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Subject: Re: Why on earth ...

Author: Frank Phillips

Date: 07:48:14 02/21/03

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On February 21, 2003 at 08:34:19, Andrew Williams wrote:

>On February 21, 2003 at 05:33:12, Frank Phillips wrote:
>
>>On February 20, 2003 at 15:39:32, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>
>>>On February 20, 2003 at 14:02:33, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>>>
>>>>... is almost everbody playing [rather meaningless?] blitz games 5m/game or even
>>>>less?? With hardware 3-5 times faster than today, we shall soon see matches at
>>>>1m/game. And then it will be high time for me to find a new hobby, grrrr ....
>>>
>>>Here are nearly 4000 games at slow time control:
>>>ftp://cap.connx.com/The%20Gauntlet/contest/
>>>
>>>I share your dislike of blitz.  In the same way, some people will prefer a hot
>>>dog and soda to steak and champaign.
>>>*shrug*
>>
>>It would be so nice to be able to access this site.  I have tried ftp clients
>>(active and passive), various browser, including IE (shudder), but all to no
>>avail.
>>
>>Any hints?
>>
>>Frank
>
>I've always been able to get it with just a command-line ftp in Linux. Once it's
>open you have to switch to passive (or is it active?) mode. Then it's just like
>any other ftp site for me...
>
>Cheers
>
>Andrew


Andrew

Thanks, but failed again.  There is obviously more going on here than I
understand.

Frank


Name (cap.connx.com:fp): 331 User name okay, Need password.
Password:
230 User logged in.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> mode active
We only support stream mode, sorry.
ftp> mode passive
We only support stream mode, sorry.
ftp> ls
227 Entering Passive Mode (209,20,248,158,15,15)

close
ftp: connect: Connection timed out
ftp> 221 Goodbye.  Control connection closed.
ftp>



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