554.UNIX
          GERMANY     EUnet   Voice +49.231.972.00  Fax +49.231.972.1111
          SWITZERLAND EUnet   Voice +41.1.291.45.80 Fax +41.1.291.46.42
          UK          Demon   Voice +44-81-349-0063 Fax +44-81-349-0309

- Aminet mailserver. The Aminet mail server can do various things for you, like doing finds and accepting uploads, but it does not send out binaries. Send HELP to aminet-server@wuarchive.wustl.edu to find out more.
- Bin mailserver. The Aminet site src.doc.ic.ac.uk has an email server that sends out uuencoded binaries. Send a message with HELP in the body to ftpmail@doc.ic.ac.uk or ftpmail@ftp.luth.se . You can also use ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com to retrieve files from any Aminet site, but please use an American one to save bandwidth. Send HELP there for information, too. Germans try ftpmail@uni-paderborn.de , Canadians send HELP to MRCserv@MtRoyal.AB.CA .
- Modem. The following BBSes carry up-to-date Aminet files. Most have more phone numbers than we can mention here, call to see a list of the others. List sorted by phone number.

          Country     Name        FIDO          Phone            ISDN
          -------     ----        ----          -----            ----
          USA (MS)    The Gateway 1:3604/60     (+1)601 374 2697
          USA (CA)    Heavy Metal 1:202/1112    (+1)619 232 4919
          USA (NC)    The C: Dir                (+1)919 787 6211
          Canada      RCN Networks              (+1)418 653 3099
          Canada      TunnelVisio 1:153/910     (+1)604 535 9826
          Canada      MidnightMag               (+1)905 796 2931,
          France      Ramses      2:320/104     (+33)1 45845623
          Italy       Glass Globe 2:332/118     (+39)577 959054
          Italy       SpeedOfLife 2:335/533     (+39)931 833773
          Switzerland Amiga Micro 2:301/819     (+41)1 3001008   (+41)1 3001009
          Switzerland Helvetica   2:301/723     (+41)1 3130879   (+41)1 3101016
          Switzerland Dolphins                  (+41)1 8450936   (+41)1 8846028
          Switzerland AmiCall     2:301/722     (+41)1 9804297
          Switzerland Turicum                   (+41)1 9918501   (+41)1 9918503
          Switzerland Dive-Inn    2:301/325     (+41)22 7518103  (+41)22 7518105
          Switzerland Alphanet                  (+41)38 414081
          Switzerland LogicPalace 2:301/706     (+41)31 7320051  (+41)31 7320044
          Switzerland LINKSys                   (+41)61 3215643  (+41)61 3832007
          Switzerland AUGS BBS                  (+41)62 445041   (+41)62 445041
          Austria     Amiga World 2:310/72      (+43)1 5044269   (+43)1 5047701
          Denmark     Scala BBS   2:230/418     (+45)44680300    (+45)44861540
          Germany     Surprise                  (+49)201 329761  (+49)201 8315005
          Germany     Art-Line                  (+49)202 596003  (+49)202 2546013
          Germany     T.O.M.                    (+49)202 595267
          Germany     Pleasure                  (+49)203 431366
          Germany     SMachine                  (+49)203 4061447 (+49)203 9940127
          Germany     Grisubox                  (+49)2065 24447
          Germany     Karma Designs             (+49)208 670722
          Germany     Future Line               (+49)2041 686829
          Germany     Blue Moon                 (+49)2065 66407
          Germany     TrkPool                   (+49)208 808640
          Germany     Delvinor                  (+49)2131 549457 (+49)2131 951253
          Germany     Newswire                  (+49)2154 5011
          Germany     Debuwi                    (+49)2236 83233
          Germany     Candys                    ---              (+49)221 462138
          Germany     Darkness                  (+49)2273 1096   (+49)2273 910062
          Germany     X-RAY                     (+49)228 455893
          Germany     CBonn                     (+49)228 666588
          Germany     Blanker                   (+49)231 815739  (+49)231 9812094
          Germany     SID                       (+49)231 448496
          Germany     Fantasie                  (+49)2381 675700
          Germany     Stingray                  (+49)2385 6542   (+49)2385 910031
          Germany     ASBM                      (+49)251 791650
          Germany     Circus                    (+49)281 24001
          Germany     Amiga Mbx                 (+49)30 3739293
          Germany     TERM                      (+49)30 4537288  (+49)30 45470171
          Germany     Quick                     (+49)40 5479638
          Germany     ITHH                      (+49)40 6064098  (+49)40 60680341
          Germany     DOOM                      (+49)4223 8355   (+49)4223 95004
          Germany     Flight                    (+49)4442 72138  (+49)4442 920362
          Germany     Delbox                    (+49)5250 53785  (+49)5250 99952
          Germany     MultiCom                  (+49)5321 45440  (+49)5321 305373
          Germany     Black-Z                   (+49)6142 46278  (+49)6142 924080
          Germany     SLTO                      (+49)615 264898
          Germany     TecMania                  (+49)6157 87427  (+49)6157 910121
          Germany     48'er       2:2468/6020   (+49)6203 180293
          Germany     WestCoast   2:2468/9718.0 (+49)6221 761304
          Germany     RudisBox                  (+49)6253 86677  (+49)6253 972100
          Germany     HIT                       (+49)681 399426  (+49)681 372552
          Germany     Groenland                 (+49)6824 8444
          Germany     Titan                     (+49)6826 800391
          Germany     Outworld                  (+49)6831 52995  (+49)6831 995003
          Germany     ***elOutside              (+49)6838 84739
          Germany     BrainWave   2:246/2006.0  (+49)7071 78729  (+49)7071 971213
          Germany     Amiga Univ. 2:246/1416.0  (+49)7195 920677 (+49)7195 940130
          Germany     Amiga Inside2:2476/539.0  (+49)721 841292
          Germany     Uplink      2:246/2320    (+49)751 96217
          Germany     Fairytale   2:246/2300    (+49)7541 24362  (+49)7541 930232
          Germany     Melting Point 2:2476/825  (+49)7663 50103  (+49)7663 912013
          Germany     Predator    2:2490/1140   (+49)9131 14439
          Germany     LSD                       (+49)9133 9591
          Germany     Turtle      2:2490/1092   (+49)911 3241044 (+49)911 3241055
          Germany     Lizard                    (+49)911 476948
          Germany     Incubus                   (+49)931 781464  (+49)931 7900200
          Australia   Continental               (+61)2949 4256
          Australia   1990 Multi  3:690/758.0   (+61)9370 3333

