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  • Upload to the Garbo PC Software Archive?

    From Harry Potter@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 18 04:46:45 2019
    Hi! How do I upload to the Garbo PC Software Archive? I want to upload my Template Creator for DOS program and am working on another program to upload.

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  • From T. Ment@21:1/5 to Harry Potter on Mon Nov 18 16:27:11 2019
    On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 04:46:45 -0800 (PST), Harry Potter wrote:

    Hi! How do I upload to the Garbo PC Software Archive?
    I want to upload my Template Creator for DOS program
    and am working on another program to upload.

    Nobody wants 1 user software on Garbo. Show some users first.

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  • From Robert Prins@21:1/5 to Harry Potter on Mon Nov 18 19:39:09 2019
    On 2019-11-18 12:46, Harry Potter wrote:
    Hi! How do I upload to the Garbo PC Software Archive? I want to upload my Template Creator for DOS program and am working on another program to
    upload.


    You are obviously totally clueless. Garbo died, many, many years ago!

    Robert
    --
    Robert AH Prins
    robert(a)prino(d)org
    The hitchhiking grandfather - https://prino.neocities.org/indez.html
    Some REXX code for use on z/OS - https://prino.neocities.org/zOS/zOS-Tools.html

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  • From T. Ment@21:1/5 to Robert Prins on Mon Nov 18 17:51:09 2019
    On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 19:39:09 +0000, Robert Prins wrote:

    On 2019-11-18 12:46, Harry Potter wrote:
    Hi! How do I upload to the Garbo PC Software Archive? I want to upload my >> Template Creator for DOS program and am working on another program to
    upload.


    You are obviously totally clueless. Garbo died, many, many years ago!

    Don't be a jerk. You're no mental health expert. Atheist I suspect.

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  • From Herbert Kleebauer@21:1/5 to T. Ment on Mon Nov 18 22:13:15 2019
    On 18.11.2019 18:51, T. Ment wrote:
    On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 19:39:09 +0000, Robert Prins wrote:


    Hi! How do I upload to the Garbo PC Software Archive? I want to upload my >>> Template Creator for DOS program and am working on another program to
    upload.


    You are obviously totally clueless. Garbo died, many, many years ago!

    Don't be a jerk. You're no mental health expert. Atheist I suspect.

    Garbo was maintained by Prof. Timo Salmi, his last post in alt.msdos.batch.nt was more than a year ago, but Garbo died already 2012:

    || An important note: The workstation hosting Garbo at the
    || University of Vaasa, Finland, has broken down in 2012. This
    || is final. The university's ICT Management informs that the
    || broken workstation will not be replaced. Thus the Garbo
    || library has ceased to exist. The relevant
    || copyrights, however, are not released.

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  • From Sjouke Burry@21:1/5 to T. Ment on Mon Nov 18 23:02:30 2019
    On 18.11.19 22:28, T. Ment wrote:
    On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 22:13:15 +0100, Herbert Kleebauer wrote:

    Garbo was maintained by Prof. Timo Salmi, his last post in alt.msdos.batch.nt
    was more than a year ago, but Garbo died already 2012:

    Garbo mirror still available:

    https://archive.org/download/2012.11.24.ftp-garbo-mirror



    Yep. downloaded the dos part a few years ago.

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  • From T. Ment@21:1/5 to Herbert Kleebauer on Mon Nov 18 21:28:02 2019
    On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 22:13:15 +0100, Herbert Kleebauer wrote:

    Garbo was maintained by Prof. Timo Salmi, his last post in alt.msdos.batch.nt was more than a year ago, but Garbo died already 2012:

    Garbo mirror still available:

    https://archive.org/download/2012.11.24.ftp-garbo-mirror

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  • From Herbert Kleebauer@21:1/5 to T. Ment on Mon Nov 18 23:31:59 2019
    On 18.11.2019 22:28, T. Ment wrote:
    On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 22:13:15 +0100, Herbert Kleebauer wrote:

    Garbo was maintained by Prof. Timo Salmi, his last post in alt.msdos.batch.nt
    was more than a year ago, but Garbo died already 2012:

    Garbo mirror still available:

    https://archive.org/download/2012.11.24.ftp-garbo-mirror

    The subject of this thread is: "Upload to the Garbo PC Software Archive".
    You can't upload anything to an archive or mirror of Garbo.
    Garbo is dead, a mirror is just a snapshot of Garbo at a
    time where Garbo still was alive.

