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                                                      Rijswijk, 13-03-'95


*SDC general information* :


SDC:


SDC - Sound Distribution Channel - is a fidonet filenetwork with nodes all
around the world. 

SDC is also carried by US Robotics FileGate Project, and due to that fact
it is available at every FileGate HUB. Freq the latest FileGate listing to
see if there is a FileGate HUB near you. The latest available FileGate.UK
is also included.

SDC is founded mid 1995 and is currently one of the largest in distribution
of SOUND RELATED files. The filetags are listed in the seperate taglisting
called filegate.sdc. This listing can be imported in most of the filetossers 
available and contains all the discriptions of the area's.

That's it, not much info right now about the history of SDC, but that will 
follow in the next edition.

Ŀ
 The SDC file-echo's are available at EVERY GamesNet HQ/HOST and could be 
 linked freely if you like. This is a EXTRA service for you as GamesNet   
 member, ask your HOST/HUB to link him, so you can connect them and have  
 have those files also available!                                         
                                                                          
 Currently these files are spread via the WORLDWIDE FileGate and are due  
 to that fact they are also available at the FileBone and ftp.fidonet.org 
 These files may be spread freely, but *ONLY* in the original SDC area's! 
                                                                          
 You can also get the flow at SDC's anonymous FTP on ftp.uniserve.com You 
 will find it in /pub/gamesnet/sdc The files will be put there on a regu- 
 lar base, and put into subdirs named as the daynumber of the current day.
 You will find the files together with TIC description files, and in the  
 original RAR archives.                                                   
                                                                          
 These files may be spread freely, but *ONLY* in the original SDC area's! 


 For more information contact :

               Raymond Dijkxhoorn, 100:800/0  
            or Nils Swart        , 100:800/13
            or Lodewijk Voge     , 100:800/25
            or Martijn Ruygrok   , 100:800/200
            or Ricardo Kustner   , 100:800/700		

 For information about the FileGate feed contact Ron Huiskes (2:281/506)

 If you want to have a link on SDC, just contact me, and we'll work out a
 link for you. 

 With kind regards, Raymond Dijkxhoorn
 SDC WHQ (2:281/534)
