Over the weekend I stopped by a neighbors yard sale and happened to see
2 Lotus Europas parked out off to the side, under a tree. One was faded
blue, the other one white with, get this, red flames. I talked to the
kid who lived there for awhile and he said his father had given them to
him a couple years ago and he wanted to just get rid of them and get
them out of his yard. Since I consider Europas ugly as sin and also
have too many vehicles parked around the place, I understood he was
saying. I told him I might know some folks who could probably restore
them and give them a good home. So he sold them to me for 1 cent each
and I hauled them home. But now I want to get them out of here.
So, if any of the Lotus owners on the list is interested, give me a
holler and I'll ship one of them off to you for free.
This should be pretty easy to do since they're about two inches long and
say "MATCHBOX" on the bottom. Actually, for Europas, they're kinda cute.
/\ Lawrence Buja Climate and Global Dynamics Division
\_][ southern@ncar.ucar.edu National Center for Atmospheric Research
\_________________________Boulder,_Colorado___80307-3000__________
From rwg1@postoffice.mail.cornell.edu Tue Sep 11 11:40:19 2001
From: (Roger Garnett) rwg1@postoffice.mail.cornell.edu
To: (British Cars) british-cars@autox.team.net
Date: 16 Jun 93 09:05:23
Subject: SOL File Server, file compression
Looks like it's time to update README.SOL, and I've added a new file,
DECODERS.DOC, breifly explaining the file compression you'll encounter,
and where to get the programs. If anyone has suggestions to add to
DECODERS.DOC, send them to me directly, and I'll update the file before I
actually post it on Hoosier.
Roger
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Files on the British-cars file servers and how to get them: Rev. 6/16/93
RG
This file is posted to the list Lucas fashion- randomly.
The file servers are machines where various archives and articles of
interest are stored. You may get copies via "anonymous FTP", or by E-mail.
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A) FTP
If your machine has an internet connection, and runs the file transfer
program FTP, you've got what you need. Read your local manual/help on
using FTP.
1) Run FTP on your local machine, opening a connection to
hoosier.cs.utah.edu (155.99.208.5)
2) Logon as user "anonymous", and use your name as the password.
3) Change to directory /pub/sol. (cd /pub/sol)
4) You may list the files using FTP's dir or ls commands to see files.
5) Set the file type to binary using the binary or image command if
you're going to get something other than plain text files.
(Like GIF's, or programs)
6) Use get or mget to one or multiple files.
7) Exit with the bye or quit command when done.
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B) E-Mail server
Can't run FTP? If you can send and receive mail, you may also retreive
archives via an E-Mail server run by TJ Higgins. There are many more
seperate
articles in the misc directory of this server thanon hoosier.
To get instructions, send E-mail to:
ARPA'ish: server@ingr.com
or
UUCP'ish: ...!uunet!ingr!server
with the word "help" as the subject. (In the mail header) The server will
then send you the help file. (To your From: or Reply-To: address).
The SOL files are in the drectory pub2/sol/misc, pub2/sol/pic, and
pub2/sol/digest.
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C) Hoosier is running an experimental WAIS server. (hoosier.cs.utah.edu,
155.99.208.5 port 210 Databases- sol and autocross). This is a
networked
database index/search/retreive system. You can access this if you
have a WAIS client on your local machine.
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Some of what is available (this is not a full index):
README.SOL -This file. (Note: capital letters- FTP is
case sensitive.
DECODERS.DOC -Brief explanation of file compression and
some sources of extractor programs.
welcome.sol -Welcome and introduction to british-cars.
sol.digest.xxx.Z -Archives of British-car mail (compressed)
or
sol.month.Z
vtr -Info on how to join the Vintage Triumph Register
rules.91 -VTR Auto-x rules.
sol.survey -1991 Survey of "our cars".
1992.SOL.survey -1992 survey of "our cars".
1993.SOL.survey -1993 survey of "our cars".
landrover.ascii -Land-Rovers: Introduction and buyers guide.
gt6.ascii -Triumph GT6: Introduction and buyers guide.
lotus.history -Listing of Lotus car models by type number.
tr.parts -British parts suppliers list -mjb
fluids.cht -List of appropriate fluids to use in British cars. RG
mg_paint.txt -Paint codes list, some MG's
su-tune.tek -"Tuning Your SU Carbs" by Roger Garnett
clutch.tek -Clutch Operation -R. Garnett
sfisher_on_british_cars.text.Z -almost 500K bytes of "the best of" tech
advice and quotes from Scott Fisher #1.
timing.muller -How engine timing works -by Jim Muller
checklist.ascii.Z -Automotive Buying/maintaince Checklist -Buja/Garnett
british_parts_ascii -large listing of british parts suppliers
suneedle.exe -"HAYSTACK" IBM/PC program & documentation for
selecting SU carb needles -Dean Deeds
(self-extracting pk-zip file. Transfer in binary,
and run "suneedle" on your PC. Haystack files will
be created in current directory)
/pub/sol/GIF Pictures Directory
*.gif -Various pictures of "our cars", in GIF image form.
*.jpg -Pictures stored in JPEG image form.
*.xbm.Z -Compressed X11 bitmap images.
*.ps -Postscript printer files
Notes- -All files ending in .Z, .zip, .exe, .gif, and .jpg need to be
transferred in BINARY mode. Compressed files need to be extracted to
be used. More information on compression/decompression, and where to find
the programs is available in the file DECODERS.DOC.
Uploading files to Hoosier:
-Please use common compression programs when possible, or plain ASCII for
smaller files.
-Please upload *all* graphic images to the pub\sol\GIF directory, not
just pub\sol.
-Try to keep file names short & descriptive -using 8.3 format,
(xxxxxxxx.yyy) for the benefit of all users.
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DECODERS.DOC Rev 0.1 6/16/93 RG
In order to save storage space and improve file transmission,
many of the files on the hoosier FTP server are compressed or
encoded with various publicly availabile freeware and shareware
utilities. Sources for these utilities include bulletin boards,
internet archive servers, and others. On the internet, SIMTEL is
a central FTP archive with mirror servers, such as OAK.oakland.edu in
Rochester Michigan.
COMPRESS
-All files ending in .Z are compressed using UNIX compress. They
can be restored uning uncompress or zcat. Transfer in Binary mode.
Uncompressing on a Macintosh:
MacCompress 3.2 is available on Oak.oakland.edu in the pub\mac\
folder. (Anyone know where 3.4 comes from?)
Uncompressing on a PC:
GZIP is available on Oak.oakland.edu in the pub\msdos\compress directory.
ZIP
-Files ending in .zip and .exe are PKZIP compressed (for the PC).
PKZIP is available on OAK.oakland.edu in the pub\msdos\zip directory.
GIF and JPG
-All files ending in .gif or .jpg are graphics images which can be
viewed using a viewer program for your machine. There are many
available on public servers.
UUENCODING and UUDECODING
UUencoding is a method used to make binary files such as programs,
graphic images, and compressed files transmittable as ascii text,
which allows these files to be sent through electronic mail. Many
mail programs on Mac's, PC's, and UNIX are now including
uuencoding/decoding as a pushbutton or automatic feature. Standalone
programs are also available on public servers.
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