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  • From T. Ment@21:1/5 to Herbert Kleebauer on Mon Nov 18 23:16:45 2019
    On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 23:31:59 +0100, Herbert Kleebauer wrote:

    Garbo mirror still available:

    https://archive.org/download/2012.11.24.ftp-garbo-mirror

    The subject of this thread is: "Upload to the Garbo PC Software Archive".
    You can't upload anything to an archive or mirror of Garbo.
    Garbo is dead, a mirror is just a snapshot of Garbo at a
    time where Garbo still was alive.

    This thread is whatever the OP wants to talk about. Maybe you don't know
    Harry. He wrote some code and wants people to use it. He doesn't care
    how that happens. Garbo was just one of his ideas. No need for anyone to
    go ballistic or be rude to Harry.

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  • From Harry Potter@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 19 04:29:04 2019
    T. Ment, I thank you for your support. You're right about me: I *really* want people to use my software and to get some exposure for it.

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  • From Frank Slootweg@21:1/5 to T. Ment on Tue Nov 19 13:52:03 2019
    T. Ment <t.ment@protocol.invalid> wrote:
    On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 22:13:15 +0100, Herbert Kleebauer wrote:

    Garbo was maintained by Prof. Timo Salmi, his last post in alt.msdos.batch.nt was more than a year ago, but Garbo died already
    2012:

    Garbo mirror still available:

    https://archive.org/download/2012.11.24.ftp-garbo-mirror

    Thanks for that!

    If/when I'm really bored, I might have a look if my old - rather
    useless - stuff from the comp.binaries.ibm.pc newsgroup is still on
    there! :-)

    Who remembers the 'CBIP Starter's Kit', which had an *executable-text* version of a minimal uudecode program, which could be used to uudecode
    the full uudecode program!? :-)

    Such fond memories!

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  • From Frank Slootweg@21:1/5 to Herbert Kleebauer on Tue Nov 19 13:34:25 2019
    Herbert Kleebauer <klee@unibwm.de> wrote:
    On 18.11.2019 18:51, T. Ment wrote:
    On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 19:39:09 +0000, Robert Prins wrote:

    Hi! How do I upload to the Garbo PC Software Archive? I want to
    upload my Template Creator for DOS program and am working on
    another program to upload.

    You are obviously totally clueless. Garbo died, many, many years ago!

    Don't be a jerk. You're no mental health expert. Atheist I suspect.

    Garbo was maintained by Prof. Timo Salmi, his last post in alt.msdos.batch.nt was more than a year ago, but Garbo died already 2012:

    || An important note: The workstation hosting Garbo at the
    || University of Vaasa, Finland, has broken down in 2012. This
    || is final. The university's ICT Management informs that the
    || broken workstation will not be replaced. Thus the Garbo
    || library has ceased to exist. The relevant
    || copyrights, however, are not released.

    As to Garbo being 'dead', I thought/think this is kind of funny:

    $ nslookup garbo.uwasa.fi
    ...
    Non-authoritative answer:
    Name: garbo.uwasa.fi
    Address: 193.166.122.111

    And when you enter 'garbo.uwasa.fi' in your webbrowser, it gets
    redirected to

    http://lipas.uwasa.fi/~ts/garbo.html

    which responds with:

    "Not Found
    The requested URL /~ts/garbo.html was not found on this server."

    Note the '~ts' and 'garbo' bits.

    (But indeed a 'ping' to 'garbo.uwasa.fi' fails.)

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  • From JJ@21:1/5 to Harry Potter on Tue Nov 19 23:41:42 2019
    On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 04:29:04 -0800 (PST), Harry Potter wrote:
    T. Ment, I thank you for your support. You're right about me: I *really* want people to use my software and to get some exposure for it.

