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Jonadab the Unsightly One wrote:

> adam@fsf.net (Adam Thornton) wrote:
> > >Name a good ftp client implementation on any platform.
> > >Especially one that copes with duff ftp servers.
> > I rather like ncftp v.3.
> No, no, the best one is the Frobozz Magic FTP Client.
> Unfortunately, it isn't very portable, so it isn't
> available for all platforms yet.  For example, there
> is AFAIK no Windows version.

In fact, it is only available, from what I can find on their website,
on Frobozz Magic Computer Operating System ("FrobOS," for short).
Which, of course, only runs on Frobozz Magic Computers, at this point,
though a port is expected to the PowerMac by the the end of first
quarter, '02.  J.P. Flathead would be pleased.


> But for those who do have it, the FMFTPC is awesome.
> The ability to recursively search all known ftp servers
> for the file you want is cool, but the best feature is
> its ability to know which file you want without needing
> to be told anything more than "download the file".
> Very handy.

Ah.  The Frobozz Magic FTP Server, then, must be the software run on
the "villain's computer" in most movies.  That being the software that
allows the protagonist to download the file, despite the fact that the
"host system" isn't connected to any sort of network, as it has no
modem, because it's not turned on, because it isn't plugged it, since
it's sitting at the bottom of the closet, anyway...


