OS/2 FAQ List: User's Edition (4 Apr 94)

(3.2) Shareware and Freeware Sources

Where can I obtain OS/2 shareware and freeware?

See (4.11) OS/2 BBSes for information on bulletin board systems that 
support OS/2.

On the Internet, the Usenet conference comp.binaries.os2 carries OS/2 
software.  And several sites are available via anonymous ftp.  (No ftp? 
 Send a single line message with the word HELP to bitftp@pucc.bitnet or 
ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com to learn about ftp mail servers.)  Some are (with 
Internet node numbers and subdirectories):



 ftp-os2.cdrom.com              192.153.46.2     pub/os2

 ftp-os2.nmsu.edu               128.123.35.151   multimedia

 software.watson.ibm.com        129.34.139.5     pub/os2

 mtsg.ubc.ca                    137.82.27.1      os2:

 access.usask.ca                128.233.3.1      pub/archives/os2

 luga.latrobe.edu.au            131.172.2.2      pub/os2

 funic.funet.fi                 128.214.6.100    pub/os2

 pdsoft.lancs.ac.uk             148.88.64.2      micros/ibmpc/os2

 ftp.uni-stuttgart.de           129.69.1.12      soft/os2

 src.doc.ic.ac.uk               146.169.2.1      computing/systems/os2

 zaphod.cs.uwindsor.ca          137.207.224.3    pub/local/os2

 ftp.luth.se                    130.240.18.2     pub/pc/os2

 ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de  131.159.0.198    /pub/comp/os/os2

The ftp-os2.cdrom.com library is available on CD-ROM from Walnut Creek 
(phone 510-947-5996).  A quarterly subscription is available.  Profit 
Press (phone 800-843-7990) also offers OS/2 shareware and freeware on 
CD-ROM.  EMS (phone 301-924-3594) offers an OS/2 shareware/freeware 
library on diskette.

Other sources include CompuServe (GO IBMOS2) and archive servers (send a 
single line message with the word HELP to listserv@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be or 
mail-server@rus.uni-stuttgart.de for more information, or use ftp). 
 TRICKLE servers are also available outside the United States.  For more 
information on TRICKLE services, including automatic file subscription 
procedures, send a single line message with the word HELP to any one of 
the following sites nearest you:

 Country       Address 
 Austria       TRICKLE@AWIWUW11.BITNET 
 Belgium       TRICKLE@BANUFS11.BITNET 
 Colombia      TRICKLE@UNALCOL.BITNET 
 France        TRICKLE@FRMOP11.BITNET 
 Germany       TRICKLE@DEARN.BITNET 
 Israel        TRICKLE@TAUNIVM.BITNET 
 Italy         TRICKLE@IMIPOLI.BITNET 
 Netherlands   TRICKLE@HEARN.BITNET 
 Sweden        TRICKLE@SEARN.BITNET 
 Turkey        TRICKLE@TREARN.BITNET 
               TRICKLE@TRMETU.BITNET

 IBM has been releasing freely distributable employee written software 
 (e.g. Visual REXX) and OS/2 patches to these sites.

 Related information:

 (3.3)  "Must Have" Shareware and Freeware 
 (3.5)  Running a BBS Under OS/2
 (3.7)  Viruses
 (4.6)  Corrective Service Diskettes 
 (4.11) OS/2 BBSes

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