    The problem is that people's interrest on DOS platform has been dwindling
    down to near nothing. Usenet and mailing list are probaly the only place
    where DOS is still an active discussion. There are website with forum
    sections for DOS, but mostly are related to game and programming. It hard to find one which relates to general DOS softwares.

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  • From T. Ment@21:1/5 to Frank Slootweg on Tue Nov 19 16:37:08 2019
    On 19 Nov 2019 13:52:03 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:

    Garbo mirror still available:

    https://archive.org/download/2012.11.24.ftp-garbo-mirror

    Thanks for that!

    It unzipped for me. Expanded takes another 1 GB or so. The UPLOAD.TXT
    file in /pub/pc/garbo/pc has the answer to Harry's question. Just need
    to roll back a few years.



    How to submit to garbo.uwasa.fi MS-DOS archives Mon 28-Jul-2003 -----------------------------------------------

    This file is ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/UPLOAD.TXT

    +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
    | First please check http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/garbinfo/garb1996.html |
    | "What is Garbo's current incoming uploads open/closed status?" | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+

    The X in the addresses throughout this file is a spamguard to be
    deleted.

    Q: I have made some programs myself (or written a scientific paper)
    which I think might be of general interest. Or I have obtained this
    fabulous program which I think would be of general interest. Or I
    have a more recent version of this shareware, freeware or public
    domain program than what you have on your archives. Would it be
    possible to upload them to your FTP archives?

    A1: A summary for experienced users. Check carefully before uploading!
    - Quality software solicited.
    - Please use /pc/UPTEXT.TXT for the compulsory announcement outline.
    - Email your *MS-DOS* upload announcement to pc-up@uwasaX.fi
    - MS-DOS uploads without _email_ to pc-up@uwasaX.fi will be deleted!
    - Compulsory descriptive subject in your email STARTING with the file
    name!
    (Example: "gismo10.zip Global Integrated Simulation Model uploaded")
    - Use only .zip (2.04G or Info-ZIP's compatible) (also for bare text
    files).
    - Don't forget to transfer your .zip file in the binary mode.
    - Use version numbers and unique, non-reserved file names (check our
    index).
    - If made with Unix zip, still use MS-DOS eolns for embedded text
    files.
    - If yours, include documentation in package, or make self-documenting.
    - FTP MS-DOS files to /pc/incoming (Windows files to
    /windows/incoming).
    - Your message will be used as such for announcing on the news.
    - Your message's right margin no further than at column 72.
    - Don't use tabs in writing to us.
    - English only (goes both for the programs and your announcement).
    - Emphasis on MS-DOS utilities, not all subject categories carried.
    - Programs that stop working after a fixed date will not be accepted.
    - If not yours, check that it is distributable, i.e. PD or shareware.
    - Fully developed programs. No alpha or beta test program versions.
    - Do not include vbrunxxx.dll files. They are available separately.
    - If it is both an MS-DOS & Windows package, MS-DOS takes precedence.
    - No special limitations on distributability (eg no CD-ROM) are
    allowed.
    - You have to disclose your full name. No anonymous or aka uploads.
    - Please be patient. Our queues can be quite long.

    Please be forewarned:
    So much material is now being uploaded to Garbo by the gentle
    users that we have had to set up an autokill program at Garbo. It
    summarily weeds all non-zipped files from the /pc/incoming,
    /windows/incoming and /win95/incoming directories.
    You cannot upload the compulsory upload announcement by FTP. You
    have to email it to pc-up@uwasaX.fi (or the other given email
    aliases for other than MS-DOS files). For the format of the
    compulsory upload announcement please see
    ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/UPTEXT.TXT
    We have to insist that the emailed upload announcement's subject
    header starts with the file name. If it does not, we'll have to
    discard. We have so many upload announcements that we cannot keep
    track else.
    (Example: "gismo10.zip Global Integrated Simulation Model uploaded")
    Sorry to have to be this strict, but we no longer have any other
    choice for practical reasons.

