Netrek: Outpost (Software)

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Software

Here is a list of all the available software related to Netrek. Source: the Netrek FTP list.

1. Netrek clients needed to play the game
2. Server sources near-ready to set up your own Netrek home.
3. Utilities used to jump over various problems, or update old ideas.

Blessed Clients:

The compiled binaries listed under this category are 'blessed,' which means that most servers will accept them at all times (unblessed clients get booted out). There are two types of blessing, reserved.c (old) and RSA (new). Most servers are now accepting only RSA-blessed clients. With some RSA clients, you need to use -R on the command line to enable RSA blessing. -o enables old-style blessing.

BRM-Hadley 2.2+

Compiled binaries
Author	hadley@ics.uci.edu
Description	A version of Berkricksmoo streamlined for speed. Good client for slow machines. Supports RSA, short packets, and ping stats. There is also a FONTBASED version for the sun 3 which uses fonts instead of bitmaps for the ships; this should speed things up considerably. Version 2.0 supports RCD's. Supports TTS. This client does not expire.
Source	ftp://cad.ics.uci.edu/pub/netrek/
Sun 3	ftp://cad.ics.uci.edu/pub/netrek/
	ftp://ftp.solace.mh.se/pub/Netrek/Clients/sun3/
Sun 4	ftp://cad.ics.uci.edu/pub/netrek/
	ftp://ftp.solace.mh.se/pub/Netrek/Clients/sun4/
Solaris	ftp://cad.ics.uci.edu/pub/netrek/
Linux	ftp://cad.ics.uci.edu/pub/netrek/
	ftp://ftp.solace.mh.se/pub/Netrek/Clients/linux/
HP 700	ftp://cad.ics.uci.edu/pub/netrek/
	ftp://ftp.solace.mh.se/pub/Netrek/Clients/hp/
SGI	ftp://cad.ics.uci.edu/pub/netrek/
	ftp://ftp.solace.mh.se/pub/Netrek/Clients/sgi/
MIPS	ftp://cad.ics.uci.edu/pub/netrek/
MkLinux-PPC	ftp://cad.ics.uci.edu/pub/netrek/

COW (Client Of Win) 2.0+

Compiled binaries
Author	Team, distributed by siegl@risc.uni-linz.ac.at
Description	The next step in BRM development; feature-packed but relatively stable. Supports sound and SP_2. Version 3.0, now in beta, supports a flashy 256-color mode. This client expires periodically, requiring you to get a new copy.
Source	ftp://ftp.risc.uni-linz.ac.at/pub/netrek/cow/
	ftp://bigbang.astro.indiana.edu/pub/netrek/COW/
Dec Ultrix	ftp://ftp.risc.uni-linz.ac.at/pub/netrek/cow/
	ftp://bigbang.astro.indiana.edu/pub/netrek/COW/COW-bin/
	ftp://ftp.solace.mh.se/pub/netrek/clients/
Dec Alpha	ftp://ftp.risc.uni-linz.ac.at/pub/netrek/cow/
	ftp://bigbang.astro.indiana.edu/pub/netrek/COW/COW-bin/
	ftp://ftp.solace.mh.se/pub/netrek/clients/
SGI	ftp://ftp.risc.uni-linz.ac.at/pub/netrek/cow/
	ftp://bigbang.astro.indiana.edu/pub/netrek/COW/COW-bin/
	ftp://ftp.solace.mh.se/pub/netrek/clients/
Sun 3	ftp://ftp.risc.uni-linz.ac.at/pub/netrek/cow/
	ftp://bigbang.astro.indiana.edu/pub/netrek/COW/COW-bin/
	ftp://ftp.solace.mh.se/pub/netrek/clients/
Sun 4	ftp://ftp.risc.uni-linz.ac.at/pub/netrek/cow/
	ftp://bigbang.astro.indiana.edu/pub/netrek/COW/COW-bin/
	ftp://ftp.solace.mh.se/pub/netrek/clients/
Solaris	ftp://ftp.risc.uni-linz.ac.at/pub/netrek/cow/
	ftp://bigbang.astro.indiana.edu/pub/netrek/COW/COW-bin/
	ftp://ftp.solace.mh.se/pub/netrek/clients/
Linux	ftp://ftp.risc.uni-linz.ac.at/pub/netrek/cow/
	ftp://bigbang.astro.indiana.edu/pub/netrek/COW/COW-bin/
	ftp://ftp.solace.mh.se/pub/netrek/clients/
HP 700	ftp://ftp.risc.uni-linz.ac.at/pub/netrek/cow/
	ftp://bigbang.astro.indiana.edu/pub/netrek/COW/COW-bin/
	ftp://ftp.solace.mh.se/pub/netrek/clients/
AIX	ftp://bigbang.astro.indiana.edu/pub/netrek/COW/COW-bin/
	ftp://ftp.solace.mh.se/pub/netrek/clients/
Dynix/PTX	ftp://bigbang.astro.indiana.edu/pub/netrek/COW/COW-bin/
NetBSD	ftp://bigbang.astro.indiana.edu/pub/netrek/COW/COW-bin/
FreeBSD	ftp://bigbang.astro.indiana.edu/pub/netrek/COW/COW-bin/
MS Windows (3.1 with Win32s, 95, or NT)	ftp://bigbang.astro.indiana.edu/pub/netrek/COW/COW-bin/
OS/2	ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/unix/games/netrek10.zip

