Hello to everyone

[Janina Sajka]

Of course we have such facility in linux. For me, I use ncftp. But there
are others.

Do not fear. Linux is no dessert.

On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Peter M. Konka wrote:

> There are other programns that anyone can download for free.
>
> What these programs do is if your pdial up connection has been
> disconnected, it will resume the download after the next ttime you reconnect.
>
> I'm not exactly sure if these programs are available for linux.  But for
> windows they are,
>
> Two programs that I know of, and that work very well at pausing and
> resuming file downloads are :
>
> Get Right
>
> and
>
> Download Accellerator
>
> --- Peter Konka
>
> At 06:09 PM 8/23/01 -0400, you wrote:
> >Yeah I know, I was working out the math to get the cat sitter to startup a
> >new download between her visits ha!
> >Wow!  I had figured on about 2 and a half days per CD so hey now! 35 hours
> >per image! ain't all bad!  The only down side to this is if you loose the
> >modem connection and have to start all overagain.  I sure did like the
> >resume feature in zmodem back in the dos days.
> >
> >I'm happy to say that a kind person has been gracious enough to burn some
> >CDs.  Once I have these, in the future, will be glad to pass on the favor
> >to others but don't everybody line-up just yet!
> >
> >Amanda
> >
> >
> >
> >On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Tommy Moore wrote:
> >
> > > Actually I've downloaded plenty of cd images over my modem. Its not pretty
> > > but if you let it go you can get one in about 35 hours or so.
> > > If you don't watn ot take that way downloading while you sleep is antoehr
> > > good option or download while your at work or a bit of both.
> > > Some people say I'm crazy for doing this but oh well.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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				Janina Sajka, Director
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