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  • From Kerr-Mudd,John@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 19 17:17:08 2019
    On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 13:52:03 GMT, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:

    T. Ment <t.ment@protocol.invalid> wrote:
    On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 22:13:15 +0100, Herbert Kleebauer wrote:

    Garbo was maintained by Prof. Timo Salmi, his last post in
    alt.msdos.batch.nt was more than a year ago, but Garbo died already
    2012:

    Garbo mirror still available:

    https://archive.org/download/2012.11.24.ftp-garbo-mirror

    Thanks for that!

    If/when I'm really bored, I might have a look if my old - rather
    useless - stuff from the comp.binaries.ibm.pc newsgroup is still on
    there! :-)

    Who remembers the 'CBIP Starter's Kit', which had an *executable-
    text*
    version of a minimal uudecode program, which could be used to uudecode
    the full uudecode program!? :-)

    Such fond memories!

    Not me; I reinvented that wheel.
    Can you give me a pointer?

    --
    Bah, and indeed, Humbug.

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  • From Frank Slootweg@21:1/5 to John on Tue Nov 19 18:12:59 2019
    Kerr-Mudd,John <notsaying@invalid.org> wrote:
    On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 13:52:03 GMT, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:

    T. Ment <t.ment@protocol.invalid> wrote:
    On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 22:13:15 +0100, Herbert Kleebauer wrote:

    Garbo was maintained by Prof. Timo Salmi, his last post in
    alt.msdos.batch.nt was more than a year ago, but Garbo died already
    2012:

    Garbo mirror still available:

    https://archive.org/download/2012.11.24.ftp-garbo-mirror

    Thanks for that!

    If/when I'm really bored, I might have a look if my old - rather
    useless - stuff from the comp.binaries.ibm.pc newsgroup is still on
    there! :-)

    Who remembers the 'CBIP Starter's Kit', which had an *executable-
    text*
    version of a minimal uudecode program, which could be used to uudecode
    the full uudecode program!? :-)

    Such fond memories!

    Not me; I reinvented that wheel.
    Can you give me a pointer?

    Sorry, doesn't compute! Can I give you a pointer for *what*?

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  • From T. Ment@21:1/5 to Frank Slootweg on Tue Nov 19 18:20:39 2019
    On 19 Nov 2019 18:12:59 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:

    Who remembers the 'CBIP Starter's Kit', which had an *executable-
    text*
    version of a minimal uudecode program, which could be used to uudecode
    the full uudecode program!? :-)

    Such fond memories!

    Not me; I reinvented that wheel.
    Can you give me a pointer?

    Sorry, doesn't compute! Can I give you a pointer for *what*?

    How to find "CBIP Starter's Kit" would be my guess.

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  • From Frank Slootweg@21:1/5 to T. Ment on Tue Nov 19 19:31:55 2019
    T. Ment <t.ment@protocol.invalid> wrote:
    On 19 Nov 2019 18:12:59 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:

    Who remembers the 'CBIP Starter's Kit', which had an *executable-
    text*
    version of a minimal uudecode program, which could be used to uudecode >> > the full uudecode program!? :-)

    Such fond memories!

    Not me; I reinvented that wheel.
    Can you give me a pointer?

    Sorry, doesn't compute! Can I give you a pointer for *what*?

    How to find "CBIP Starter's Kit" would be my guess.

    The 'CBIP Starter's Kit' was regularly posted to the (moderated) comp.binaries.ibm.pc newsgroup. AFAIR, the Garbo archive contained all binaries/posts from comp.binaries.ibm.pc. If that's correct, the Garbo
    mirror at <https://archive.org/download/2012.11.24.ftp-garbo-mirror>
    should have copies of the 'CBIP Starter's Kit'.

    [N.B. Most of this wisdom is brought to you from my file:
    21/05/1996 13:16 1,241 uudecode.rec
    where '.rec' means recording, i.e. a (posted) answer to a frequently
    asked question.]

    BTW, I tried a few Google searches to find the 'CBIP Starter's Kit',
    but the best I found was a Russian document explaining how to create the executable-text version of the minimal uudecode program! :-)

    BTW2, finding DEBUG (.DBG) versions - i.e. also text - of uudecode is
    much easier. AFAIR, DEBUG was standard in MS-DOS, so that was a good alternative for the executable-text version.

