Author: Andrew Williams
Date: 08:14:12 02/21/03
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On February 21, 2003 at 10:48:14, Frank Phillips wrote: >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> Hi Frank, I'm at work at the moment, and this madhouse doesn't permit any ftp at all. When I get home, I'll give it a go on my Linux box. I log in as anonymous and type my email address as the password. I don't believe I type "mode active/passive". I think I just type "passive", but I've no idea from here if that is the same thing - you'd think it would be. More later when I get back. Cheers Andrew
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