This collection contains .tar or .zip files of the collections of these sites, which are then browsable using the Internet Archive's archive view functionality.

Created in 1971 (and refined in 1985), the File Transfer Protocol allowed Internet or network-connected computers to transfer binary and ASCII files between each other. To facilitate transferring of files in a pre-WWW era, FTP sites allowing anonymous or open-access connections became available worldwide. As they were often connected to machines with sizable resources, these FTP Sites became magnets for large amounts of data, totaling in the hundreds of megabytes (and later gigabytes) and allowing hundreds (later thousands) of simultaneous users.

As websites provided easier and easier access, FTP sites have fallen by the wayside as primary distribution channels, and decade-plus sites that were once the primary sources for various types of files have fallen into disrepair or quiet deaths.

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software software 473
data data 142
web web 5
texts texts 1

ftpsites 352
effteepee 278
ftp 245
dec3199 225
ohhdemgirls 71
k12 38
education 32
software 23
edu 22
ip 20
ip address 19
archiveteam 16
bzc6p 15
hungarian 13
windows 11
ac.uk 10
ru 9
90s 7
computer 7
uk 7
Ring Server 6
russia 6
Freem 5
Windows games 5
download 5
mac 5
math 5
text 5
us 5
24.5.178.181 4
ArchiveTeam 4
FTP sites 4
de 4
educational 4
excel 4
jp 4
linux 4
school 4
science 4
webcrawl 4
ac.jp 3
boring 3
educate 3
family 3
games 3
japan 3
life 3
mail 3
password 3
patch 3
programs 3
word 3
HP 2
Hewlett-Packard 2
IBGE 2
Ubi 2
Ubisoft 2
arhiva-ortodoxa 2
biblioteca 2
ca 2
canada 2
comcast 2
demoscene 2
documents 2
elementary 2
firefox 2
ftp.logos.md 2
ftp.modland.com 2
old files 2
old software 2
old-dos.ru 2
orthodox 2
reading 2
schools 2
server 2
short 2
small 2
sports 2
statistics 2
test 2
txt 2
win 95 2
writing 2
xls 2
.net 1
173.225.249.130 1
180.225.244.91 1
193.63.252.2 1
195.176.18.139 1
1990s 1
1997 1
2000s 1
2009 1
2015 1
5-198-111-191.static.kc.net.uk 1
5-198-125-185.static.kc.net.uk 1
5z 1
86.27.184.172 1
90s photos 1
98.130.80.93 1
Abandonware 1
Action games 1
Adventure games 1
Descent 1
Descent 3 1
Descent II 1
FAQ 1
FTP Site 1
NovaLogic 1
PARC 1
Quake III Arena 1
ROM dumps 1
Role playing games 1
Scientific Papers 1
Software 1
VetusWare 1
Visual novels 1
Windows software 1
Xerox 1
ac.at 1
academics 1
alt.ncsbe.gov 1
amgia 1
aosth 1
archive 1
arnold.c64.org 1
art 1
asim.lip6.fr 1
aspnet 1
astro 1
at 1
atari 1
backup 1
baseball 1
be 1
biology 1
biolpc 22.york.ac.uk 1
blueyonder.co.uk 1
brazil 1
britain 1
build 1
building 1
business 1
c64.rulez.org 1
cambridge-ftp.cup.cam.ac.uk 1
cartoon 1
cash 1
ccreweb.org 1
cells 1
ch 1
charts 1
chemistry 1
clothing 1
coats 1
coda 1
collection 1
comics 1
computers 1
computing 1
comtec 1
config 1
construction 1
cpe-098-121-173-169.ec.res.rr.com 1
cwsurf 1
cyranoSe.obspm.fr 1
cz 1
czech 1
dec3199. ftp 1
demos 1
disney 1
dna.leeds.ac.uk 1
dod 1
doom 1
downloads.netgear.com 1
drawing 1
dynatest 1
e-academy 1
earth 1
economics 1
economoics 1
efftepee 1
electronics repair 1
elementary school 1
exe 1
file server 1
finances 1
football 1
force.empiro.co.uk 1
freeware 1
friends 1
ftp boneyard 1
ftp.2600.com 1
ftp.ac-grenoble.fr 1
ftp.acroprint.com 1
ftp.amanda.org 1
ftp.apple.asimov.net 1
ftp.arin.net 1
ftp.axis.se 1
ftp.bayarea.net 1
ftp.biologie.ens.fr 1

English 54
Japanese 6
Romanian 2
Dutch 1
French 1
Kinyarwanda 1

This collection contains .tar or .zip files of the collections of these sites, which are then browsable using the Internet Archive's archive view functionality.

Created in 1971 (and refined in 1985), the File Transfer Protocol allowed Internet or network-connected computers to transfer binary and ASCII files between each other. To facilitate transferring of files in a pre-WWW era, FTP sites allowing anonymous or open-access connections became available worldwide. As they were often connected to machines with sizable resources, these FTP Sites became magnets for large amounts of data, totaling in the hundreds of megabytes (and later gigabytes) and allowing hundreds (later thousands) of simultaneous users.

As websites provided easier and easier access, FTP sites have fallen by the wayside as primary distribution channels, and decade-plus sites that were once the primary sources for various types of files have fallen into disrepair or quiet deaths.

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