About fpArchie

fpArchie is an Archie client for Windows 95. It is made for fpWare by PeterTanis 
and FrankFesevur.

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 trans-oceanic 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 distributed file system protocol with Archie servers, 
which perform the specified queries and return the results to the user.

What do I need to use fpArchie?

fpArchie requires Windows95. 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 works fine. To access an Archie server on the Internet naturally 
you need an Internet connection.

Since fpArchie requires a multi-threading environment, it does not run on a Win32s 
system.

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

Why we made this product

There are three main reasons why we made fpArchie:
· We wanted to make a WinSock / Windows 95 product.
· We thought the currently available Windows Archie clients could be improved on 
interface and functionality.
· We wanted to make a product that many users can use.

Advantages of fpArchie

· It is multi-threading. So while Archie is busy, you can use your Internet 
connection for other purposes.
· It is easy to use, because it uses the same interface as the Find-applet of 
Windows 95 itself.
· It displays the information while it is received. If think you have enough, 
simply abort the query.
· It has built in FTP support. So when you have found the file, you can download it 
right away.

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.

Un-installing

To uninstall fpArchie, use the Add/Remove Programs item from 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.