X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to opendos-bounces using -f From: "Mike Powell" To: opendos AT delorie DOT com Subject: Simtel Message-ID: Date: Wednesday, 02 Feb 2005 12:37:00 -500 X-Mailer: Internet Rex gateway (2.29) X-Fido-From: Mike Powell, 1:2320/105 X-Fido-To: Paul O. Bartlett MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com Originally to: Paul O. Bartlett > When I checked a few days ago Simtel was still accessible in text >mode through ftp. However, you have to know what you're looking for, >or be able to guess from bare names, because the 00README files giving >one liners abut every file in a directory are no longer there. I agree >that it is a shame, because Simtel used to be such a valuable resource. >Over the years I downloaded gobs of software from there. (The website >truly sucks big time and seems not to care about DOS anymore.) I have some of their DOS shareware CD releases available for browsing on my BBS. I have a plan to eventually get all the ones I have online, but have not yet figured out how to get Desqview & my BBS software to run under MS-DOS networking. Mike --- * SLMR 2.1a * "Stamp Collection?? Ha-Ha!" - Nelson