********************************* * WELCOME * * TO * * Ring Hamradio archive * ********************************* Welcome to the "Ring Hamradio archive." The 'Ring' ( Research Information Network Grand challenge program ) is a project produced by many volunteer and manufactured by AIST, Japan. The primary aim of this project is to offer a large repository of useful software and informational documents for all Internet users. The 'Ring' is concerning about the way of easy access to widely spreaded network environment, and developping related programs, and show the way to access these data. The Ring Hamradio archive aims to provide easy access to often used software and documents for the Amateur Radio community and also as a site where you can contribute any software, documents even pictures, sounds, animations that you think would be of use for other hams, between Japan and rest of the World. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- How to access data from Ring server If you are already connected to the Internet, you have easy access to this service via the commonly available 'ftp' command. If you are using a UNIX machine, just typing "ftp ring.etl.go.jp" will connect you to this machine. Here is a sample login session : yourmachine% ftp ring.etl.go.jp Connected to ring.etl.go.jp. 220 ring FTP server (Version wu-2.4(1) Sun Mar 10 15:53:08 JST 1996) ready. Name (ring.etl.go.jp:yourname): anonymous 331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password. Password: ------- type your e-mail address here 230- Welcome to the Ring Server FTP Service 230- 230-There are 6 users logging in this server. (MAX 100 users) 230-Current local time is Wed Jul 9 00:26:59 1997. 230- 230- 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. ftp> At the Name prompt, type 'anonymous' and at the Password prompt type your e-mail address ( which is something like 'john@something' - don't type this as it is just a sample, if you do not know your e-mail address, ask your system administrator ). For more detailed information on ftp, consult your UNIX manual. There are many other tools like 'ws_ftp' for Microsoft Windows that make life so much easier. Once you are logged onto the Ring Hamradio archive machine, type; ftp>cd pub 220 CWD command successful. ftp>cd public 220 CWD command successful. ftp>cd hamradio 220 CWD command successful. ftp> This will take you to the hamradio directory where all the good stuff is waiting for you. Type 'dir' to see a listing of the files/directories at this level. For transferring documents, the tranfer mode is already set to ascii but if you plan to download programs, sound files, pictures etc. you should change the transfer mode to binary. You can do this by typing 'bin'. You may also type 'hash' - this will cause # marks to be displayed on your terminal when data is being transferred ( that way you can see if the data is actually being transferred ! ). After that just type 'get filename' where filename is the name of the file you want. After the 'Transfer complete' message is displayed and if you do not wish to transfer any more files, just type 'quit' and you will be logged off and returned to your machine. The ftp command has many other options and we suggest that you read the ftp man page on your machine before trying this command. We also offer WWW ( World Wide Web ) access. To use these services, you will need a WWW client. You may already have these on your machine. If you do not have these installed, consult your system administrator. The sources ( and binaries for a few machines ) are also available from the Ring server( check under /pub/ and a directory named of your OS ). For WWW access, use the URL 'http://ring.etl.go.jp/' For more information on how to use your client, you can check the man or Web pages for these. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- How to contribute data to Ring Hamradio archive The Ring server is mirroring FUNET hamradio archive ( ftp.funet.fi: /pub/ham/ ). Submission of FUNET archive prevents contribution for us. :-) # Check ring.etl.go.jp:/pub/misc/ham/. The Ring hamradio archive is also welcome hamradio softwares and documents contribution from the World for East Asian district. The following guidelines are designed to allow the maintainers to quickly and efficiently provide access to materials submitted to the archive, and to ensure that only the most recentversions of all submissions are provided. If you have any questions about these guidelines, send them to hamradio@ring.etl.go.jp. Submission procedures for the Ring Hamradio archive are quite similar to other archive sites, and can be followed by all submitters. We have two broad "package" areas; software and documents. SOFTWARE PACKAGE SUBMISSION POLICY a) The software must be provided as a single archive file with a clear name containing the version number of the package. If the software consists of more than one file, a standard archival program must be used to create a single file. All archives must be "system friendly", i.e. they must create a subdirectory for the software they contain. b) The archive must contain sufficient documentation to allow an inexperienced user to compile and operate the software. This documentation must contain at least a users manual and an installation guide. c) A software package description document must be provided and is described below. This document must conform to the standards set forth by the Internet Engineering Task Force Internet FTP Archives Working Group (IAFA). d) The archive file, complete with the IAFA document and all user documentation must be placed in the "incoming" directory at