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From: tdquinn@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (Tanya Quinn)
Subject: Re: How do I read the archives?
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Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 21:31:12 GMT
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In article <48q8p5$hla@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, Anne J2 <annej2@aol.com> wrote:
>I'm having some trouble here.  I've downloaded rgif archives from
>ftp.gmd.de and I'd like to read them, but I can't for the life of me
>figure out how.  I've tried checking the rgif FAQ (nothing, but I had fun
>reading it anyway) and I've checked the Index in the download-tools file. 
>Again, nothing is listed as capable of unzipping or translating .tgz
>files.  

Gunzipping them first, and then untarring them should work.  

As an archive, you could alternatively try:
http://www.dejanews.com

Set the query filter to
rec.games.int-fiction

and then you can search the archives on any keyword you like.

Tanya

