Simtel

Simtel (sometimes called Simtelnet, originally SIMTEL20) was an important long-running archive of <a href="/facts/Freeware/c8oGA9ju">freeware</a> and <a href="/facts/Shareware/TAhIvJXt">shareware</a> for various operating systems.
The Simtel archive had significant ties to the history of several operating systems: it was in turn a major repository for <a href="/facts/CP/M/n5rTgXdC">CP/M</a>, <a href="/facts/MS-DOS/fVrrz1uN">MS-DOS</a>, <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a> and <a href="/facts/FreeBSD/RKsFTm7F">FreeBSD</a>. The archive was hosted initially on the MIT-MC <a href="/facts/PDP-10/zlfam4wk">PDP-10</a> running the <a href="/facts/Incompatible_Timesharing_System/SMuAEgUx">Incompatible Timesharing System</a>, then <a href="/facts/TOPS-20/uBCxEqk9">TOPS-20</a>, then FreeBSD servers, with archive distributor <a href="/facts/Walnut_Creek_CDROM/IgCmAXSC">Walnut Creek CDROM</a> helping fund FreeBSD development. It began as an early mailing list, then was hosted on the <a href="/facts/ARPANET/LyMGWurJ">ARPANET</a>, and finally the fully open <a href="/facts/Internet/Xw1rVvJU">Internet</a>.
The service was shut down on March 15, 2013.

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