----------------------------------------------------------------------------- How to get updates and new versions of QPV/386 ================================================ This documentation file describes how to get updates and new versions of QPV/386. This applies to both unregistered and registered users: - Unregistered users can get updates of the unregistered shareware version. - Registered users got a so-called personal registration file along with their registration disk. If you install a new shareware version (in the same directory as your registered version), your registration file will NOT be overwritten, thus you'll automatically have the registered version again. There's a mailing list which you can subscribe to. All recipients of the list will automatically be notified by email whenever a new version of QPV/386 is released. To subscribe to the list, send an email with the subject "subscribe QPV/386" to my email address (fromme@rz.tu-clausthal.de). Internet FTP ~~~~~~~~~~~~ GERMANY/EUROPE: ftp.tu-clausthal.de (139.174.2.10) /pub/msdos/graphics/view This is the primary distribution site. New versions will be available here first. This site only has a small 64Kbit line, so please don't connect during business hours if possible (local time CET/DLS). This site also offers an email service (see below), and you can access it by FSP on port 21. You can also access the FTP server by WWW using this URL: . U.S.A./WORLD: ftp.wustl.edu /pub/msdos_uploads/graphics The above sites will carry new QPV/386 versions one or two days after release. If you can't connect to "ftp.wustl.edu" (if that host is unknown to your site), try "wuarchive.wustl.edu" instead. I also upload it to "uniwa.uwa.edu.au" (Australia) where it will be available in /pub/povray/viewer, but I'm not sure how long that service will be available. ftp.best.com /pub/bryanw/qpv This is the graphics archive of Bryan Woodworth. You should always be able to find the latest version of QPV/386 there. Thanks Bryan! World Wide Web ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.tu-clausthal.de/~inof/q.html This WWW page contains pointers to several places where you can get QPV/386 (usually FTP references). You also find useful information about QPV/386 here: latest news, known bugs (including fixes or work- arounds) and other interesting things. Usenet News ~~~~~~~~~~~ Current versions of QPV/386 are posted regularly to the Usenet newsgroup "alt.binaries.pictures.utilities". You can get it from there through any of its associated nets. Email Server ~~~~~~~~~~~~ mail-server@ftp.tu-clausthal.de You can get QPV/386 from the primary FTP server even if you don't have FTP or Internet access. However, you must be able to send and receive email. The FTP site at Clausthal maintains a so-called automatic mail server which can send files from the server to anybody by email. The server's email address is "mail-server@ftp.tu-clausthal.de". Note that you won't reach a real person by mailing to that address, but a program which reacts based on commands embedded in the email. For more information send a mail containing the single word "HELP" to the mail server. BBS / Mailboxes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GERMANY/EUROPE: "TBH-BOX" (Clausthal, Mid Germany), Sysop: Oliver Fromme Modem phone number: +49-5323-5143 Baud: 2,400 - 14,400 (downloads require 9,600 at least) Please don't leave me messages on this box because I don't check for messages here very frequently. Better send your messages to my Internet email address. "Cyberbox" (Oldenburg, Northern Germany), Sysop: Sascha Klose Line: Modem phone number: Fidonet node number: ----- ------------------- -------------------- 1 +49-441-3990031 (2400-28800) 2:2426/2030 2 +49-441-3990032 (2400-28800) 2:2426/2031 3 +49-441-3990033 (2400-28800) 2:2426/2032 4 +49-441-9390942 (2400-28800) 2:2426/2033 5 +49-441-9390944 (38400-64000 ISDN) 2:2426/2034 You can connect to the Cyberbox simply with your modem or through the Fidonet. If you are calling from Germany, replace the "+49" with a "0". Fidonet users can request the latest QPV/386 version using the magic "QPV". The Cyberbox is really one of the best mailboxes around here! But remember that long distance calls may be expensive. ITALY: "SPQR Serviz Telematici" (Rome, Italy), Sysop: Alessandro Bucci Line: Modem phone number: ----- ------------------- 1 +39-6-87182083 (19.2 ZyXEL) 2 +39-6-87180915 (14.4 V.32b) Fidonet node number: 2:335/348 (magic "QPV") Caesar Network Int'l 175:391/1 ISRAEL: "Back Adder BBS" (Israel), Sysop: Nimrod Carmi Modem phone number: +972-6-514404 (28,800) Fidonet node number: 2:404/264 AUSTRALIA: "Maximum Velocity BBS" (Perth, Western Australia), Sysop: Trevor Bloch Line: Modem phone number: ----- ------------------- 1 +619 276-1279 (14400) 2 +619 276-1295 (2400) FidoNet access will be available shortly. U.S.A.: "The Itchy & Scratchy Show" (Sacramento, California, USA) Sysop: Mark Holtz Modem phone number: (916) 721-1701 (speed: 14,400 v.32bis) Fidonet node number: 1:203/1701 (magic "QPV") Guest Access: Dial (916) 721-1701 and login as "guest". The latest version of QPV/386 can be found in the QPV file area. NOTE: Please do not apply for an account if you just want to download files. "Archives BBS" (Houston, Texas, USA) Sysop: Felix Dartmouth Modem phone number: (1) 713 896 1721 Fidonet node number: 1:106/111 (magic "QPV") "Laura's Lair Premium Board" (Ava, Missouri, USA) Sysop: Laura Brito Modem phone number: 417-683-5534 Fidonet node number: 1:284/63 (magic "QPV") "My BBS is the Largest Woman run in the World, I have 13 Gigs, 10 lines, 5 women sysops, We have many nets [...]. We have modems that range from 28.8 to 9600 - The main BBS number is 417-683-5534 it is a roll down 14.4 node." (Laura Brito) If you are the sysop of a BBS and want to make it an official QPV/386 distribution site, please contact me. Snail Mail ~~~~~~~~~~ Just send me 5 DM (10 DM outside Europe) or 5 $US, and I will send you the current version of QPV/386. Germans only: You can also send me a disk and a selfaddressed and stamped envelope (2 DM for DIN-B6/DL, or 3 DM for DIN-B5 or larger). Please do not send me non-German stamps. I can not use them, and I can not exchange them. Especially you French guys: Do not send me French stamps! I have a pretty large collection of French stamps, and they are absolutely useless for me. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------