> From: phile@stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier)
> Subject: Re: Citroen for sale (British content! Honest!)
> To: cobra@snakebyte.cdc.hp.com (Roland Dudley)
> Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1993 12:09:43 -0500 (CDT)
> Cc: british-cars@autox.team.net
>
> > Now if this was a 2CV, the only French car I've ever had a passion to
> > own.
>
> Have you seen anybody about this? A Cobra and a 2CV? No, I would rather
> an SM, a GS, or an old Traction Avant
The SMs, GS', et al are just plain out and out ugly; now a 2VC is
endearing ugly. No worse than owning a VW bug (which I do) or
a Crosley station wagon (which I did).
>
> How the heck can you get 2CV and Expressway in the same sentence? Doesn't
> it get run over?
Expressway during rush hour in the Bay Area is a misnomer. You could
keep up with traffic on a skateboard.
>
> If you think a 2CV panel truck is weird (actually, it is probably
> better-looking than the sedan), wait until you see the Mahari, a
> "Mini-Moke" version.
I kinda like Mokes too. Weird, I know.
Roland
From rwg1@cornell.edu Tue Sep 11 11:54:51 2001
From: (Roger Garnett) rwg1@cornell.edu
To: (British Cars) british-cars@autox.team.net
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1993 08:55:16
Subject: SOL Server
First, to whoever posted the fuzzy Lotus GIF and JPG files to the server
last month, please move them to the GIF directory, if you still can. mjb
will probably have to move Bob Bownes DBR2 images at this point...
And, for everybody (expecially newbies), This is much more up to date than
the README.SOL currently on the server:
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Files on the British-cars file servers and how to get them: Rev. 10/15/93
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 /HELP in the body of the message. The server will then send you the
help file with further instructions. (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) WAIS
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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D) WWW
There is an expermental WWW (World Wide Web) link to the anonymous FTP
archives on hoosier.cs.utah.edu. You can get to this at:
old <A HREF=http://infotech.indiana.edu:80/will/b-cars.html>
new <A HREF=http://www.law.indiana.edu:80/misc/b-cars.html>
If you aren't familiar with WWW, it is pretty darn keen. There is
a windows client called Cello and available from
fatty.law.cornell.edu in /pub/LII/Cello.
If you have X you can use XMosaic. It is available from ftp.ncsa.
uiuc.edu/WEB/xmosaic
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Archive Contents
Highlites 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
britparts_vendors.ascii -British and other parts suppliers list- Phil Ethier
survey.91 -1991 Survey of "our cars".
survey.92 -1992 survey of "our cars".
survey.93 -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.
rover_3.5L.V8.text.z -History of Rover 3.5 litre engine
fluids.cht -List of appropriate fluids to use in British cars. RG
paint.cod -Misc. Engine & acc. paint codes.
mg_paint.txt -Paint codes list, 1961-80 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
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)
vtr -Info on how to join the Vintage Triumph Register
rules.91 -VTR Auto-x rules.
/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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