About fpArchie

fpArchie is an Archie client for Windows 95. It is made for fpWare by Peter Tanis 
and Frank Fesevur.

The interface of fpArchie has a close resemblance to the Find applet that comes 
with Windows 95. If you can work with Find, you can work with fpArchie.

fpArchie has built in FTP support. If you have found the file you where looking 
for, simply right-click the file to retrieve it.

What is Archie?

Archie is a index on many anonymous FTP-servers all over the world. If you are 
looking for a file, Archie is the way to tell where you can find this file. There 
are many Archie-servers located all over the world. They don't cover the same 
FTP-servers. Some Archie systems track archive sites globally, others only track 
the archive sites in their country, region or continent in order to reduce the load 
on transoceanic links.

There are different ways to get the information from a Archie-server, like telnet, 
e-mail, the World Wide Web or a client-program like fpArchie. These client-programs 
communicate via the Prospero protocol with Archie and compatible servers, which 
perform the specified queries and return the results to the user.

What do I need to use fpArchie?

fpArchie requires Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 (Intel). You also need to have a 32 
bits WinSock1.1 compliant TCP/IP stack properly set up on your system. The WinSock 
TCP/IP stack that comes with Windows 95/NT works fine. To access a server on the 
Internet naturally you need an Internet connection.

Since fpArchie requires a multithreading environment, it does not run on a Win32s 
system.

In a next release, fpArchie also will work with Windows NT for Intel 3.51.

Installing

To install fpArchie, simply move all files in the zip file to a directory of your 
choice. We recommend that you use C:\Program Files\fpWare. We are planning a decent 
installation program.

If you are currently using a previous release of fpArchie that is installed in the 
same directory, please make sure that you overwrite the existing files. It is not 
necessary to un-install the previous version.

Un-installing

To un-install fpArchie, use the Add/Remove Programs item from the Control Panel. 
Select fpArchie version ## (where ## indicates the version that you are using) from 
the list of installed programs, and click the Add/Remove... button.
Our addresses

If you want to contact us, please use E-mail. Here are the addresses

	E-mail:
		Frank Fesevur		ffes@dds.nl
		Peter Tanis		petert@euronet.nl

License

fpArchie version 0.8 is distributed as a beta release on a Freeware basis.
Future versions of fpArchie will be distributed as Shareware. 

You may use this version of fpArchie free for non-commercial use. If you are a 
commercial institution wanting to use fpArchie, please consult the authors first. 
fpArchie may be redistributed on a non-profit base.

Disclaimer

THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR 
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND 
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS, PETER TANIS OR 
FRANK FESEVUR, BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, 
INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF THE 
AUTHORS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Copyrights

Unlike version 0.7 beta 1, the client-server communication of fpArchie is now using 
an independently developed limited implementation of the Asynchronous Reliable 
Delivery Protocol (ARDP) and the Prospero protocol.

Prospero was originally written by Clifford Neuman. 

Trademarks

ArchieÒ is a registered trademark of Bunyip Information Systems Inc., Canada, 1990.
ProsperoÔ is a trademark of the University of Southern Carolina.
WindowsÒ is a registered trademark and Windows 95 and Windows NT are trademarks of 
Microsoft Corporation.