The neural network archive at nic.funet.fi (ftp.funet.fi)

This is an FTP archive for all kinds of artificial neural network, neurophysiology and neuropsychology stuff; computer programs and scientific articles in electronic format.

Here are MOST of all the programs and papers that I have been able to find around the world, but not all (for instance the comp.ai.neural-nets archive and other similar very big and little used archives).

Ftp.funet.fi is the largest FTP archive in the world in all subjects, not just neural nets.

For other interesting AI stuff, see /pub/sci/ai (the new and shiny).

Foreigners:
Almost all of the files here are also available from FTP sites in USA! Please read the file /pub/sci/neural/04Neural_FTP_Sites
Administration:

/pub/sci/neural/02INFODIR is a directory that contains all kinds of information files, references, hints, introductions, indexes, etc. If you are looking for something particular, please consult this directory. It is also available through WAIS (Wide Area Information Service), with source name neuralfunic.src (hopefully).

I don't get anything except your happiness for maintaining this archive, so I can't afford to use as much time doing it as I'd like to. Any job offers are welcome.

How To Get A File

To use FTP, type at the UNIX or VMS prompt:

$ ftp ftp.funet.fi

or

$ ftp 128.214.6.100 (DANGER: Services are bound on NAMES, not IP numbers!)

Here is a simple list of FTP program commands
binary				- Changes transfer mode to binary (!!!!!)
cd directoryname		- Changes the current directory
get filename			- Gets a file
get filename local-filename	- Gets a file and changes it's name
get 00README /dev/tty		- Types this file on terminal in UNIX systems
mget *.ps.Z			- Gets multiple files. Try 'prompt' before this
quit				- Ends the FTP session

Here is an example log of a FTP session

Connected to ftp.funet.fi.
220 nic.funet.fi FTP server (Version 4.494 +mea@nic.funet.fi Sat Oct 26 20:53:36 EET 1991) ready.
Name (nic:magi): anonymous

331 Guest login ok, give your email address for password.
Password: 

230-Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
230-There are 14 active foreign anonymous customer(s) presently out of max 16.
230-Local time is now Wed Oct 30 13:51:31 1991
230- 
230- There are constant overload problems on our line to USA...
230- Be careful with "cd ..".  See  /README for info about how
230- symlinks might affect your view of, and movement in archive.
230-
230-We have special access features, see file /README
230 It was last updated Fri Oct 25 14:23:21 1991 - 5.0 days ago
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> cd /pub/sci/neural
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> dir
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for .
-rwxrwxr--  1 magi      guests         761 Sep 10 13:03 00INDEX.NIC
-rwxrwxr--  1 magi      guests        1188 Jun 27 09:04 01README
-rw-r--r--  1 magi      guests        1787 Sep 10 12:55 02Neural_FTP_Sites
-rwxrwxr--  1 magi      guests         847 Jun 13 13:33 03README.Finnish
drwxr-xr-x  2 magi      guests         512 Sep 10 13:22 GAucsd
drwxr-xr-x  8 magi      guests         512 Sep  9 09:52 alt.drugs
drwxr-xr-x  2 magi      guests         512 Sep  8 17:58 atree
drwxrwxr-x  2 magi      ftp            512 Jun 10 23:10 bps
drwxr-xr-x  4 magi      guests         512 Jun 13 13:09 cellsim
drwxrwxr-x  2 magi      ftp            512 Sep 12 12:22 genesis
drwxrwxr-x  2 magi      guests        1024 Jun 11 21:08 harnad
drwxr-xr-x  2 magi      guests         512 Jun 13 12:22 jagota
drwxr-xr-x  2 magi      guests         512 Sep  3 15:22 magi
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root      daemon          31 Oct 28 14:55 msdos -> /pub/msdos/science/neural-nets/
drwxrwxr-x  2 magi      ftp           4096 Jun 13 14:05 neuroprose
drwxrwxr-x  2 magi      guests         512 Jun 11 21:13 papers
drwxrwxr-x  2 magi      ftp            512 Jun 10 20:58 rcs
drwxrwxr-x  2 magi      ftp            512 Sep 11 07:42 sims
226 Transfer complete.
ftp> get 01README neural-readme.txt
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for 00README (1188 bytes).
226 Transfer complete.
1188 bytes received in 1e-06 seconds (1.2e+06 Kbytes/s)
ftp> quit
221 Goodbye.

For more information, read the documentation for using the FTP program.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
How to unpack compressed or packed files:

Postfix	System	How to open
.Z	(UNIX)	uncompress filename.Z
.tar	(UNIX)	tar -xf filename.tar
.zoo		zoo -e filename
.lzh	(MSDOS)	lha x filename
.zip	(MSDOS)	pkunzip filename

For more information, see the documentation of the compression software.