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There are many anonymous FTP sites on the Internet. Here are a few interesting ones:

• FAQ Directory: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/

• Finnish Software Archives: ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/

• Windows 95 Archives: ftp://ftp.bu.edu/pub/mirrors/simtelnet/win95/

• Windows 3.x Archives: ftp://ftp.bu.edu/pub/mirrors/simtelnet/win3/

• NASA GOES-8 Satellite Images: ftp://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/Weather/GOES-8/gif/vis/4km/

• NASA GOES-10 Satellite Images: ftp://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/Weather/GOES-10/gif/vis/4km/

• SunSite FTP: ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/

Generally, the Web Browser address is as listed; just give it to the Browser. To access with an FTP client like WS_FTP, use the portion of the address after the ftp:// and before the next / as the FTP address (e.g., rtfm.mit.edu), login as "anonymous", and give your email address as the password. Then navigate to the appropriate directory.