- Anonymous UUCP. In Germany, you can access the Aminet files at the phone numbers of Brainwave BBS (see above) using the following entry. Download the file "Aminet:INFO" for more information. anarchy Any SER 38400 ATD<Phone> BBS. ..\c ogin: uanon sword: uanon In Switzerland you can use the Alphanet BBS, ~/archives/aminet, with the login nuucp.
- FIDO. If you want to file-request Aminet files, you can do so by requesting the file INFO from 2:246/2006.0. The BBSes which have a FIDO node number mentioned above allow file requests.
- Mailing lists. If you want to get the list of new uploads mailed every week, send a mail with 'SUBSCRIBE aminet-weekly foo@bar.edu' in the body to listserv@wunet.wustl.edu or if you want daily updates, just use 'SUBSCRIBE aminet-daily' instead. Replace foo@bar.edu with your email address, of course. Keep the welcome mail in case you forget how to unsubscribe.
- Usenet. A list of recent uploads is posted every week to the newsgroups comp.sys.Amiga.misc and de.comp.sys.Amiga.archive.
- EZINFO. This is an internet BBS in Switzerland. Here you can download by Kermit or ZMODEM, but you need to be verified to become user. Modem dial 01 251 20 02, then type 'telnet b050' to connect to EZINFO. Also try telnet kometh.ethz.ch and 'call b050' from internet.
- CD-ROM. Aminet CD 5 and up are available from Stefan Ossowski, Germany (stefano@tchest.e.eunet.de) or Fred Fish (orders@amigalib.com). The CD costs DM 25 or US$ 20. You can also buy the complete Aminet as of Jan 95 on 4 CDs for DM60 or US$ 40. For further details, have a look at ``docs/misc/CD-Orders.txt`'.
- Aminet-on-disk. You can order single Aminet files (3 DM per disk) or per-directory subscriptions (2 DM per disk) from Martin Schulze, Parkstr. 14, 66806 Ensdorf, Germany. Phone: +49 (0) 6831 506171, email masc@coli.uni-sb.de . Send 3 DM in stamps or $2 to get an index disk with instructions. Aminet-on-disk is available on Amiga-Floppy (880k: 3DM, 1.76MB: 5DM), SyQuest 88/105/270MB and 128MB-Magneto-Optical. (DM 0.40 per Megabyte without media costs)