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From: Dave Bodenstab <imdave@synet.net>
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To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, kline@tera.com
Subject: Re: source code archives?
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> From: Gary Kline <kline@tera.com>
>
>    Does anybody know where there are lists of all or most 
>    *Nix freeware?  Before UUNET went bigtime, they had lists
>    of all the comp.sources.* groups.   Some ftp sites have 
>    indices of separate volumes, but I haven't seen a single
>    index archived anywhere.
>
Archie is the first place I try.

Then I try Altavista (http://Altavista.digital.com).  In addition
to searching for the name (or approximation) of the name of the
software package, I've had success by searching for the author's
name which resulted in a link to their current home page.

Good luck.


Dave Bodenstab
imdave@synet.net