Newsgroups: comp.parallel,comp.parallel.pvm,comp.sys.transputer,comp.os.parix
From: djb1@ukc.ac.uk
Subject: ANNOUNCE: Archives of USENET Parallel Computing Newsgroups
Organization: University of Kent at Canterbury
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 1994 12:40:47 GMT
Message-ID: <CsKLw1.2o5@dcs.ed.ac.uk>


As part of the Parallel Computing archive at HENSA/UNIX
(unix.hensa.ac.uk), I have just set up a section for USENET articles
>from the parallel computing-related newsgroups:

	comp.parallel
	comp.parallel.pvm
	comp.sys.transputer
	comp.os.parix

	and I will add any relevant new ones that come along
	(comp.parallel.mpi for example)

Currently, there are complete archives from December 1993 to the
present day and I intend to keep around 6 months to a year of
articles stored at all times (disk space and useful-ness[*]
permitting).  The data is updated nightly.

In each directory of the articles there are several index files:

	Index		- text directory contents
	[Index.afa	- IAFA version of above]
	Subjects	- list of articles/subjects
	Authors		- list of articles/authors (name and email)

These are present for the newsgroup in total, the individual years
and the months in those years.  So for example, here is the
comp.os.parix tree:

    /parallel/internet/usenet/comp.os.parix:
    Index		articles/
    
    /parallel/internet/usenet/comp.os.parix/articles:
    1994/		Index		Subjects
    Authors		Index.afa	in/
    
    /parallel/internet/usenet/comp.os.parix/articles/1994:
    06-Jun/		Authors		Index.afa
    07-Jul/		Index		Subjects
    
    /parallel/internet/usenet/comp.os.parix/articles/1994/06-Jun:
    000001		000003		000005		Index		Subjects
    000002		000004		Authors		Index.afa
    
    /parallel/internet/usenet/comp.os.parix/articles/1994/07-Jul:
    000001		000004		000007		Index
    000002		000005		000008		Index.afa
    000003		000006		Authors		Subjects


ACCESS METHODS

  WWW
  ~~~
  Go to URL:

      http://unix.hensa.ac.uk/parallel/index.html

  and follow the link for the approprate newsgroup (which currently
  goes via gopher).

  gopher
  ~~~~~~

  Add the following to .gopherrc  

	#
	Type=1
	Name=USENET newsgroup archives
	Path=1/.archive/parallel/internet/usenet
	Host=nutmeg.ukc.ac.uk.
	Port=70

  or use this URL:
	gopher://unix.hensa.ac.uk/11/.archive/parallel/internet/usenet

  and follow the link for the appropriate newsgroup.

  ftp
  ~~~
  anonymous ftp to unix.hensa.ac.uk and look in /parallel/internet/usenet.

  telnet
  ~~~~~~

  telnet to unix.hensa.ac.uk, log in as archive and browse around the
  files in /parallel/internet/usenet.

  email
  ~~~~~

  mail the message with the contents
    send <path-of-file>
  to archive@unix.hensa.ac.uk
  eg.
     send /parallel/internet/usenet/comp.parallel/articles/Index

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I hope soon to provide WAIS searches over each newsgroup once I grasp
how WAIS works.

Enjoy

Dave Beckett

[*] Is that a word?