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  • From Kerr-Mudd,John@21:1/5 to this@ddress.is.invalid on Tue Nov 19 21:53:31 2019
    On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 19:31:55 GMT, Frank Slootweg
    <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:

    T. Ment <t.ment@protocol.invalid> wrote:
    On 19 Nov 2019 18:12:59 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:

    Who remembers the 'CBIP Starter's Kit', which had an
    *executable-
    text*
    version of a minimal uudecode program, which could be used to
    uudecode the full uudecode program!? :-)

    Such fond memories!

    Not me; I reinvented that wheel.
    Can you give me a pointer?

    Sorry, doesn't compute! Can I give you a pointer for *what*?

    How to find "CBIP Starter's Kit" would be my guess.

    The 'CBIP Starter's Kit' was regularly posted to the (moderated) comp.binaries.ibm.pc newsgroup. AFAIR, the Garbo archive contained all binaries/posts from comp.binaries.ibm.pc. If that's correct, the Garbo
    mirror at <https://archive.org/download/2012.11.24.ftp-garbo-mirror>
    should have copies of the 'CBIP Starter's Kit'.

    [N.B. Most of this wisdom is brought to you from my file:
    21/05/1996 13:16 1,241 uudecode.rec
    where '.rec' means recording, i.e. a (posted) answer to a frequently
    asked question.]

    BTW, I tried a few Google searches to find the 'CBIP Starter's Kit',
    but the best I found was a Russian document explaining how to create
    the executable-text version of the minimal uudecode program! :-)

    That's why I was asking!

    BTW2, finding DEBUG (.DBG) versions - i.e. also text - of uudecode
    is
    much easier. AFAIR, DEBUG was standard in MS-DOS, so that was a good alternative for the executable-text version.

    OK; will try that.

    I see
    http://www.retroarchive.org/garbo/pc/decode/uudecode.dbg

    but that's not text only.

    OK looks like this is it:

    http://www.retroarchive.org/cdrom/garbo_dos/doc-net/cbipstar.txt


    --
    Bah, and indeed, Humbug.

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  • From Kerr-Mudd,John@21:1/5 to notsaying@invalid.org on Wed Nov 20 17:07:27 2019
    On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 21:53:31 GMT, "Kerr-Mudd,John"
    <notsaying@invalid.org> wrote:

    On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 19:31:55 GMT, Frank Slootweg
    <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:

    T. Ment <t.ment@protocol.invalid> wrote:
    On 19 Nov 2019 18:12:59 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:

    Who remembers the 'CBIP Starter's Kit', which had an
    *executable-
    text*
    version of a minimal uudecode program, which could be used to
    uudecode the full uudecode program!? :-)

    Such fond memories!

    Not me; I reinvented that wheel.
    Can you give me a pointer?

    Sorry, doesn't compute! Can I give you a pointer for *what*?

    How to find "CBIP Starter's Kit" would be my guess.

    The 'CBIP Starter's Kit' was regularly posted to the (moderated)
    comp.binaries.ibm.pc newsgroup. AFAIR, the Garbo archive contained all
    binaries/posts from comp.binaries.ibm.pc. If that's correct, the Garbo
    mirror at <https://archive.org/download/2012.11.24.ftp-garbo-mirror>
    should have copies of the 'CBIP Starter's Kit'.

    [N.B. Most of this wisdom is brought to you from my file:
    21/05/1996 13:16 1,241 uudecode.rec
    where '.rec' means recording, i.e. a (posted) answer to a frequently
    asked question.]

    BTW, I tried a few Google searches to find the 'CBIP Starter's Kit',
    but the best I found was a Russian document explaining how to create
    the executable-text version of the minimal uudecode program! :-)

    That's why I was asking!

    BTW2, finding DEBUG (.DBG) versions - i.e. also text - of uudecode
    is
    much easier. AFAIR, DEBUG was standard in MS-DOS, so that was a good
    alternative for the executable-text version.

