Simply click the link to the FTP archives, and you'll be "transported" there. Click directory names to enter each directory, and click file names to read them. When you're finished browsing, click the back-arrow, or other "go back" button, until you return to the Web.

If you prefer, you can also use the built-in web browser; the option for doing that is on each page that the gateway presents to you. However, our special software provides some added features: automatically making URLs clickable and so on.

If that option is also unavailable, you will probably still have access to the most ubiquitous FTP client software of all. It's on nearly every Unix machine in the world, and it's accessed by typing "ftp" from the shell prompt.

If you need help using that client, try typing "man ftp" at that same shell prompt.

If you are looking for information on a certain subject, the first thing you should try is our search page. It will allow you to search the contents of all the files on our site, including files in the ftp archive.

If you see a reference to a file in the ftp archives on this site, it will mention a filename and a directory. If you're not sure where the directory is, or you just don't want to click through each subdirectory, simply go to the search page and enter the name of the file. You'll be presented with a link to that file, or, if there is more than one match for what you typed, all the files that match.