See "filelist.txt" in this folder for a complete list of files on the server.
Files are listed in their order on the disk, not necessarily in alphabetical
order, though they are re-sorted alphabetically on a regular basis.  Files or
folders may have been added, modified, deleted, moved or renamed since the
list was generated.

Both normal and passive ftp transfers are supported.  For best results when
using a web browser, switch from folder view to normal view in order to see
the full file names.  In Internet Explorer for example, uncheck "Enable folder
view for ftp sites" in Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced.  If you have
trouble directly clicking on files in a web browser window, try using a right
mouse click and Save As... instead.

The server is up most of the time, but may occasionally be down if I'm
upgrading or otherwise tinkering with it.  No guarantees, use this server and
the information it contains at your own risk.  Upload bandwidth is limited by
my provider (Teksavvy.com) to 768 kBps.  Sorry, there's nothing I can do to
increase it.  At least they're kind enough to allow small ftp/web servers at
all, unlike most cable/telco providers.  Hey, whaddaya want for free?  :-)

Since I now pay for excessive bandwidth use, there are limitations on the
Anonymous login account.  These are shown upon login and may include transfer
quotas, ratios, login and idle time-outs, total logins at once, maximum logins
per IP address, and/or bandwidth throttling.  Current settings are a maximum
of five anonymous users, with a limit of two connections per IP address.
There is a 30-minute connection limit and a two-minute idle timeout.  These
settings may change at any time if abuse is detected, and abusers' domains
and/or IP address ranges will be permanently banned.  All connections and
transfers are permanently logged.  The server may be shut down near the end of
the month if the remaining transfer quota is running dangerously low or if I
need the bandwidth for other purposes.

Popular ("Top 100") tunes from the 1950's onward are located in the decade
folders.  Songs are usually filed by date of release, not necessarily
of peak popularity.  Keep in mind I probably have more songs by the same
artists in other decade or category folders.  Special types of music (Jazz/
Instrumental, Christmas, Newfoundland, Country/Folk/Traditional, etc.) along
with Comedy, Radio Shows/Spoken Word, Showtunes, Sound Effects, TV/Movie and
Wrestling Themes are filed in their own category folders.  TV and movie
music and instrumentals that reached the Top 40 are generally filed under the
appropriate decade folder, though there are some exceptions (Where do you put
an instrumental TV theme that hit the top 40?).  Discs in the temporary DVD
drive are rotated regularly, and typically contains a library of schematic
diagrams for antique radios in PDF format scanned from the original John F.
Rider manuals, along with an original radio study course from NRI.

Most MP3s on the server are at 128 kBps / 44 kHz.  Some obscure titles are
lower than this until I can find better copies, or higher than this until I
get a chance to resample them down to a more manageable size.  Most files
contain a valid ID3 tag.  Please let me know if you find any with serious
dropouts, noise, truncation, incorrect artist/title tags, or other problems.
Tagging is reasonably complete in the decade folders, but is rather spotty
in the other category folders.  Please note that some items in the Comedy
section may not be suitable for younger children (or people with no sense
of humour).  Many of the Audio Book folders also contain the original works
in text file format for reading.

For more information about the hardware and software used to run this server,
visit http://gladden.org or send me an e-mail at admin@gladden.org .