Archive-name: games/videoarcade/ftp 
Last-modified: May-07-94 

Announcing the Rec.Games.Video.Arcade file servers !

There is an ftp site for RGVA information.  It is located at wiretap.spies.com.
Look in the game_archive directory.  There are currently directories for the
cheat sheet (cheatList), a directory for the KLOV (gameList), a directory
for repair hints (repairHints), and a directory for all the games hints sheets.
As well as a bunch of other stuff.

Andy Eddy, of GamePro magazine, also maintains an ftp site at netcom.com.
Look in the pub/vidgames directory.  The pub/vidgames/faq directory contains
a mirror image of the Mailserver files, so you can ftp anything listed in
the following Mailserver section directly from netcom.com.

Please use ftp if at all possible ... The following two mailserver sites use
email as their transport -- any messages they serve eat up time used by 
Georgia State's or my Fidonet BBS' mailing systems.  240 MKII requests a day
tends to slow things down quite a bit.

Please read the following instructions carefully -- requests that don't
follow the proper formatting get dumped in my incoming mail directory.  Trust
me, you really don't want to deal with 250+ MKII moves requests in your mail
folder.  So please read carefully :

I have revamped the RGVA mailserver ... there are now two addresses -- one is
for hints sheets, the other mainly for technical info.  Use the following
charts for help :

SITE 1 :

Address : musjndx@gsusgi2.gsu.edu (yes ... my email addr ... ELM filters rock!) 
Format  : "Send <keyword>"     *** CASE IS IMPORTANT ***  (This *is* unix ...) 

Send <keyword> *must* be the SUBJECT of your message ... if you put it
in the text body, I cannot process your message.  Example :

Subject: Send mk2

Keyword        Description
-------        -----------
auction        Steve Ofoz's "Buying from an Auction" faq
cheats         The latest copy of the Definitive Arcade Games Cheat Sheet
help           The RGVA Mailserver and FTP guide (from the FAQ)
klov           The latest copy of the Killer List of Video Games
mk             The Mortal Kombat moves sheet
mk2            The Mortal Kombat II moves sheet
nba            The NBA JAMS moves/secrets sheet
operator       Steve Ofoz's "Buying from an operator" faq
rampart        The Rampart help sheet
faq            The rec.games.video.arcade Frequently Asked Questions list
samurai        The Samurai Showdown moves/hints sheet
sf2 faq        The Street Fighter II FAQ sheet
sf2 ken        The Street Fighter II Ken FAQ
sf2 moves      The Street Fighter II Moves sheet
ssf2           The Super Street Fighter II FAQ and moves sheet
tssf2          The Turbo Super Street Fighter II FAQ (how long can this go on?)
t2             The Terminator 2 help sheet
virtua         The Virtua Fighters help sheet

Please note that the cheat sheet and the klov are VERY LARGE ... if your system
or mailer can't handle 100kb+ messages, they will bounce and be returned to me
as undeliverable.  Undeliverable messages will be killed. 

I have been having problems with my filter lately, so if you don't get a file
you requested within 24 hours, please email me and let me know ...

Site 2 :

Address : rgva@gisatl.fidonet.org
Format  : "Request <keyword>" in subject, "Mail-to: <your email address>" in
          text body.  The mail-to line is most important ... gisatl.fidonet.org
          gets uucp bangpaths for addresses and needs internet addresses for
          outbound mail.

Use the following keywords for your requests : 

Keyword       Post
-------       ------------------------------------------------
help          This posting (ie ... instructions).
pinouts       A list of the current entries in the pinouts/switches archive.
cheats        Directions on where to ftp the Cheat Sheet.
manufacturer  The list of arcade games manufacturers. 
parts         The list of sources for arcade games parts.
nostalgia     The folklore list of easter eggs and other things in old games.
 
Again, include the following line in the text body of your message :

     Mail-to: <your Internet address>

Requests without this line cannot be honored as my inbound UUCP mailer
DOES NOT pass incoming Internet addresses in any usable form.

You can also request entries in the Pinouts/Switches archive.  Simply use
the filename for the entry you want (request the pinouts post for details on
filenames) as the keyword and follow the instructions above.

If you have any questions or problems, please email me at :
musjndx@gsusgi2.gsu.edu or jdeitch@gisatl.fidonet.org.

thanks !

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