Paradise Client 2.0+

Compiled binaries
Author	Team, paradise-workers@reed.edu
Description	A client for Paradise servers. Fully compatible with non-Paradise servers, but the RSA key isn't accepted on all servers. Supports RSA. More visually appealing than most clients. This client is required to play on Paradise servers. This client expires periodically.
Source	ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/users/glamm/paradise/client/
Source (Amiga)	ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/og/ogre/games/netrek.Amiga-source.lha
Sun 3	ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/users/glamm/paradise/bin/
	ftp://ftp.solace.mh.se/pub/netrek/clients/
Sun 4	ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/users/glamm/paradise/bin/
	ftp://ftp.solace.mh.se/pub/netrek/clients/
Solaris	ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/users/glamm/paradise/bin/
	ftp://ftp.solace.mh.se/pub/netrek/clients/
SGI	ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/users/glamm/paradise/bin/
	ftp://ftp.solace.mh.se/pub/netrek/clients/
AIX	ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/users/glamm/paradise/bin/
	ftp://ftp.solace.mh.se/pub/netrek/clients/
HP Apollo	ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/users/glamm/paradise/bin/
HP 700	ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/users/glamm/paradise/bin/
Dec Ultrix	ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/users/glamm/paradise/bin/
	ftp://ftp.solace.mh.se/pub/netrek/clients/
Dec Alpha	ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/users/glamm/paradise/bin/
	ftp://ftp.solace.mh.se/pub/netrek/clients/
Linux	ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/users/glamm/paradise/bin/
	ftp://ftp.solace.mh.se/pub/netrek/clients/
MkLinux-PPC	ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/users/glamm/paradise/bin/
	ftp://ftp.solace.mh.se/pub/netrek/clients/
FreeBSD	ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/users/glamm/paradise/bin/
	ftp://ftp.solace.mh.se/pub/netrek/clients/
MacOS (PowerPC only)	ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/users/glamm/paradise/bin/
	ftp://ftp.solace.mh.se/pub/netrek/clients/
Amiga	ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/users/glamm/paradise/bin/
	ftp://ftp.solace.mh.se/pub/netrek/clients/
	ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/og/ogre/games/

Full Color Paradise Client

Compiled binaries
Author	Team, paradise-workers@reed.edu
Description	A Paradise client (can connect to normal servers) with full- color pixmaps for ships, planets, explosions, etc. Very pretty. There are currently no working compiled binaries; if you want to use this client on an RSA server, you will have to get the source and compile it for yourself.
Source	ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/users/glamm/paradise/BETA/
Dec Alpha	ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/users/glamm/paradise/BETA/bin/
Dec Ultrix	ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/users/glamm/paradise/BETA/bin/
Solaris	ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/users/glamm/paradise/BETA/bin/
Sun 4	ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/users/glamm/paradise/BETA/bin/
SGI	ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/users/glamm/paradise/BETA/bin/
FreeBSD	ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/users/glamm/paradise/BETA/bin/

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Server Sources:

This is a listing of all known netrek server source code. Before you try to set up a server, make sure your sysadmin approves. Also, running a server takes rudimentary programming skills and the ability to understand and use 'make' and other Unix tools; don't expect to be able to FTP one of these packages and have a server up and running with no effort.

New Vanilla Server 2.7+

Author	Nick Trown, trown@ecst.csuchico.edu
Description	The latest release of the vanilla netrek server. The most up-to-date and portable, highly recommended. See utilities below for the RES-RSA package if you want to use RSA binary verification. The vanilla server distribution now includes chaos mode, hockey mode, INL mode (incomplete), base practice mode, and dogfight tournament mode.
Source	ftp://wormhole.ecst.csuchico.edu/pub/netrek/src/
Compiled binary for Linux	ftp://ftp.risc.uni-linz.ac.at/pub/netrek/bin.misc/

INL Server

Authors	Ray Jones, Eric Mehlhaff, others
Description	This server is required for INL games, and is currently the best for organized, fixed-length games. Latest revision is 4.1pl0. See utilities below for the RES-RSA package if you want to use RSA binary verification.
Source	ftp://crissy.eecs.berkeley.edu/pub/
	ftp://bigbang.astro.indiana.edu/pub/netrek/INL/

Paradise Server

Author	Team, paradise-workers@reed.edu
Description	Larger galaxy, many new ship types, lots of new rules. A much different game than standard netrek. Still under development. See utilities below for the RES-RSA package if you want to use RSA binary verification.
Source	ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/users/glamm/paradise/

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Utilities:

This is a collection of netrek-oriented utilities, some for server gods and some for netrek players. There are probably more out there which I've failed to list.

trekhopd

Author	Andy McFadden fadden@netcom.com
Description	This allows people who are behind an Internet firewall to play netrek. trekhopd runs on the firewall, and your client calls up trekhopd. Installation instructions are included; it requires access to the firewall machine.
Source	ftp://wormhole.ecst.csuchico.edu/pub/netrek/src/

RES-RSA package

Author	Team
Description	This is the key generation/encryption/decryption package for server gods and client builders. It can be legally obtained only by US and Canadian citizens; mail trown@ecst.csuchico.edu for the key to decrypt the source package.
Source	ftp://wormhole.ecst.csuchico.edu/pub/netrek/src/

PGP (RSA clone) package

Author	James Hawtin
Description	This is a PGP-based implementation of the RSA key generation/ encryption/decryption package for server gods and client builders. It can be legally used anywhere outside the USA. In the USA, using it is a patent violation.
Source	ftp://ftp.risc.uni-linz.ac.at/pub/netrek/src/

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