    OK; will try that.

    I see
    http://www.retroarchive.org/garbo/pc/decode/uudecode.dbg

    but that's not text only.

    OK looks like this is it:

    http://www.retroarchive.org/cdrom/garbo_dos/doc-net/cbipstar.txt




    It's all a bit late now, but 2 years ago I made one a bit smaller:
    (of course there's no help, no file save etc.)

    ZRPhI0XRP5I1RPRR4hPPa+G71GaRX5OV1GG1GIG8+r6238w6t183t+=rYFRUZ22= 6602Zeeeeee0222====MJ=17======6eeeeGWSW///SoRKi8A9oAlpinMIP5lpad EGinMIC3asbalputEEA2asA9a6N7E7E7lperHQD7sAroEGI8si5Sh8G7v7h8baba w7a7OCh8ECP7G7EGG7sCjea69PUnSozeEdYoxbW7pL3P=
    tAm6CAHNIcNIZWxsbyB3b3JsZCEk=


    --
    Bah, and indeed, Humbug.

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  • From Frank Slootweg@21:1/5 to John on Wed Nov 20 19:10:12 2019
    Kerr-Mudd,John <notsaying@invalid.org> wrote:
    On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 19:31:55 GMT, Frank Slootweg
    <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:

    T. Ment <t.ment@protocol.invalid> wrote:
    On 19 Nov 2019 18:12:59 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:

    Who remembers the 'CBIP Starter's Kit', which had an
    *executable-
    text*
    version of a minimal uudecode program, which could be used to
    uudecode the full uudecode program!? :-)

    Such fond memories!

    Not me; I reinvented that wheel.
    Can you give me a pointer?

    Sorry, doesn't compute! Can I give you a pointer for *what*?

    How to find "CBIP Starter's Kit" would be my guess.

    The 'CBIP Starter's Kit' was regularly posted to the (moderated) comp.binaries.ibm.pc newsgroup. AFAIR, the Garbo archive contained all binaries/posts from comp.binaries.ibm.pc. If that's correct, the Garbo mirror at <https://archive.org/download/2012.11.24.ftp-garbo-mirror>
    should have copies of the 'CBIP Starter's Kit'.

    [N.B. Most of this wisdom is brought to you from my file:
    21/05/1996 13:16 1,241 uudecode.rec
    where '.rec' means recording, i.e. a (posted) answer to a frequently
    asked question.]

    BTW, I tried a few Google searches to find the 'CBIP Starter's Kit',
    but the best I found was a Russian document explaining how to create
    the executable-text version of the minimal uudecode program! :-)

    That's why I was asking!

    BTW2, finding DEBUG (.DBG) versions - i.e. also text - of uudecode
    is much easier. AFAIR, DEBUG was standard in MS-DOS, so that was a
    good alternative for the executable-text version.

    OK; will try that.

    I see
    http://www.retroarchive.org/garbo/pc/decode/uudecode.dbg

    but that's not text only.

    What I meant is that you could use the DEBUG (.dbg) version without
    any additional software, because (AFAIR) DEBUG was standard in MS-DOS.

    For other versions, such as the BASIC or C versions, you needed
    additional software (BASIC interpreter, C compiler), which was not
    standard in MS-DOS.

    OK looks like this is it:

    http://www.retroarchive.org/cdrom/garbo_dos/doc-net/cbipstar.txt

    Yes it is! Excellent find! Thanks!

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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@21:1/5 to T. Ment on Wed Nov 20 21:51:13 2019
    T. Ment <t.ment@protocol.invalid> wrote:
    On 19 Nov 2019 13:52:03 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:

    Garbo mirror still available:

    https://archive.org/download/2012.11.24.ftp-garbo-mirror

    Thanks for that!

    It unzipped for me. Expanded takes another 1 GB or so.

    For those like me who do their best to avoid the trouble of
    downloading/storing GBs of data, there are still FTP mirrors
    of Garbo online:

    ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/pc/garbo ftp://major.butt.care/mirrors/garbo.uwasa.fi/pub/pc/garbo

    That's doesn't help for uploading of course.

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