INTERNET PARALLEL COMPUTING ARCHIVE Funded by JISC ISSC and hosted on HENSA Unix The IPCA contains over 650M of freely distributable software and documents about High Performance and Parallel Computing with special interest in the Transputer processor concept and the occam language. The IPCA is also accessible via an interactive browsing facility called fbr and email. For details, see below. HOW DO I FIND WHAT I WANT? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The files are all located in /pub/parallel and each directory contains a short Index file of the contents. If you want to check what has changed in between USENET postings, look at the /pub/parallel/Changes file which contains the new files added. There is also a full text index available of all the files in /pub/parallel/info/FullIndex.ascii but be warned - it is very large (over 600K). Compressed and gzipped versions are in the same directory. For those UNIX dweebs, there are output files of ls-lR in /pub/parallel/info/ls-lR along with compressed and gzipped versions too. HOW DO I CONTACT IT? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are several ways to access the files which are described below - log in to the archive to browse files and retrieve them by email or by ftp. Logging in: ~~~~~~~~~~~ telnet unix.hensa.ac.uk Once connected, use the login name 'archive' and your email address to enter. You will then be placed inside the fbr restricted shell. Use the help command for up to date details of what commands are available. Transferring files by FTP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ site: unix.hensa.ac.uk directory: /pub/parallel login: anonymous password: Use the 'get' command to transfer a file from the remote machine to the local one. When transferring a binary file it is important to give the command 'binary' before initiating the transfer. For more details of the 'ftp' command, see the manual page by typing 'man ftp'. Transferring files by Email ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To obtain a specific file email a message to ftpmail@unix.hensa.ac.uk containing the single line help for full instructions. DONATIONS ~~~~~~~~~ Donations are very welcome. We do not allow uploading of files directly but if you have something you want to donate, please contact me. Dave Beckett Computing Laboratory, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK, CT2 7NF Tel: [+44] (0)1227 827684 Fax: [+44] (0)1227 762811