ring.aist.go.jp: /pub/public/hamradio and a mail message containing the IAFA document must be sent to hamradio@ring.etl.go.jp. SAMPLE ARCHIVE FILE Consider a hypothetical analysis package called "software". software-1.0.tar This package must create a directory and unpack itself into it. tar -xf software-1.0.tar software/IAFA-PACKAGE` software/README software/doc/manual.txt software/doc/manual.ps software/src/main.c software/src/Makefile software/src/README software/src/INSTALL The IAFA document must be called IAFA-PACKAGE and contain the following information: Title: Title of the package Version: A version number or string associated with the package Description: A description of the function of the program(s) contained in the package. Author: Name and e-mail address of the author. A telephone number is optional Maintained-by: This field should be included when the current maintainer of the package is known. In most cases, it will be the author. Maintained-at: ring.etl.go.jp. Other sites may also be specified by the submitter. Platforms: Any requirements or restrictions that the package may have in terms of hardware or software (OS) platforms. The programming language the package is written in must be included. Copying-Policy: The status of the package for copying purposes. This field must contain one of the following entries: "Public Domain" "Freely Redistributable" "Voluntary Payment" (shareware) Keywords: Keywords appropriate for users trying to locate this package. DOCUMENT SUBMISSION POLICIES a) Single documents are acceptable, but we prefer that documents be submitted as a package containing: 1) The document in plain ASCII text format. 2) The document in PostScript format. 3) An IAFA document description abstract called IAFA-ABSTRACT. The description of this IAFA document follows. The filenames of the documents must be descriptive, with the file extension defining the document format. Examples: 1) ASCII Text - .TXT 2) PostScript - .PS 3) SGML - .SGML 4) HTML - .HTML 5) TEX - .TEX These examples are not meant to limit the acceptable formats. Ring Hamradio archive will maintain a list of formats that may be found in the archive. b) Each document must have the name of the author, and while we prefer that the author(s) provide an e-mail or postal address in the document. c) Document packages should be created using standard archival software such as TAR. The document packages must be "system friendly", as discussed in the software submission policies. d) The document package, complete with the IAFA document and all user documentation must be placed in the "incoming" directory at ring.aist.go.jp: /pub/public/hamradio and a mail message containing the IAFA document must be sent to hamradio@ring.etl.go.jp. Format of IAFA-ABSTRACTS Document-Name: Filename containing the document, without extension Title: Title of the document Authors: Names of authors, with e-mail and/or postal addresses. Please separate these name/address entries with a semicolon. Revision-Date: Date of last document revision Category: A "author defined" category into which the document might fall. Example: "User Guide", "Conference Proceedings", "Technical Report", etc. Abstract: Summary of the document, in plain text. Format: A list of formats in which the document is available. Citation: The official bibliographic entry for the document. Publication-Status: Current status of the document (draft, published, etc). Keywords: Keywords relevant to the document Size: Size of document in pages. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE RING HAMRADIO ARCHIVE IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS: All software, documentation, research data, and other materials ("Materials") submitted for installation on the Ring Hamradio archive will be deemed in the public domain, except for any express restrictions included in such Materials by the submitting party. The Ring Project ("Ring") is not responsible for providing notice of or enforcing any such restrictions. All parties submitting Materials to the Ring Hamradio archive represent and warrant to Ring that the submission, installation, copying, distribution, and use of such Materials in connection with the Ring Hamradio archive will not violate any other party's proprietary rights. Ring is not responsible for any errors created in or damage to the Materials as a result of their installation or maintenance on the FTP Server, or their use by anyone accessing the FTP Server. The Ring Hamradio archive and all Materials maintained on the Server are provided "as is" with no warranties of any kind. THE RING DISCLAIM ALL EXPRESS WARRANTIES INCLUDED IN ANY MATERIALS, AND FURTHER DISCLAIM ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS. Materials may not be used for any purpose requiring fail-safe performance, or as to which defects in or failure of Materials could cause death, personal injury, or property or environmental damage ("High Risk Activities"). RING DISCLAIM ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO HIGH RISK ACTIVITIES. RING SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, ARISING FROM THE SUBMISSION, INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE, TRANSMISSION, COPYING, MODIFICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR ANY USE OF ANY MATERIALS. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CD-ROM DISTRIBUTION Ring Hamradio archive contributes Japanese Hamradio CD-ROM issued by Orion-club, Setagaya, Tokyo. This archive is primary maintainer site of this. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have any further comments or questions, please send e-mail to hamradio@ring.etl.go.jp