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A.3: Accessing Aminet on the Internet

There are many other ways than FTP to access Aminet. On the Internet:

ADT
This is a front end for FTP that allows easy access to Aminet. Get it from `misc/unix/adt*.c' and compile it on your UNIX box by typing `sh adt.c'.
WWW
Mosaic or Lynx are a very decent way to access Aminet. Try the URLs `http://ftp.wustl.edu/~aminet/' or `http://ftp.eunet.ch/~aminet/' where you can also find pointers to other Aminet sites with WWW support.
FSP
Aminet Files can be downloaded from the FSP site `ftp.luth.se' at port 6969. `ftp.wustl.edu' and `ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk' have FSP on port 21, but can't be reached from everywhere (just try). Uploads are accepted at wustl and luth.
telnet
`ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk' strikes again. You can telnet to 146.169.2.1 and log in as 'sources', which gives you a UNIX account where you can download the files on src using commands like 'sz' and 'kermit', or just browse around.
NFS
The only Aminet site that allows NFS mounting of the archives is `ftp.wustl.edu'. FTP there and read the details in /README.NFS
IRC
On Internet Relay Chat, you can talk to various server robots like Mama, LitBot and MerBot, to do queries and retrievals. Find out more about them using '/msg mama help', for example.
finger
To find out what's been uploaded to Aminet within the last week, enter `finger aminet@ftp.wustl.edu' or `finger aminet@ftp.eunet.ch'
gopher
Gopher is specially supported by several Aminet sites. Just type `gopher <sitename>' or `gopher -p <startpoint> <sitename>'. 
  USA (MO)    ftp.wustl.edu        1/pub/aminet/info/goph
  USA (TX)    ftp.etsu.edu         1/AmigaArchives/Aminet
  SWITZERLAND ftp.eunet.ch         1/pub/aminet/info/goph
  GERMANY     ftp.uni-paderborn.de 1/Service/FTP/Direct/ftp-server/aminet
  UK          ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk     1/pub/aminet/info/goph